Topics: Law and the Documentary Production Process
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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 > -
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 > -
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 > -
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, 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, 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 > -
January 18, 2014Call Me Kuchu co-director Malika Zouhali-Worrall talks about gaining trust of documentary film subjects. More >