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Eric Nakamura's Shortlist
The Shortlist article series is your opportunity to learn about the films that inspire intellectual, artistic and activist leaders — leaders ...
Posted on May 7

Party Science: Hustle 101, an Exploration of Atlanta's HBCU Party Promotion Scene
By Jelani Harper Donte Murry is a busy man. The Morehouse College senior, who recently partnered with Michael Cooke to executive produce his ...
Posted on April 30

Outreach Journal: Press Play Productions--Bridging the Gap Between the Classroom and Pop Culture
By Pamela Cohn. In today's television landscape, as has been the case for several years now, reality-based fare is ubiquitous. The ...
Posted on April 30

Scoring It Big: Adding Music to Your Film
By Brittany Mayne One of the most important elements in a film is music. It helps to tell the story, sometimes accentuating ...
Posted on April 16

Assessing Success
By Katy Chevigny Katy Chevigny, Executive Director of Arts Engine. Thoughts on Documentary's Current ...
Posted on April 16

Beyond Novelty and Nostalgia
By Kasmore Rhedrick The beauty of this film exists in the emotional space between longing for the past, reliving the joyful feelings ...
Posted on April 16

Leslie Hatfield's Shortlist
The Shortlist article series is your opportunity to learn about the films that inspire intellectual, artistic and activist leaders — leaders ...
Posted on April 14

IndieGoGo: Doing It with Others
by Harriette Yahr Sundance offered several panels and presentations of interest to independent filmmakers, including at the New Frontier on Main, one of ...
Posted on April 7

Feminism 3.0: Moving Forward by Looking Back
Coverage of women and media brought to you by LUNAFEST Film Festival By Julia Barry Women working for social ...
Posted on March 19

Screening Across the Globe: Encouraging Others to Host a Screening of Your Film
By Brittany Mayne Once you have made a documentary the next goal is getting people to see it. Hosting your own ...
Posted on March 19

Annie J. Howell's Shortlist
The Shortlist article series is your opportunity to learn about the films that inspire intellectual, artistic and activist leaders — leaders like ...
Posted on March 18

Upstream: Drawing Truth: Animation in Documentary
By Shira Golding When Richard Linklater's philosophical exploration Waking Life came out in 2001, animation was still largely considered to be ...
Posted on March 18

The Greatest Silence: Rape in the Congo
by Harriette Yahr The Greatest Silence: Rape in the Congo premiered in the Documentary Competition this year at Sundance. Lisa F. ...
Posted on March 17

Tribeca Film Institute and Media That Matters present TFI Youth Screening Series
Tribeca Film Institute and Media That Matters present TFI Youth Screening Series – Seats still available for 3/12 screening! Tribeca Film Institute ...
Posted on March 4

FLOW: For Love of Water
by Harriette Yahr FLOW: For Love of Water, a thorough and alarming doc about the global water crisis from toxicity to privatization, ...
Posted on February 19

Nonso Christian Ugbode's Shortlist
The Shortlist article series is your opportunity to learn about the films that inspire intellectual, artistic and activist leaders—leaders like filmmaker Nonso ...
Posted on February 19

Alterna-Love
by Austra Zubkovs Love isn't just what Hallmark or the next big corporation looking to milk out a few extra bucks tells ...
Posted on February 14

Upstream: Making News Online: Putting Your Message Where the World Can Find It
by Brittany Mayne Using the internet for distributing information is getting easier by the day. Getting the word out about a documentary ...
Posted on February 13

Three Things Documentary Filmmakers Can Learn from the Super Bowl
by Kasmore Rhedrick The New York Giants’ victory over the New England Patriots Sunday was, according to Nielsen Media Research, the most-watched ...
Posted on February 8

An American in Havana: The 29th Havana International Film Festival
by Pedro Carvajal Pedro being interviewed on Teves (Venezuelan Social Content Television). Traveling to Cuba to ...
Posted on January 16

Amir Bar-Lev's Shortlist
The Shortlist article series is your opportunity to learn about the films that inspire intellectual, artistic and activist leaders—leaders like filmmaker Amir ...
Posted on January 14

Arts Engine's Holiday Shortlist
The holiday season is upon us and nothing makes a better gift for a friend, colleague or loved one than offering a ...
Posted on December 20

Upstream: What Is New Media?
by Angela Tucker As a filmmaker who spends a considerable amount of time on the Internet, mainly for blogging and throwing random ...
Posted on December 20

Arts Engine Remembers St.Clair
Arts Engine is saddened to announce the passing of St.Clair Bourne. The prolific and award-winning filmmaker stated in his July 17 ...
Posted on December 20

Report From Toronto 2007: A Jihad For Love
by Harriette Yahr Parvez Sharma and Sandi Dubowski at Toronto International Film Festival 2007 A ...
Posted on December 20

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