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February 26, 2014Documentary guru Thom Powers thinks that organizations that support doc filmmakers need to create a legal defense fund to help filmmakers pay legal bills. More > -
February 20, 2014The documentary “Kids for Cash” is as much about the limits of zero tolerance policies and the harms of the school-to-prison pipeline as it is about judicial greed and corruption. Who knew? More > -
February 17, 2014After Justin Thomas, a 29-year-old documentary film student, was arrested and detained for filming the exterior of a NYPD precinct in Brooklyn, the charges were dropped and Thomas won a $15,000 settlement in a civil rights lawsuit. More > -
January 22, 2014A New York appellate court granted summary judgment to HBO and a production company that was developing a reality series about the NYPD’s Emergency Services Unit in a case involving excessive use of force. More > -
January 20, 2014The PUMA Impact Awards have created an archive of case studies detailing how filmmakers and advocates use film and video to make a difference in the world. More > -
January 20, 2014A lawsuit reveals details about documentarian Errol Morris’s struggle to get consent forms signed by Joyce McKinney, the subject of the film Tabloid. More > -
January 18, 2014Call Me Kuchu co-director Malika Zouhali-Worrall talks about gaining trust of documentary film subjects. More > -
January 18, 2014A California appellate court affirms dismissal of tort claims against documentarian Errol Morris and his team, but the filmmakers still have a legal fight ahead of them against Joyce McKinney, the main subject of Tabloid. More > -
November 16, 2013A closer look reveals that there is more to “The Loving Story” than meets the eye. More > -
July 17, 2013This 8-episode series looks at economic inequality in Philadelphia and the political activism of engaged Philadelphians who are targeting the social and material disparities burdening the City’s poor and working people. More >