On Doc Makers’ Responsibility to Their Subjects WaJobz

On Doc Makers’ Responsibility to Their Subjects WaJobz

A well-told story ends when the credits roll, but not so documentaries. There, in most cases, the lives of the people depicted on-screen continue on, transformed by the fact of being filmed — and even more by whatever attention the project ignites in the culture at large. That’s why, in the hundreds of post-screening Q&As … Read more

Nick Broomfield’s Dark Rock Doc WaJobz

Nick Broomfield’s Dark Rock Doc WaJobz

Rockism, in case you don’t know the term, is the school of thought that holds the noisy “purity” of rock ‘n’ roll to be morally and aesthetically superior to the “corruption” of pop. There are numerous iconic examples of rockism. It was there in the postpunk ’80s hipsters who found the Replacements and Joy Division to … Read more