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Robert Flaherty
  • #365Docs: Happy People: A Year in the Taiga (7/365)
    I'm watching 365 documentaries and writing about each one in 2014. Tweet your suggestions to @documentarysite.
    Heather McIntosh 3 min read February 20, 2014 Documentary Site Comments
  • Spotlight on The 2013 Flaherty Seminar
    Shannon Carroll recaps her experience at the 2013 Robert Flaherty Film Seminar, where 160 filmmakers, programmers, academics and film enthusiasts convened in Hamilton, New York, to investigate the form and function of history in cinema.
    POV Blogger 7 min read August 22, 2013 Documentary News Comments
  • Te'o, Catfish, and Truth in Documentary Filmmaking
    Using the latest story about Manti Te'o as a launching pad, Tom Roston discusses the broader notion of truth and veracity when it comes to documentary filmmaking.
    Tom Roston 4 min read January 24, 2013 Doc Soup Comments
  • The Greatest Documentaries of All Time: Rajendra Roy on 'Kon-Tiki'
    "Thor Heyerdahl's adventure was grander than anything my boyhood brain could have conceived."
    POV Guest Blogger 2 min read November 21, 2012 Documentary News Comments
  • Flaherty NYC's Spring 2012 Series Reveals 'The Lives of Animals'
    The Lives of Animals, a program of innovative documentaries curated by The Robert Flaherty Film Seminar, spans six Wednesdays in March and April at New York City's 92YTribeca.
    Adam Schartoff 3 min read March 13, 2012 Documentary News Comments
  • Documentary Year in Review Countdown #8: Cinéma Vérité Pioneer Richard “Ricky” Leacock Dies
    POV is counting down the top documentary stories of 2011 on New Year's Eve 2012.
    POV Staff 1 min read December 31, 2011 Documentary News Comments
  • November at Flaherty NYC
    The Robert Flaherty Film Seminar's program of innovative docs continues for three more Wednesdays in November at New York City's 92YTribeca.
    Adam Schartoff 2 min read November 1, 2011 Documentary News Comments
  • DOC NYC 2011 Preview
    New York's fall documentary festival is back for a second year, with galas Into the Abyss, Lemon and The Island President and a tribute to cinéma vérité pioneer Richard Leacock.
    Adam Schartoff 4 min read October 27, 2011 Documentary News 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
  • Doc Soup: Best Documentary Characters of All Time
    As promised, it’s time for my “Best Documentary Characters of All Time” list. You may be wondering: How does one go about compiling a list of best characters from nonfiction films? These “characters” aren’t the products of imagination and craft, after all; they are real people. But, wait, don’t we have the expression, “He/she is […]
    Tom Roston 3 min read May 4, 2009 Doc Soup Comments