What is a documentary?

..."Documentary seems, more than ever, like a catchall rubric, a label that
can be affixed to heterogeneous, even contradictory products, ranging
from..."

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/17/movies/17scott.html?pagewanted=1&...

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Permalink Reply by Judith Vecchione on October 18, 2010 at 4:52pm

I clipped this, too, for future Workshops. The point about recognizing that audiences are a part of docs -- as they are for features -- is important, although I'm not sure I agree with everything in the article.
Wish the NYT paid more attention to docs on television generally. I think they're too often dismissive of anything not on the big screen, which is just wrong.
J

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Permalink Reply by Chelo Alvarez-Stehle on October 21, 2010 at 12:55pm

Glad you clipped, it Judith. I agree with you...

And FYI I may land a job with Pam Aguilar as interview interpreter for an upcoming multi city shoot for a doc... thanks to this network :))