Reality Television and the Documentary Filmmaker

The Documentary Life by The Documentary Life

Aug 21, 202036:09TV & Film

It wasn't that long ago when reality television was a dirty word that incited some pretty strong feelings among the documentary filmmaking crowd. However, non fiction television has come a long way in the past few years....

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