Faculty research profiles
Churchill Roberts
Summary
Dr. Roberts’s focus is on documentary film production--particularly historical documentary. He co-directs the University of Florida's Documentary Institute. The Institute has produced documentaries for national distribution on PBS, including Independent Lens. The Institute's works include Negroes with Guns: Rob Williams and Black power, Freedom Never Dies: The Legacy of Harry T. Moore, Deciding Who Dies, Last Days of the Revolution, Campaign for Cuba and Giving Up the Canal.
Recent publications
Co-director, Negroes With Guns: Rob Williams and Black Power, 60-minute documentary shot in high definition, with Sandra Dickson, Cynthia Hill, and Cara Pilson, 2004. Aired nationally on PBS' Independent Lens, January 16, 2007. Winner of the 2006 Erik Barnouw Award for best historical documentary, presented by the Organization of American Historians.
Co-director, Freedom Never Dies: The Legacy of Harry T. Moore, 86-minute television documentary, with Sandra Dickson, Cynthia Hill, and Cara Pilson, 2000. Aired nationally on PBS, January 12, 2001. Winner of the 2001 Erik Barnouw Award for best historical documentary, presented by the Organization of American Historians.
Books
with Samuel L. Becker, Discovering Mass Communication, 3rd edition (New York: Harper-Collins, 1992).
Keywords
documentary, film, nonfiction
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