Fellows Corner: Cheryle Franceschi

Posted on April 20, 2013
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Docs In Progress Fellow Cheryle Franceschi reflects on transitioning from news and environmental education videos to documentary through her new project about Maryland’s first state forester. Continue reading →

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Glick’s Picks: Perspectives on “Place” in Documentary

Posted on March 31, 2013
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Guest contributor Josh Glick, a Film Studies and American Studies Scholar from Yale University, reflects on place-based documentary projects, including Let Us Now Praise Famous Men, The Number Our Days Project, Bleeding Through: Layers of Los Angeles, 1920-1986, and recent interactive documentaries. Continue reading →

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A message from Executive Director Erica Ginsberg

Posted on December 27, 2012
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Meeting and working with Docs In Progress flipped a switch, so to speak, and they gave me the confidence and solid direction I needed to become a documentary filmmaker. It may be hard to believe, but those are the words … Continue reading →

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Need directions to Friday night’s

Posted on December 17, 2012
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Our Favorite Election-Themed Docs

Posted on November 4, 2012
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Just in time for Tuesday’s U.S. General Election, we decided to shine the spotlight on a few of our favorite election-themed documentaries. Check them out and see if you agree or want to cast your own write-in faves. Continue reading →

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Glick’s Picks: A look back at George Stoney’s ALL MY BABIES

Posted on October 10, 2012
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George C. Stoney, one of the great innovators of American documentary and community media, passed away on July 12, at the age of 96. Guest contributor Josh Glick from Yale University reflects on one of Stoney’s seminal works, ALL MY BABIES. Continue reading →

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Erica’s roadtrip hits Wisconsin (or is it the other way around?)

Posted on September 23, 2012
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What a welcome the local film community extended. Milwaukee Film hosted me for not one, but two conversations with local filmmakers – both established professionals and emerging filmmakers. Little did I know at the time the unexpected direction the road would lead me as I continued on to Minneapolis. Continue reading →

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Roadtrip Report from Chicago

Posted on September 2, 2012
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While it has more than a dozen different film and filmmaker organizations, I only had a chance to visit two: Chicago Filmmakers and Kartemquin Films. However, these two – plus some informal meetings with individual filmmakers – gave me some sense of how important the filmmaking tradition is in Chicago. Continue reading →

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Roadtrip Hits Cleveland

Posted on August 30, 2012
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In Cleveland, Erica had a chance to meet with the Executive Director of the Cleveland Film Society and got some insights into creative approaches to regional film festival sustainability, and also met with a group of documentary film professionals in search of a community. Continue reading →

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First stop Pittsburgh

Posted on August 28, 2012
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My visit to Pittsburgh was brief and limited to only one organization (Pittsburgh Filmmakers), but even this small window into the city’s filmmaking culture gave a sense of how a filmmaking organization can take a broad approach to serve both aspiring and existing filmmakers. Continue reading →

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