Wanted: storytellers
Documentary Institute faculty look for storytellers when considering applicants for the master’s program.
“We look at the life/work experiences a student has had – particularly experiences that might lead naturally to a passion for documentary but not necessarily film and television experience,” Co-Director Churchill Roberts said.
Class size varies annually. For instance, while the 2005 class, which finished the two-year program in the spring, had 14 students, the 2004 class had six because several accepted international applicants failed, at the last minute, to secure visas.
The 2007 class, which started this semester, has 11 students.
Divided into teams of two to four, the students aim to produce an original, broadcast-worthy documentary as their thesis production. They receive $5,000 from the College to produce their project, and priceless direction from Roberts, Co-Director Sandra Dickson and Associate Directors Cindy Hill and Cara Pilson.
–Boaz Dvir
