Documentary Film Institute {College of Liberal & Creative Arts}

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Welcome to DocFilm at SF State

We produce independent documentary films, design and maintain virtual archives and screening spaces, sponsor film festivals and conferences on the documentary form and culture, offer education programs such as master classes, and conduct applied research.





 

DocFilm in the News: 2012

Daniel Bernardi's latest book is now available

May 16, 2012

NARRATIVE LANDMINES: Rumors, Islamist Extremism, and the Struggle for Strategic Influence is the latest book by Daniel Bernardi (coauthored with Pauline Hope Cheong, Chris Lundry, and Scott W. Ruston).

Design lead for the Narrative IEDs project wins a BECAFEST Award for Best TV Spot.

May 14, 2012

Wayne Marci, design lead for the Narrative IEDs project of the Documentary Film Institute and graduating senior of the Broadcast and Electronic Communication Arts department was awarded a BECAFEST Award for producing the Best TV Spot.

Our new film - Extreme Civil War Reenactors - will premiere tonight, Thursday, May 10, at 9 PM on the National Geographic Channel

May 10, 2012

Outfitted with period authentic Civil War uniforms, we embedded with a handful of America's most hard-core Civil War reenactors, who eat, sleep and breathe the gun smoke of history. From the firing on Fort Sumter to the iconic battlefields of Manassas/Bull Run and Gettysburg, the mecca of reenacting, we set out to discover out how far these folks are willing to go to relive history.

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