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Field of Vision launches as new online home for documentary films
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Field of Vision plans to commission as many as 50 short nonfiction documentaries per year on its website, which launched Tuesday.
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Field of Vision plans to commission as many as 50 short nonfiction documentaries per year on its website, which launched Tuesday.
The study’s authors argued that films such as God Loves Uganda are central to public TV’s mission.
Nagan succeeds Simon Kilmurry, who left July 6 to head the International Documentary Association.
An arts festival will promote a documentary about Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, among other films.
At the Circus Maximus of the nonfiction film world, a nod from a commissioning editor can mean financial life or death.
PBS will also reach out directly to public TV stations that don’t air independent film showcases at feed time.
Plus a video to give you vertigo.
WNET and PBS officials recently concluded a “listening tour” to hear the concerns of documentarians. Did it change their outlook?
Foundation funders have plenty at stake in PBS’s pending decisions about scheduling and promoting independent films.