Help us kickoff the International Student Documentary Competition 2010 with a screening of past winners!
SHOUTBACK
looking back and moving forward
Friday, March 5th
1104 S. Wabash Ave
Chicago, IL 60605
Reception : 6.00pm, Rm 407
Screening : 6.30pm - 8.00pm, Rm 402
SHOUTBACK - Looking back, Moving forward
Filmmakers at the Forum
Join us for a discussion with directors and producers from the Kartemquin series, The New Americans. To celebrate the rebroadcasting of the groundbreaking series, They’ve agreed to share some of their knowledge with us on the Viva Documentary Forums.
Visit the forum thread and leave questions here.
The series will air as part of Global Voices [...]
The New Americans and Me
I couldn’t agree more with Kartemquin’s claim that The New Americans intimately connects viewers to its subjects. This was the first series that I’d seen that was able to follow immigrant families from their home countries to the United States
Sunday Night at the Forum: River Monsters
Ah, Animal Planet documentaries. Join Mario in the Viva Doc forum on Sunday Night so we can talk about what crazy Jeremy Wade is up to.
New Doc Classes for the Fall!!!!
Check out the selection of new courses for the Documentary Program.
24 - 2806 Documentary Research
Comprehensive overview of documentary research and pragmatic documentary writing. Critically analyze and evaluate sources and evidence. Develop research protocols and methodology. Conduct primary research resulting in a working hypothesis and leading to a proposal premise. Apply legal and ethical elements to [...]
20th Anniversary of the Doc Center
Join us for The Doc Center’s 20th Anniversary Bash!
Wednesday, April 29th, 4:00pm - 7:00pm
1104 S Wabash Ave, Rm 407, The Michael Rabiger Center for Documentary
Come celebrate the past, present and future of Columbia’s innovative center for documentary filmmaking!
4:00pm: Food, games, friends, and fun!
5:00pm: A Panel Discussion with Michael Rabiger, Russell Porter, Judy Hoffman, Tod Lending, [...]
Bob Seger Rocks Big Screen!!!
Timothy Tamisiea will represent the Viva Doc this Thursday with the only documentary to be accepted into Big Screen 13. Timmy was kind enough to share a rough cut with us at the end of last semester and, just like in real life, everyone there was touched by little Luke Casey. Come show support for [...]
Ask a Filmmaker: An Unfinished Dream
My thesis project, Untitled DREAM Act Film, is transitioning from casual pre-production to real pre-production. What does that mean? It means that it’s time to stop playing around and start working on this film. One way that I thought of to do this was to talk to someone who has done or is doing what [...]
Bigger, Stronger, Faster
In honor of the the end of the NFL season and the beginning of February, I want to share some video that I captured at True/False last year. Some of you may have heard me raving about a film called Bigger, Stronger, Faster, about America’s obsession with steroids. Well, I was going through some footage [...]
SENATOR OBAMA GOES TO AFRICA
January 17th, 2009, at 8:00 pm, Chicago Filmmakers Proudly Presents:
SENATOR OBAMA GOES TO AFRICA
THE MAN WHO WOULD BE PRESIDENT RETURNS TO HIS AFRICAN ROOTS
Director Bob Hercules, Director of Photography Keith Walker, and Editor Melissa Sterne in Person!
Located at 5243 N. Clark St. in Andersonville. Single admission prices are as follows: $8 for general admission, $7 [...]