FEATURES
- 10.May
- Decision Forces Filmmaker to Turn Over 600 Hours of Footage to Chevron

Read what Gordon Quinn of Kartemquin Films, Jeff Spitz, the filmmaker behind “The Return of Navajo Boy,” and Russell Porter, Associate Professor at Columbia College Chicago with forty years of documentary experience, have to say about this decision to force Joseph Berlinger, the filmmaker behind “Crude,” to turn over his unused footage.
ARTICLES
- 07.May
- Greenwald Provides Students Insight into Documentary Filmmaking

In the Ferguson Theater at Columbia College Chicago on May 6th, documentary filmmaker and founder of Brave New Films, Robert Greenwald, participated in a live streaming discussion following a screening of “Rethink Afghanistan.”
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Doc-Blog
- 20.Oct
- Tech troubles? Read the new FAQ
Columbia College Chicago students having tech problems can now log in to the new online FAQ and help system. In order to assist students with tech problems through the year, the F&V department has launched a Web based Help Desk.
The site has FAQ’s (Frequently Asked Questions) and users can request specific help in the following [...]
EVENTS
- 07.May
- Submit Your Film to the ISDC!

The International Student Documentary Competition (ISDC) is currently accepting student documentary submissions from all over the world.
REVIEWS
- 02.Oct
- Under the Rug and On the Horizon: The Providence Effect Review
Directed by: Rollin Binzer
Length: 1 hour 32 minutes
Development to Distribution: 3 years
Shot on: Sony PDWF800
I wish I had good things to say about The Providence Effect. It’s so rare to see a doc that tackles the subject of education in America head-on, especially one that purports to hold answers to the system’s many woes. [...]
VIDEOS
- 02.May
- Watch: “Audio on Two Channels”

Doc Center nostalgia: watch Chris Nelson’s short found footage film, made up of old test tapes from the Michael Rabiger Center for Documentary Film.

