Below is the full bibliography for the Shorenstein Center Documentary Film in the Public Interest Initiative’s Doc Distro Lit Review. This list is updated when new resources are added to the literature review.
Adams, Sam. “This Oscar Season Just Got Its Dumbest Controversy Yet.” Slate. February 8, 2024. https://slate.com/culture/2024/02/oscar-nominations-2024-best-documentary-michael-j-fox.html.
Atad, Corey. “Toronto’s Indie Cinema Scene Is Booming: ‘It’s a Different Experience than, like, the Cineplex.’” Toronto Star, November 25, 2023. https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/movies/toronto-s-indie-cinema-scene-is-booming-it-s-a-different-experience-than-like-the/article_7ea2e81f-42c1-56ea-99c1-2e59400bde59.html.
Barnes, Brooks. “Participant, Maker of Films with Social Conscience, Calls It Quits.” New York Times, April 16, 2024. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/16/business/media/participant-jeff-skoll.html.
BBC Film. “BBC Film Announces New Support for UK Producers.” British Broadcasting Coorporation, October 3, 2023. https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2023/bbc-film-new-support-uk-producers.
Bessner, Daniel. “The Life and Death of Hollywood.” Harper’s Magazine, April 15, 2024. https://harpers.org/archive/2024/05/the-life-and-death-of-hollywood-daniel-bessner/.
British Film Institute. “UK Global Screen Fund Announces Latest Awards for International Promotion of Independent UK Feature Films.” British Film Institute, February 8, 2024. https://www.bfi.org.uk/news/uk-global-screen-fund-latest-awards-international-promotion-independent-uk-feature-films.
Canfield, David. “Christine Vachon, Hollywood’s Greatest Anomaly.” Vanity Fair, September 28, 2023. https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2023/09/christine-vachon-profile-past-lives-may-december-awards-insider.
Carey, Matthew. “Denmark Punching Above Its Weight to Become a Global Powerhouse in the Documentary World.” Deadline. May 18, 2024. https://deadline.com/2024/05/denmark-danish-documentaries-disruptors-1235917024/.
Carey, Matthew. “Margaret Mead Film Festival Returns after Pandemic Hiatus, Countering Worrisome Trend in Festival Space.” Deadline. May 3, 2024. https://deadline.com/2024/05/2024-margaret-mead-film-festival-lineup-announcement-1235903415/.
Center for Media and Social Impact. The Lens Reflected: What Stories & Storytellers Get the Green Light in Documentary’s Streaming Age? December 2022. https://cmsimpact.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/CMSI_LensReflected_final.12.1.pdf.
Chien, Karin. “A New Distribution Future from the Ground Up.” Distribution Advocates (blog). Substack, October 31, 2023. https://distributionadvocates.substack.com/p/a-new-distribution-future-from-the.
Chien, Karin. “Distribution Advocates: A Cheat Sheet for Approaching Distribution.” Distribution Advocates (blog). Substack, September 29, 2020. https://distributionadvocates.substack.com/p/distribution-advocates-a-cheat-sheet.
Childress, Sonya. “A Reckoning.” Medium. June 15, 2020. https://medium.com/@sonya.childress/a-reckoning-526bb97ca60b.
Childress, Sonya, and Sahar Driver. The People of Color Documentary Ecosystem: Engines for a New American Narrative. Color Congress. March 7, 2024. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/6160d71bc83b4d26139b6a5a/t/65e9d80a0bc2c86ea23acd83/1709824142670/Color+Congress+The+People+of+Color+Documentary+Ecosystem_web_s.pdf.
D’Alessandro, Anthony. “HBO & Max Sign Exclusive Multiyear Pay One Agreement with A24.” Deadline. December 6, 2023. https://deadline.com/2023/12/hbo-max-a24-pay-one-window-deal-1235654619.
D’Alessandro, Anthony. “Plan B Launches New Micro Budget Film Finance Initiative Led by Caddy Vanasirikul; First Pic Is Fernando Eimbcke’s ‘Olmo.’” Deadline. December 1, 2023. https://deadline.com/2023/12/plan-b-caddy-vanasirikul-fernando-eimbcke-1235649171.
De La Fuente, Anna Marie. “Argentina’s New President Javier Milei Defunds Film-TV Agency Incaa, Ventana Sur.” Variety, March 13, 2024. https://variety.com/2024/film/global/javier-milei-incaa-ventana-sur-1235940406/.
DISCO. The Independence Project. DISCO. March 2024. http://independence-project.org.
Distribution Advocates. US Film Festivals as a Point of Sale for Documentaries. September 2022. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dyfoLXWUuxJVhx1-1VWsiymgrHKBmgNJ/view.
Distribution Advocates Presents. “The Truth about Awards.” Produced by Moso Haus and Nacey Watson Johnson. Distribution Advocates. January 31, 2024. Podcast. https://distributionadvocates.substack.com/p/da-presents-awards.
Distribution Advocates Presents. “The Truth about Exhibition.” Produced by Moso Haus and Nacey Watson Johnson. Distribution Advocates. February 21, 2024. Podcast. https://distributionadvocates.substack.com/p/da-presents-exhibition.
Distribution Advocates Presents. “The Truth about Film Festivals.” Produced by Moso Haus and Nacey Watson Johnson. Distribution Advocates. February 7, 2024. Podcast. https://distributionadvocates.substack.com/p/da-presents-film-festivals.
Distribution Advocates Presents. “The Truth about Sales Agents.” Produced by Moso Haus and Nacey Watson Johnson. Distribution Advocates. January 31, 2024. Podcast. https://distributionadvocates.substack.com/p/da-presents-sales-agents.
Doc Talk: A Deadline and Nō Studios Podcast. “Do It Yourself Oscar Campaign.” Deadline. December 5, 2023. Podcast. https://deadline.com/2023/12/documentary-movies-diy-oscar-campaign-1235653409/.
Firelight Media. “The Documentary System Is Broken. Now What? | Beyond Resilience.” December 2023. https://www.firelightmedia.tv/events/the-documentary-system-is-broken-now-what-beyond-resilience.
Fischer, Sara. “Exclusive: Streamers Launch First Official Trade Group.” Axios. September 26, 2023. https://www.axios.com/2023/09/26/streamers-launch-first-official-trade-group.
Fischer, Sara. “Warner Bros. Discovery in Talks to Merge with Paramount Global.” Axios. December 20, 2023. https://www.axios.com/2023/12/20/warner-bros-paramount-merger-discovery-streaming.
Fuster, Jeremy. “Going It Alone: The Indie Filmmakers Getting Their Movies in Theaters Without a Distributor.” TheWrap. May 14, 2024. https://www.thewrap.com/hundreds-beavers-occult-anchorage-indie-filmmakers-self-release-movies/.
Galuppo, Mia, and Katie Kilkenny. “Inside the Documentary Cash Grab.” The Hollywood Reporter, September 16, 2022. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/documentary-streaming-age-filmmaker-debate-ethics-payments-1235221541/.
Gilbride, Megan, and Rebecca Green. “Sundance Reinvented.” Dear Producer. January 24, 2024. https://dearproducer.com/sundance-reinvented/.
Grobar, Matt. “2,000+ Top Producers Sign Petition to Drop Second ‘P’ from AMPTP, Part of Larger Push to Address Inequities; Cathy Schulman, Jason Blum, Dede Gardner, Todd Garner among Signees.” Deadline. October 10, 2023. https://deadline.com/2023/10/producers-petition-change-amptp-name-hollywood-labor-1235567984/.
Grobar, Matt. “Outfest Postpones Legacy Awards & Pauses Other Programming, Initiates ‘Leaves’ for Majority of Staff, Citing Severe Impact of ‘Financial Climate.’” Deadline. October 12, 2023. https://deadline.com/2023/10/outfest-legacy-awards-postponed-strike-impact-1235572205.
Guggenheim, Davis. “‘An Inconvenient Truth’ Director Davis Guggenheim Asks Who Will Replace the Social Impact Made by Participant’s Movies.” Deadline. April 22, 2024. https://deadline.com/2024/04/participant-davis-guggenheim-guest-column-1235891861/.
Halligan, Fionnuala. “Screen Comment: UK Indie Producers Are in Crisis and Need Urgent Support.” Screen International, October 3, 2023. https://www.screendaily.com/features/screen-comment-uk-indie-producers-are-in-crisis-and-need-urgent-support/5186466.article.
Harris, Mark. “How Bad Can It Get for Hollywood?” New York Times, March 1, 2024. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/01/opinion/oscars-hollywood-extinction-event.html.
Hayes, Dade. “Angel Studios CEO Neal Harmon on Following Sound of Freedom, Learning from Failure and Letting the Audience Shape the Slate – Q&A.” Deadline. March 4, 2024. https://deadline.com/2024/03/angel-studios-ceo-neal-harmon-sound-of-freedom-vidangel-star-wars-1235842961/.
Hayes, Dade, and Katie Campione. “After the ‘Great Netflix Correction,’ Streaming Looks to Find New Pragmatic Footing.” Deadline. December 22, 2023. https://deadline.com/2023/12/streaming-services-2024-outlook-questions-1235677689/.
Healy, Rachael. “Fewer than One in 10 Arts Workers in UK Have Working-Class Roots.” The Guardian, May 18, 2024. https://www.theguardian.com/inequality/article/2024/may/18/arts-workers-uk-working-class-roots-cultural-sector-diversity.
Human Rights Watch. “Human Rights Watch to End Its Celebrated Film Festival.” Human Rights Watch. March 13, 2024. https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/03/13/human-rights-watch-end-its-celebrated-film-festival.
Hunt, A.E. “Split Together: Weathering the Storm at the Camden International Film Festival.” MUBI Notebook. December 7, 2023. https://mubi.com/en/notebook/posts/split-together-weathering-the-storm-at-the-camden-international-film-festival.
Jones, Naomi McDougall, and Liz Manashil. “Producer Data: The Numbers Don’t Lie (the Truth about Independent Film Revenue).” Filmmaker Magazine, March 16, 2023. https://filmmakermagazine.com/120384-truth-about-independent-film-revenue/.
Kaufman, Anthony. “Are Indie Docs Hot Again? At Least for Netflix.” Anthony Kaufman’s Substack (blog). Substack, February 2, 2024. https://anthonykaufman.substack.com/p/are-indie-docs-hot-again-at-least.
Kaufman, Anthony. “Doc (and Art-Film) Blocking: How Algorithmic Content Moderation Is Hurting Indie Films.” Filmmaker Magazine, February 9, 2024. https://filmmakermagazine.com/125074-doc-and-art-film-blocking-how-algorithmic-content-moderation-is-hurting-indie-films/.
Kaufman, Anthony. “Hits & Misses: How Six Sundance 2023 Titles Performed in Distribution.” Filmmaker Magazine, December 15, 2023. https://filmmakermagazine.com/123893-anthony-kaufman-hits-misses-sundance-2023-case-studies/.
Kaufman, Anthony. “Indie Distribution Is Self-Distribution.” Anthony Kaufman’s Substack (blog). Substack. May 24, 2024. https://anthonykaufman.substack.com/p/indie-distribution-is-self-distribution.
Kaufman, Anthony. “Inside DOC NYC: Power, Profit, and Community at America’s ‘Largest’ Doc Fest.” Documentary Magazine, December 29, 2023. https://www.documentary.org/online-feature/inside-doc-nyc-power-profit-and-community-americas-largest-doc-fest.
Kaufman, Anthony. “Let’s Make a Deal-or Not.” Distribution Advocates (blog). Substack, January 19, 2023. https://distributionadvocates.substack.com/p/lets-make-a-dealor-not.
Kaufman, Anthony. “Paradigm Shift: The Current State of Development Labs.” Filmmaker Magazine, September 20, 2023. https://filmmakermagazine.com/122942-anthony-kaufman-development-labs-2023-sundance-tribeca-film-institute/.
Kaufman, Anthony. “Solutions Based: Who Should Save Independent Film?” Filmmaker Magazine, March 18, 2024. https://filmmakermagazine.com/125284-anthony-kaufman-sundance-2024-wrap/.
Kaufman, Anthony. “This Was the Year That the Golden Age of Documentary Felt like a Distant Memory.” IndieWire. December 19, 2023. https://www.indiewire.com/features/commentary/2023-documentary-films-1234935147/.
Kaufman, Anthony. “Will This Year’s Sundance Save Documentary Distribution?” Anthony Kaufman’s Substack (blog). Substack, January 11, 2024. https://anthonykaufman.substack.com/p/will-this-years-sundance-save-documentary?.
Kaufman, Anthony. “With Sundance Boost, Even Original Documentaries Could Make a Comeback in 2024.” Documentary Magazine, February 1, 2024. https://documentary.org/online-feature/sundance-boost-even-original-documentaries-could-make-comeback-2024.
Kaufman, Anthony. “XTR Is Trying to Solve the Crisis in Documentary Film, but Some Filmmakers Feel Betrayed.” Filmmaker Magazine, December 20, 2023. https://filmmakermagazine.com/124039-xtr-documentary-funding/.
Knibbs, Kate. “How Bookshop.org Survives—and Thrives—in Amazon’s World.” Wired, April 11, 2023. https://www.wired.com/story/books-bookshop-org-thrives-amazon-world/.
Littleton, Cynthia. “‘How Do We Never Do This Again?’: Hollywood Grapples with the Consequences of a 148-Day WGA Strike.” Variety, October 11, 2023. https://variety.com/2023/film/news/writers-strike-consquences-whats-next-hollywood-wga-1235750917.
Littleton, Cynthia. “Wrangling the Regulators: Hollywood’s Urge to Merge Is Dampened by Antitrust Policy Debate in Washington.” Variety, April 24, 2024. https://variety.com/2024/biz/news/antitrust-apple-google-justice-ftc-lina-khan-1235980147/.
Lozano, Carrie. “Action in Three Acts: Camden International Film Festival Remarks.” Transcript of speech delivered at the Camden International Film Festival, September 2023. https://shorensteincenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/ACTION-in-THREE-ACTS-Camden-Remarks-by-Carrie-Lozano.pdf.
Macaulay, Scott. “Editor’s Letter – Richard Linklater.” Filmmaker Magazine newsletter. September 2023. https://mailchi.mp/thegotham/diverse-pieces-on-the-site-cannes-producers-network-fellowship-give-me-pity-and-more-532434?e=910fa161d4.
Macaulay, Scott. “Editor’s Letter – Sundance and Saving Indie Film.” Filmmaker Magazine newsletter. January 2024. https://mailchi.mp/thegotham/diverse-pieces-on-the-site-cannes-producers-network-fellowship-give-me-pity-and-more-533382?e=8a52770069/.
Mahler, Jonathan, James B. Stewart, and Benjamin Mullin. “How David Zaslav Blew Up Hollywood.” New York Times, November 15, 2023. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/15/magazine/david-zaslav-warner-media-discovery.html.
Martin, Corey. “From Microsoft Acquiring Activision to Disney + Hulu, These Deals Shook Up the Media and Entertainment Space in 2023, Plus 2024 Trends to Watch.” Forbes. December 5, 2023. https://www.forbes.com/sites/legalentertainment/2023/12/05/deals-that-shook-up-the-media-and-entertainment-space-in-2023-and-trends-to-watch-out-for-next-year.
Morfoot, Addie. “Could the 31st Edition of Hot Docs Be the Last for the Ailing Toronto Fest? Organizers Warn It Might Be.” Variety, April 24, 2024. https://variety.com/2024/film/spotlight/hot-docs-crisis-could-be-last-festival-1235979550/.
Morfoot, Addie. “Doc World Is Reeling from Oscar Nominations and What They Might Mean for the Struggling Sector: ‘There Is This Resentment towards Certain Kinds of Success.’” Variety, February 3, 2024. https://variety.com/2024/film/awards/fallout-oscar-documentary-nominations-what-they-might-mean-1235893537/.
Morfoot, Addie. “Documentary Filmmakers Lament Hollywood Cutbacks and Deal Scarcity: ‘Our Ecosystem Is in the Midst of a Collapse.’” Variety, April 5, 2024. https://variety.com/2024/film/news/full-frame-documentary-filmmakers-hollywood-cutbacks-deal-1235962142/.
Morfoot, Addie. “Filmmakers Take Legal Action against Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment as It Faces ‘Cash Flow Issues.’” Variety, December 20, 2023. https://variety.com/2023/film/news/chicken-soup-for-the-soul-1091-pictures-lawsuits-payments-1235838558/.
Morfoot, Addie. “Sundance Offers a Glimmer of Hope for the Struggling Documentary Market: ‘We’re No Longer in a DOA Situation.’” Variety, January 26, 2024. https://variety.com/2024/film/news/sundance-struggling-documentary-market-superman-will-harper-1235887798/.
Morfoot, Addie. “The Road to the Oscar Documentary Shortlist Requires More than Just Money for Most.” Variety, December 6, 2023. https://variety.com/2023/awards/news/road-oscar-documentary-shortlist-diy-fyc-streamers-1235821051/.
Netflix. What We Watched: A Netflix Engagement Report. December 12, 2023. https://about.netflix.com/en/news/what-we-watched-a-netflix-engagement-report.
Newman, Brian. “A Distinct Chill in the Air.” Sub-Genre Media newsletter. February 15, 2024. https://mailchi.mp/b88a1c1f8be1/a-distinct-chill-in-the-air?e=71a15a17fc#chill.
Newman, Brian. “Camden International Film Festival Remarks.” Transcript of speech delivered at Camden International Film Festival, September 2023. https://shorensteincenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Camden-International-Film-Festival-Remarks-Brian-Newman.pdf.
Newman, Brian. “Film 101: New Rules for Distribution (Mid-2024 Edition).” Sub-Genre Media May 23, 2024. https://mailchi.mp/5e57ed5d66a7/film-101-new-rules-for-distribution?.
Newman, Brian. “Go Big.” Sub-Genre Media newsletter. February 8, 2024. https://mailchi.mp/956c513a3008/go-big?e=71a15a17fc#big.
Newman, Brian. “Things Are Getting Real.” Sub-Genre Media newsletter. April 18, 2024. https://us5.campaign-archive.com/?u=43175ffadd10a314510384941&id=7a7c0d8e55.
Ng, Lily. “ITVS: Keeping the ‘Public’ in Public Television.” Documentary Magazine, June 1, 2001. https://www.documentary.org/feature/itvs-keeping-public-public-television.
Parris, Daniel. “The Broken Economics of Streaming Services: A Stats Explainer.” Stat Significant. May 22, 2024. https://www.statsignificant.com/p/the-broken-economics-of-streaming?.
Patten, Dominic, and Anthony D’Alessandro. “End of an Indie Era? Sundance Could Leave Park City as Festival Opens Bids for New Location in 2027; Utah Resort Town Vows Fight to Keep It.” Deadline. April 17, 2024. https://deadline.com/2024/04/sundance-film-festival-new-home-host-city-bids-1235888142/.
Putnam, Keri. “What’s at Risk in the Streaming Media Age.” Shorenstein Center Commentary Blog (blog). Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy, January 18, 2024. https://shorensteincenter.org/commentary/whats-risk-streaming-media-age/.
Rana, Umang. “Netflix and Amazon Back Down on Daring Films in India.” Marketing Mantra (blog). LinkedIn, November 21, 2023. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/netflix-amazon-back-down-daring-films-india-umang-rana-mmlcf/.
Rose, Lacey, and Lesley Goldberg. “It’s Quiet, Too Quiet, in Hollywood: Where Are the Deals?” The Hollywood Reporter, December 7, 2023. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/wga-strike-tv-deals-1235715385.
Scott, Daniel James. “It’s a New Day: Collective Distribution.” Documentary Magazine, October 2, 2011. https://www.documentary.org/feature/its-new-day-collective-distribution.
Shapiro, Evan. “Public Announcement: How Media Failed America.” Media War & Peace (blog). Substack, April 23, 2024. https://eshap.substack.com/p/public-announcement.
Shaw, Lucas. “For Every Hit TV Show, There Are More Than 100 Misses.” Bloomberg. November 5, 2023. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2023-11-06/what-are-netflix-s-most-popular-tv-shows-these-are-the-top-10.
Spangler, Todd. “Best Buy to End DVD, Blu-Ray Disc Sales.” Variety, October 13, 2023. https://variety.com/2023/digital/news/best-buy-ending-dvd-blu-ray-disc-sales-1235754919/.
Stoller, Matt. “Time to Break Up Hollywood.” BIG by Matt Stoller (blog). Substack, May 14, 2023. https://www.thebignewsletter.com/p/can-a-writers-strike-save-hollywood.
Stuart, Peter. “IDA and AMPAS Forged Partnership in the Mid-90s.” Documentary Magazine, June 1, 2002. https://www.documentary.org/feature/ida-and-ampas-forged-partnership-mid-90s.
Sun, Rebecca. “How Documentary Orgs Serving People of Color Are Coming Together to Survive and Thrive.” The Hollywood Reporter, March 7, 2024. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/color-congress-people-of-color-documentary-ecosystem-report-1235844851/.
Szalai, Georg. “Hollywood’s Elusive Goal This Year: Streaming Profits.” The Hollywood Reporter, December 29, 2023. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/hollywoods-elusive-goal-streaming-profits-1235668620/.
Tavlin, Will. “Digital Rocks How Hollywood Killed Celluloid.” n+1, Spring 2022. https://www.nplusonemag.com/issue-42/essays/digital-rocks/.
Tremblay, Erica, and Miciana Alise. “Why This Year’s Other Critically Acclaimed Movie Starring Lily Gladstone Hasn’t Been Picked up (Guest Column).” The Hollywood Reporter, November 30, 2023. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/lily-gladstone-fancy-dance-killers-of-the-flower-moon-1235702715/.
UK Feature Docs. “UK Feature Docs – a Study of the Feature Documentary Film Industry.” 2020. https://ukfd.org.uk.
Vourlias, Christopher. “Fremantle’s Mandy Chang Warns Against a ‘Corporate Age’ of Documentary as Streamers Fuel Docmaking Boom.” Variety, April 1, 2022. https://variety.com/2022/film/global/fremantle-mandy-chang-documentary-streamers-cphdox-1235220861/.
Waxman, Sharon. “At Sundance, Indie Film Struggles to Find a Working Business Model.” TheWrap. January 24, 2024. https://www.thewrap.com/sundance-indie-film-struggles-working-business-model/.
Whittock, Jesse, and Sara Merican. “Why the Streaming Giants Are Exiting Original Production in Southeast Asia & How Producers Plan to Bounce Back – Analysis.” Deadline. April 9, 2024. https://deadline.com/2024/04/prime-video-disney-plus-netflix-southeast-asia-analysis-1235874698/.
Wiedeman, Reeves. “Reality Check: The Boom—or Glut—in Streaming Documentaries Has Sparked a Reckoning among Filmmakers and Their Subjects.” Vulture. February 1, 2023. https://www.vulture.com/article/tv-documentaries-ethical-standards.html.
Writers Guild of America West. The New Gatekeepers: How Disney, Amazon, and Netflix Will Take Over Media. August 17, 2023. https://www.wga.org/the-guild/advocacy/politics-public-policy-pac/the-new-gatekeepers-how-disney-amazon-and-netflix-will-take-over-media.
