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V Haddad and Sam Richardson Win 2021 Lange-Taylor Prize Honorable Mention Awarded to Brian Garbrecht and riel Sturchio Sam Richardson, photograph by Tyler Oyer. V Haddad, photograph by Adam Gundersheimer. The Center for Documentary Studies (CDS) at Duke University has awarded the twenty-ninth Dorothea Lange–Paul Taylor Prize to American artists and educators V Haddad and Sam

Center for Documentary Studies names new director Veteran media executive Opeyemi Olukemi has been appointed the new director of the Center for Documentary Studies (CDS) at Duke University, Olukemi (pictured) is the fourth ...

Media innovation executive Opeyemi Olukemi is the new director of the Center for Documentary Studies (CDS) at Duke University. Olukemi, the fourth director in the center’s 32-year history, began work in September. She came to Duke after stints at the Tribeca Film Institute and, most recently, American Documentary | POV, where she initiated partnerships, initiatives, and projects at the intersections of technology and storytelling. 

An inmate on death row in North Carolina worked with industry professionals to produce a rap song in hopes of bringing awareness to those wrongly convicted.

Myron Dewey helped draw worldwide attention to the concerns of Native Americans fighting an oil pipeline near the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation.

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Myron Dewey, a filmmaker and journalist who helped draw worldwide attention to the concerns of Native Americans fighting an oil pipeline near the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation, has died.

Myron Dewey had deep ties to the Lawrence community and the KU campus. His work will continue to inspire people to make a difference in any way they can.

Myron Dewey, a filmmaker and journalist who helped draw worldwide attention to the concerns of Indigenous people fighting an oil pipeline near the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation, has died.

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Myron Dewey, a filmmaker and journalist who helped draw...

Myron Dewey, a filmmaker and journalist who helped draw worldwide attention to the concerns of Indigenous people fighting an oil pipeline near the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation, has died.