Problems breed solutions, and development of technology tends to reap the full benefits of this. A year ago independent filmmaker Terry Hancock was presented with a problem: how can you produce a free culture film with the full benefits of DVD or Blu-Ray without the hassle? From this, the initiative that has been dubbed Lib-Ray [...]

Bassist and co-founder of the popular band Mötley Crüe Nikki Sixx is teaming up with P. R. Brown in a film sure to reflect the cast it has required. P.R. Brown is a Grammy nominated commercial and music video director. He started his career as a graphic designer and photographer working on album packages for [...]

Kickstarter is a great resource for filmmakers with worthy causes to find those who, too, feel they are worthy. Generally, posting about a Kickstarter project is met with a burgeoning amount of reasons why to support it: not so here. The organic necessity of documentaries like “Second Class Citizens,” if it should be named that, [...]

The Kickstarter campaign for Iranian basketball documentary The Iran Job ends next Monday, but the project has already passed its ambitious $50,000 goal. In production for several years, The Iran Job (which is fiscally sponsored by IFP) is seeking finishing funds to prepare for a 2012 release. The documentary follows Kevin Sheppard, an American basketball [...]