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True/False Film Fest
  • 11 Sites and Apps for Watching Documentaries Free Online
    Love watching documentaries online? We think POV's free streams of new and classic docs is great, but there are even more places you'll find great selections right now!
    Emma Moley 4 min read August 28, 2014 Documentary News Comments
  • A Pioneering Reality TV Producer's Penance: Funding a New Documentary Journalism Program
    Jonathan Murray, producer of "The Real World," "Project Runway" and "Keeping Up with the Kardashians," is funding a new documentary journalism center at his alma mater, the University of Missouri.
    Tom Roston 5 min read March 6, 2014 Doc Soup Comments
  • True/False 2014: A Recap
    True/False Film Fest, which wrapped its 11th edition this weekend, has garnered the reputation of being one of the most beloved film festivals in a very crowded field.
    Tom Roston 3 min read March 3, 2014 Doc Soup Comments
  • True/False 2014: My 5 Favorite Films
    Tom Roston introduces you to five documentaries you'll need to seek out in 2014.
    Tom Roston 5 min read March 2, 2014 Doc Soup Comments
  • Documentary Films? That's Entertainment!
    Documentaries have started to assert that they, like their Hollywood cousins, can be more than simply 'engaging.' Doc Soup Man Tom Roston says they can be entertaining diversions too.
    Tom Roston 9 min read April 3, 2012 Doc Soup Comments
  • Director Lee Hirsch on Bully's MPAA Rating Battle and the Impact of the F-Word
    The director of Bully, a victim of bullying himself, tells Tom Roston "the experience that these kids go through should be as it is."
    Tom Roston 3 min read March 6, 2012 Doc Soup Comments
  • My Five Favorite Documentaries from True/False Film Fest 2012
    Tom Roston recaps the Midwestern film festival True/False, where he saw a slate of inspiring documentaries including How to Survive a Plague, The Imposter, Bully, Searching for Sugar Man and Undefeated.
    Tom Roston 6 min read March 5, 2012 Doc Soup Comments
  • 12 Small-Town Documentary Film Festivals for 2012
    A roundup of the nation's best small-town film festivals (with populations less than 100,000) for escaping the crowds, paparazzi and hype.
    Emily Thomas 9 min read January 3, 2012 Documentary News Comments