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How to Win an Oscar
An expert on the Academy Awards breaks down the process to help filmmakers play the game smarter.
 • Kathleen Lingo and Tom Oyer
1:10:58
1 Year Later: Is It Time to Stop Making Documentaries?
If I go there will be trouble, and if I stay it will be double
The Documentary Market Is Dead. This Programmer Is Still Watching 1,000+ Films a Year.
Inside SFFILM's Doc Stories festival with Jessie Fairbanks—and why film festivals might be more valuable than ever.
 • Kathleen Lingo
Dark Rooms, Loud Music, and Tiny Spiders
FilmStack Inspiration Challenge #46— What fuels my creative engine
 • Kathleen Lingo
‘PREDATORS’ is an empathic and scathing takedown of the true crime genre. Director David Osit explains....
With ‘PREDATORS’ with director David Osit
 • Kathleen Lingo and David Osit
1:04:58
A Filmmaker Hits Pause — and Becomes an Entrepreneur and a Mom at the Same Time
"I was doing IVF injections in the stall of the bathroom at DOC NYC where we were pitching our film.” This one gets so real!!
 • Kathleen Lingo and Vanessa Carr
57:58
UNION: Part 2 on Art, Activism, and the Battle for Fair Wages for Film Workers Too
The beating heart of UNION is the creative choice to make art about labor. But did they make money doing it?
 • Kathleen Lingo
Lingo on Docs
Lingo on Docs
I am a veteran documentary film and television producer writing this newsletter to think about how to keep making documentaries during these complex times. Here we go….
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