I almost forgot to post about this, but thanks to The Documentary Channel newsletter, I was reminded. “The Paley Center for Media (formerly The Museum of Television & Radio) has announced a call for entries for its celebrated Art of the Documentary Pitch Workshop. In this workshop/competition–now in its fourth year–a panel of television executives […]

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As a Gucci Fund recipient, the Tribeca family is watching especially closely the continuing and unfortunate story of filmmaker and friend Andrew Berends who has been detained in Nigeria. Word on Friday was that he had been released, but he was taken back into custody today and further action is still needed to close the […]

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Amy Goodman of Democracy Now! was arrested at the Republican convention and it was captured on tape. She has been released, but the images are still sobering. Read the AP article>>

And documentary filmmaker and friend Andrew Berends has been detained in Nigeria where he has been filming. For those who don’t know Andy, he won […]

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Hopefully you’ve had a chance to read Eugene Hernandez’ great follow-up to the news that Film Arts Foundation has closed its doors and its membership and programs have migrated to the San Francisco Film Society. He polled nonprofit leaders, including Eileen Newman, Deputy Director of the Tribeca Film Institute and my colleague at the Austin […]

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An interesting article over at CNET for those of us interested in fair use, For YouTube videos, a ‘fair use’ boost.
Copyright owners, such as NBC Universal, Warner Bros., and Viacom, were put on notice Wednesday when U.S. District Judge Jeremy Fogel ruled that they must not order video be removed from Web sites indiscriminately. Before […]

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