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.”
Viva Docsters in Link TV “One Chicago, One Nation” Contest
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New Documentary Explores Coca-Cola’s Assassination of Colombian Union Leaders
A post on AlterNet.org details the new documentary, “The Coca-Cola Case,” which “chronicles the relentless efforts of American lawyers trying to take the soft drink giant to court over the killings of 10 union leaders, who represented workers at Coke bottling plants in Colombia.”
Chevron Demands Access to Doc Filmmaker’s Footage, Could Have Chilling Effect on Documentary
Documentary Joe Berlinger, the director of the documentary “Crude,” a film which chronicles the environmental devastation that petroleum companies like Chevron are wreaking in Ecuador, was subpoenaed by Chevron for access to more than 600 hours of footage.
Would You Like to Document Social Injustice?
Documenting Social Justice is being offered in the Spring 2010 semester.
This is a course that has been offered before and has been revamped. It has been updated so that students can produce media that employs media tools to create social change.
The course description:
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Documenting Social Injustice*
Social justice education is both a process and a goal and [...]
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 [...]
8 Interview Tactics to Borrow From Oral History
I thought I’d share some of the lessons I’ve learned from Oral History (49-3672). Here are 8 ideas to keep in mind for your next documentary interview.
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 [...]
The Scoop on Viva Doc Small Groups
VivaDocsters, doc lovers, filmmakers, Columbia students, staff, faculty and alumni:
VivaDoc is thrilled to announce the formation of Small Groups for people interested in making, screening, and talking about docs within the context of small groups. Whether you’re looking for support in completing your own project, want to collaborate on making a group doc, or are [...]