Penn Program on Documentaries & the Law

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Our primary mission is the promotion of visual legal advocacy.

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Representing Yourself in Custody Court: One Parent’s Experiences

January 27, 2015

“Sticker Shock” in the Academic Market: A Plea for More Creative Distribution and Pricing Options for Documentary Sales to Colleges and Universities

What can be done to increase college-level teachers’ and researchers’ access to documentaries in the non-theatrical, non-home video academic market while still supporting independent film production?
December 16, 2014

Blurring the Boundary Between the Doc World and the Law: A Conversation with Chico Colvard

Chico Colvard–documentary filmmaker, film series curator, and lapsed lawyer–explains how he puts skills acquired during his legal training to work in the documentary world.

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Mar
19
Visual and Performative Ethnographic Research: New Directions in the Humanities, Social Sciences, and Law
3:00 PMuntil 5:00 PM on March 20 Widener Room UPenn Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology, 3260 South St, Philadelphia