Reflections on the responsibilities of documentarians to those who work with them after MDOCS conversations with (T)ERROR co-dierctor David Felix Sutcliffe.

Storytellers' 2015 Student Fellow Jake DeNicola, '15, talks about how the Institute helped shape his first feature documentary film.

In early November, punk rock documentary filmmaker and photographer Bill Daniel showed MDOCS the boundless potential of pop-up mobile exhibits.

MDOCS student Maryam Dewitt discusses the creative process of telling her mother's story through documentary film.

Professor Cecilia Aldarondo (English) discusses her new feature documentary film, "Memories of a Penitent Heart," and balancing distribution while teaching.

Storytellers' alum and Anthropology major presents Chinese Saratoga Oral History Project at Researching New York Conference

News and events from the MDOCS program.

Brand new to the Skidmore world, Jesse Wakeman has found her home as MDOCS' Program Coordinator.

Jane describes the process of curating the "Lucy Scribner's Gift" exhibit.

As audience members we tend to overlook the importance of sound effects in films.

Emily Rizzo sat down with award-winning director, writer and producer Jay Craven, to talk about his program Movies from Marlboro.

Past spring from January to May I traveled to Cuba with NYU Tisch's School of the Arts on a photography intensive semester and studied at the Ludwig Foundation in the heart of Havana.

On October 21, filmmaker, writer, and photographer Chip Duncan visited Nicky Tavares' Documentary Film class.

Calling evidence-based storytellers! In June 2016, MDOCS will host its second Storytellers' Institute and invites applications for up to four Institute Fellows for a five-week summer experience in Saratoga Springs, NY who will consider the role of fact and fiction in documentary practice.

In Spring '16 MDOCS will offer a range of skill-up 1-credit workshops and project courses.

This fall we are excited to enter our sophomore year! MDOCS has jumped into fall with renewed commitment to Skidmore and the Saratoga community with some amazing campus collaborations and interdisciplinary visits.

MDOCS Newsletter Contributing Editors Emily Rizzo, '18 and Rebecca Stern, 19 sat down with chapter leader Urvi Kalra,'18, to talk about REACT TO FILM and its fall program - The Hunting Ground (2012).

We walk past people with stories every day. Our student peers, faculty members, and neighbors all have narratives that together create episodes in the history of Skidmore and Saratoga Springs.

What is so great about documentary filmmaking is that you uncover amazing stories just by following one little good idea. The idea to document my journey finding Jeff, led to the discovery of a truly unique story of a man's love for radio.

This interdisciplinary workshop showcased documentary film-making techniques with an internationally-flavored perspective on three hip-hop artists.