Free film screenings throughout the Triangle region, as well as educational initiatives a Youth Screening for students and educators, a Teach the Teachers documentary literacy program, and a School of Doc filmmaking camp for high school students—increase access to documentary films and demonstrate their power.
Dalton said despite earlier efforts to increase levels of documentary and drama at the ABC, including tied or allocated funding from governments, after 2013 these areas were no longer a priority.
The recent release of the well-received "Senna" documentary has generated increased interest and perhaps provided the impetus for the re-release of "Memories of Senna" by Christopher Hilton.
That directive has sprouted all sorts of policy changes that have increased the time, cost and documentary burden on employers and workers.
An excellent documentary that both increased my awareness of the plight of veterans' families dealing with our wounded soldiers and decreased my tolerance for the nation's failing health care system.
The number of documentary films made has increased – at the Cannes Film Festival market, the share of documentaries seeking distribution has doubled in the past five years.
We'll also get increasing numbers of documentaries released at cinemas that aren't specifically marketed as documentary, which we're seeing with the Nick Cave film, 20,000 Days on Earth, out later in the year.
One good thing that might emerge from this is slightly increased attention to the KKK documentaries soon to air on PBS.
Over the years, the number of venues for showing documentaries has greatly increased: in theatres, on cable, and now on streaming networks like Netflix.
Correction: October 12, 2003, Sunday An article last Sunday about the creation of an increasing number of documentaries about prison life in the state misstated the location of the film "How Do You Spell Murder?" It was the New Jersey State Prison in Trenton, not the East Jersey State Prison in Rahway.
