The Documentary Center

12/30/2024

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Friends and creators of non-fiction storytelling. Page initially developed as The Documentary Center

12/29/2024

Last few days to take advantage of the 20% off sale on The Documentary Filmmaker's Workbook. Purchase direct from the publisher and enter HOLIDAY2024 at checkout. Make 2025 your best filmmaking year yet!

Directing Documentary Everything you need to know to be the creative force in documentary filmmaking Flip the book over and turn it upside down . . . Producing Documentary Everything you need to know to guide a film from concept to distribution. The Workbook has a durable hard cover and with steel w...

12/13/2024

Still looking for the perfect holiday gift for the filmmaker in your life? The newly-released two-part Documentary Filmmaker’s Workbook is available for 20% off with the exclusive code here: https://store.vervante.com/c/v/V4081911566-01.html

12/09/2024

Holiday cheer for documentary filmmakers! The Documentary Filmmaker's Workbook is on a 20% off special when you purchase directly from the publisher with promo code HOLIDAY2024 at checkout. Make 2025 a great year for your nonfiction film!

Directing Documentary Everything you need to know to be the creative force in documentary filmmaking Flip the book over and turn it upside down . . . Producing Documentary Everything you need to know to guide a film from concept to distribution. The Workbook has a durable hard cover and with steel w...

12/02/2024

This coming weekend (December 7 and 8 ) I am teaching an online course, "The Business of Documentary" for the Maine Media Workshops and College. We meet 1:30-4:00 PM ET online both days. There are a few seats left. Join us!

Join Emmy-winning Producer and Director Nina Gilden Seavey, for two days of learning how to crack the code of documentary producing.

11/19/2024

Every documentary filmmaker shouldknow this one statistic

​Nina Seavey ​on her journey to writing—and the benefits of reading—her filmmaker friendly guide 'The Documentary Filmmaker’s Workbook'

10/30/2024

Only 1 week to go until the 10th edition of Double Exposure Investigative Film Festival and Symposium kicks off in Washington D.C. from November 7-10!

This year's festival reflects a world navigating through uncertainty—from AI and climate change to political polarization. These shifts present unique challenges for investigative filmmakers and journalists seeking the hidden stories of our time. Buy your passes and tickets now at dxfest.com

10/27/2024

Required reading for anyone involved in documentary https://www.statsignificant.com/p/how-streaming-elevated-and-ruined?fbclid=IwY2xjawGKaptleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHdE8mQsyyiw8VcNOjOvJ9mjGNTruvsXvo9mJMROgQd-XErTiEjXNubtHsQ_aem_EdCM5CNL8en9Bxfg2B0gdw

Unpacking streaming's embrace and erosion of non-fiction storytelling.

10/09/2024

The Documentary Filmmaker's Workbook is out!

The Documentary Filmmaker’s Workbook

10/02/2024

Double Exposure Investigative Film Festival and Symposium 2024 presents a compelling slate of premieres and filmmaker conversations that highlight the power of investigative cinema to illuminate the complexities of this iridescent, ever-shifting era.

Join us in Washington D.C., November 7-10, for the nation's first, and still only, investigative film festival.

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Double Exposure is the United States’ first and only film festival dedicated to investigative reporting on film. It pairs five days of film screenings with a professional symposium that brings together watchdog journalists and filmmakers venturing into investigative storytelling.

09/16/2024

Preorders are available for my new book, "The Documentary Filmmaker's Workbook." If you are a student, emerging filmmaker, or have several films under your belt, the workbook will solidify the fundamentals of great non-fiction storytelling - all focused your own project. Nearly forty years of teaching, making films, and exhibiting them have been condensed into these pages intended to inform, challenge and inspire your best work.

It's 2 books in 1! One side is Directing Documentary. Flip it over and and turn it upside down. The other side is Producing Documentary. There is explanatory text, writing prompts for your own work, budget exercises, samples, and quotes to keep you focused on the big picture. It's a workbook for the 21st Century Documentarian.

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Friends and creators of non-fiction storytelling. Page initially developed as The Documentary Center

07/02/2024

Today is publication day. A group of some of the best minds in political science, sociology, psychology and history, and me (a polymath) wrote essays on conspiracies and why, especially in America, we believe them. I wrote the chapter that explains how some conspiracies are true (and how they can be successful) using the example of the conspiracy that developed in the wake of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

American Conspiracism

06/18/2024

ATTN Filmmakers!

Presented by the Edlavitch DCJCC, JxJ encompasses the Washington Jewish Film and Music Festivals, alongside a year-round film and music program.

05/01/2024

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04/30/2024

In light of the current turbulence at colleges across the country, this is an auspicious time to listen to My Fugitive about the unintended consequences of campus protest in another era. From Pineapple Street Studios Audacy and Nina Gilden Seavey.

‎History · 2024

03/11/2024

Congratulations to the doc winners!

02/02/2024

Some Festival gigs hiring in DC.

The next Environmental Film Festival is coming up March 21-30 and we're looking to fill some paid part-time seasonal positions! Learn more at: dceff.org/jobs.

02/02/2024

Last year I contributed a chapter to the wonderful new book, LEFT IN THE MIDWEST: ST. LOUIS PROGRESSIVE ACTIVISM IN THE 1960s AND 70s.

Recently the publisher allowed for Open Access to my chapter entitled, "Surveillance and Subversion of Student Activists, 1967-1970: Standoff in St. Louis.” This is the most detailed version of my decade-long work that led to the creation of My Fugitive. You can read the chapter at this link:https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ec7cfca0144ae58e4c89ec6/t/65bc88339091c06a675d5bab/1706854452171/Seavey+Left+in+the+Midwest+Chapter.pdf