How great to be inspired on a Friday afternoon. I didn’t know I could get all swept up into something I watched on the computer. But! I just watched Kristina Robbins-Higgins‘ short doc Life as You Know It about parents who bring their kids into their work. Not just bring them to work with them, […]

I am a screener for AFI Fest. That means that for the last 3 summers I have spent tons of time in front of the TV watching literally 100s of documentaries. It’s awesome, tiring, thrilling and troubling all at the same time. How it works: AFI receives 1,000s of submissions in all catagories for the […]

I’m just back from San Diego Comicon recouperating from a summer cold. So I spent the weekend getting caught up on TV docs that have accumulated on my Tivo. I could write an essay praising the Tivo for its lifechanging qualities…but I’ll stick to the docs for now. I started with HBO’s Twist of Faith […]