Topics: Law and the Documentary Production Process
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June 24, 2015The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press is launching a new campaign to reach out to documentary filmmakers. More > -
December 5, 2014Visual legal advocacy and scholarship (PVAS) are being taught and produced in law schools around the country today and the PVAS Working Group intends to support their expansion. More > -
April 16, 2014Two new Hollywood films have the same titles as recent documentary films. How is that legal? More > -
March 29, 2014The latest opinion from the Southern District of New York betrays misapprehensions about documentary filmmaking, and, in the process, renders documentary outtakes more vulnerable to subpoena than they should be. More > -
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 > -
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 >