When I first started Columbia, the foundations courses in the Film & Video department didn't include a documentary component. I waited until I could take a pilot of what is currently the foundation courses my sophomore year. Luckily, in the second semester, we got to make a documentary (see aRead More →
Viva Doc will be kicking off the Fall 2011 semester by hosting a networking event! This event is for anybody, no matter your year, major, concentration. If you love documentaries — making them or watching them or talking about them — Viva Doc is for you! We have a varietyRead More →
Documentaries are primarily made to educate and entertain. But in some special cases, the impact of their content goes much further. As faculty member Jeff Spitz would say, “The outreach and impacts from a documentary film can ripple across a decade or more, inspire congress and move mountains.” Jeff’s feature documentaryRead More →
There was no doubt in anybody’s mind that Wonjung Bae is one of the rising young stars in the documentary production field. She has a considerable knack for capturing emotions and tones, while always having a realistic mindset about what logistics productions will entail. We were so happy for WonjungRead More →
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 StatesRead More →