I have to admit, although all the virtual pitches at DOC’s ReBoot were strong, (by virtual, I mean they were all pitched via Skype, not that they weren’t really pitched) I was a little disappointed that Rob Spence’s project EyeBorg didn’t win. “Take a one-eyed filmmaker, an unemployed engineer, and a vision for something that’s [...]

As we all know, the world is going digital.   Some of us are cheering and some of us are clenching our teeth. Over the summer of 2009 we have seen funding opportunities to get documentaries made in Canada rapidly dry up as broadcasters struggle to deal with the economic times.  This has been a [...]

Madhusudan Katti who is a Assistant Professor of Vertebrate Ecology in Fresno in response to the video below writes, “Yosemite National Park is an enduring symbol of the American “wilderness.” But suggests that most of us visiting such wilderness retreats edit our view of them to exclude all the visitors. He challenges us to go [...]