Getting Personal with Doug Block
Doug Block, jan rofekampReflections and hard-earned advice on making personal documentaries, first-person storytelling and producing for film.
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What I've Learned in One Year of Doing My Substack
This week marks the one year anniversary of my Substack newsletter. Publishing fifty posts in that time is nothing to sneeze at, even in allergy season. But I have an admission to make. I started out with a purely strategic intention in min...
Getting Personal with My Readers
Next week will mark exactly one year since I started my Substack newsletter, and this is the most difficult post I’ve written yet by far. Or at least the one I’ve avoided writing for the longest.
When you make personal documentaries, there...
Missing Out On All The Joy
photo credit: Todd Heisler, NY Times
I should have known I was tempting fate.
A week ago Saturday, Marjorie and I were in Washington, DC for the great DC/DOX Film Festival, but watching a film that night was the last thing on our minds....
Most Docs Will (Likely) Not Get Seen!
I’ve been meaning to host occasional guest posts ever since I started my Substack. Well, here I am, almost a year into it, and this is the first one. I guess I figured the universe would conspire and an opportunity would present itself when...
Thoughts On the Future of the Feature Documentary
Whenever I’m preparing to give a talk at an industry event, it gives me cause to think. Which is good. There’s so much about the state of the film industry right now (let’s not even mention this godforsaken world!) that makes me want to cra...
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I'm a documentary filmmaker, story consultant, photographer, and founder and co-host of The D-Word. My latest personal doc: BETTY & HENRI (& ME).
40 year- veteran doc sales...
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