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  • The Spine-Tingling, Eye-Opening Thrill of Morgan Spurlock's 'Rats'
    'Rats' invites viewers into a world underneath the gutters and in the shadows.
    Tom Roston 3 min read October 21, 2016 Doc Soup Comments
  • Doc Memo: Film Takes Art to New Heights, Chicago International Film Fest At 52
    POV's daily list of essential reading for the documentary and independent filmmaking community.
    POV Staff 3 min read October 12, 2016 Documentary News Comments
  • Documentaries at the Video Store
    The significant relationship between video stores and documentaries.
    Tom Roston 4 min read October 8, 2015 Doc Soup Comments
  • Teaching Op-Docs: Starting with the Big Questions
    For a junior-level course this semester, I am using The New York Times's Op-Doc series as a model for talking about journalism, documentary, and online video.
    Heather McIntosh 4 min read February 3, 2015 Documentary Site Comments
  • We the Economy
    This new online documentary series is striving to explain the economy through 20 short films.
    Heather McIntosh 2 min read October 30, 2014 Documentary Site Comments
  • Giveaway: Win Signed 'Tell Me Something' Book With Advice From 60 of the World's Best Documentary Filmmakers
    Tell Me Something features advice from 60 of the world's best documentary filmmakers. Enter to win POV's giveaway of five e-books and two signed books by filmmakers Morgan Spurlock (Super Size Me, One Direction: This Is Us) and Albert Maysles (Grey Gardens, Salesman).
    POV Staff 11 min read November 26, 2013 Documentary News Comments
  • And Now for Something Completely Different…
    DocSoup Man raises questions about why Morgan Spurlock, director of Super Size Me, is directing One Direction: This is Us.
    Tom Roston 4 min read July 3, 2013 Doc Soup Comments
  • “Tell Me Something” Features Advice From Fifty of the World's Best Documentary Filmmakers
    Doc Soup Man interviews Jessica Edwards, editor of "Tell me Something," an in-progress photography and creative advice book from fifty of the world's best documentary filmmakers.
    Tom Roston 5 min read March 18, 2013 Doc Soup Comments
  • CNN Films Jumps Into Documentary Fray with Spurlock, Rossi, Bourdain, and More
    A look at the new CNN Films banner and some of the documentary and nonfiction programming it will offer.
    Heather McIntosh 3 min read January 28, 2013 Documentary News Comments
  • Sundance 2013: Blood Brother Finishes Strong Winning Audience Award and Grand Jury Prize
    Sundance closed with a bang this weekend, at least for Blood Brother. Will the wins be enough to secure distribution?
    Tom Roston 4 min read January 28, 2013 Doc Soup Comments
  • The Morgan Spurlock Brand Goes Mainstream with “Inside Man” on CNN
    It was no surprise when it was announced last week that Morgan Spurlock, the director of Super Size Me and several other documentaries, has parlayed his brand into a regular show on CNN.
    Tom Roston 3 min read August 28, 2012 Doc Soup Comments
  • Doc Soup Man Presents: A Discussion of Branded Documentaries and Branded Documentarians
    Morgan Spurlock isn't the only documentarian who's crossed over into the commercial world. Did you know there's an agency that specializes in bringing that nonfiction touch to a 30-second spot?
    Tom Roston 5 min read April 30, 2012 Doc Soup Comments
  • 'More Than A Month' Channels Moore, Spurlock and Woody Allen in Journey to End Black History Month
    Edward J. Delaney talks to director Shukree Tilghman about his tongue-in-cheek cross-country campaign (and documentary) to end Black History Month.
    Edward J. Delaney 4 min read January 28, 2012 Documentary News Comments
  • Where Are the First-Person Women Documentarians?
    With Tiffany Shlain's personal documentary Connected wrapping up its theatrical run, Doc Soup Man Tom Roston asks why the best known first-person documentarians are men.
    Tom Roston 3 min read December 15, 2011 Doc Soup Comments
  • The 2011 Documentary Oscars: My Shortlist
    Doc Soup Man Tom Roston proposes an entirely different list of 15 films that could have just as easily been deemed Oscar-worthy.
    POV Staff 4 min read November 28, 2011 Documentary News Comments
  • Doc Soup: A Documentary Dispatch from the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival
    Doc Soup Man Tom Roston recaps the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival and previews films you can hope to see in theaters in the coming months.
    Tom Roston 4 min read September 19, 2011 Doc Soup Comments
  • The Fate of Documentary?
    In a response to a New York Press essay about the current state of documentaries, guest blogger Heather McIntosh of Documentary Site offers a second view, that documentaries are thriving and always have.
    Heather McIntosh 8 min read August 23, 2011 Documentary News Comments
  • 5 Things to Consider Before You See '50 Documentaries To See Before You Die'
    Independent journalist Tom Roston rates Current TV's new documentary series, hosted by Morgan Spurlock (Super Size Me). Warning: This post contains minor series spoilers!
    Tom Roston 4 min read August 1, 2011 Doc Soup Comments

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