Special Issues
Recapping Full Frame 2009
Award winners, André Leon Talley, Hoop Dreams and more
By David Fellerath, Marc Maximov and Matt Saldaña | 8 Apr 2009

A smaller, more compact festival yields documentary riches
"Full Frame has always been an opportunity to network and interact with industry colleagues and festivalgoers alike. It's a community we're trying to create—tighter and more accessible."
By Neil Morris | 1 Apr 2009

Dreams don't cost a thing
Fifteen years after Hoop Dreams, Steve James looks back at the phenomenon and discusses this year's sports film series.
By Rob Harrington | 1 Apr 2009

Control freaks
NCSU alumnus Robert Greene's Owning the Weather examines the growing interest in climate management.
By Lisa Sorg | 1 Apr 2009

Finding gems among the documentary short subjects
With the lowered stakes of a short, filmmakers have more room for experimentation.
By Hobert Thompson | 1 Apr 2009

Full Frame film reviews
Our writers watched and reviewed as many films as possible. Here are short capsules, sorted alphabetically within each day.
1 Apr 2009

Recapping the Full Frame festival
Last weekend's 11th running of the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival will be remembered as a watershed festival. Literally, for the rain came down and down and down.
By Neil Morris, Marc Maximov and David Fellerath | 9 Apr 2008

Full Frame: Film at 11
One of the festival's perennial highlights is its career award, which this year is being bestowed on pioneering African-American playwright and filmmaker William Greaves.
By Neil Morris | 2 Apr 2008

Full Frame lineup
Indy staff and freelancers watched several dozen of the more than 60 films screening this weekend. Here are short capsules, sorted alphabetically within each day.
2 Apr 2008

Opening night film: Trumbo
Trumbo was officially persona non grata at the Motion Picture Academy, due to his refusal to answer questions before the House Un-American Activities Committee about his membership in the American Communist Party.
By David Fellerath | 2 Apr 2008

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