Docs in Progress is a film organization based in the
Washington DC
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area which showcases and incubates works in progress by up-and-coming and established
documentary film
A documentary film or documentary is a non-fictional motion-picture intended to "document reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction, education or maintaining a historical record". Bill Nichols has characterized the documentary in te ...
makers.
History
Docs in Progress is a 501c3 non-profit arts organization located in downtown
Silver Spring, Maryland
Silver Spring is a census-designated place (CDP) in southeastern Montgomery County, Maryland, Montgomery County, Maryland, United States, near Washington, D.C. Although officially Unincorporated area, unincorporated, in practice it is an edge cit ...
where workshops, classes, screenings, consultations and networking events are held. It was founded in 2004 as a small-scale series of screenings of works-in-progress by Washington DC-area independent documentary filmmakers first at the Warehouse Theater and later at the
George Washington University
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in partnership with The
Documentary Center. Its signature program is focused on screening two unfinished documentaries at every workshop. Following each screening, the audience participates in an interactive feedback session with the filmmaker(s). Films have been shown by everyone from students to well-established documentary filmmakers. Workshops are open to the general public so that filmmakers can get feedback from the kind of audiences they are trying to reach.
In addition to its screenings, Docs In Progress also provides classes, workshops, fellowships, fiscal sponsorship, and other programs intended for emerging documentary filmmakers, particularly in the Washington DC area. It also holds an annual film festival called Community Stories which spotlights people and places in
Montgomery County, Maryland
Montgomery County is the most populous county in the state of Maryland. As of the 2020 census, the county's population was 1,062,061, increasing by 9.3% from 2010. The county seat and largest municipality is Rockville, although the census-design ...
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References
So you wanna be a film critic? Washington Post, November 11, 2005
Documentary Magazine, June/July 2006
The Doc Blogs: Part of a Thriving Online Film Community indieWIRE, March 2007
Interview on WAMU Radio Metro ConnectionDocumentary Filmmakers' LifelineThe Silver Spring Voice, June 2012
Community Minute: Using Filmmaking As a Tool for Social Change WAMU Radio, June 2012
A Decade of Docs DCKojo Nnamdi Show, October 2014
External links
Docs in Progress Official Site
Docs Interactive Blog
Film organizations in the United States