School Name: The Documentary Institute, The University of Florida

Main Location: Gainesville, FL, United States

Categories: Film & Video Production

Degree Categories: Master's

School Presence: Campus school

Financial Aid: Unknown

Course Language: English

Overview: The members of the Documentary Institute have been working together for more than 15 years. Our films have aired nationally on PBS and include the critically acclaimed Negroes with Guns: Rob Williams and Black Power, broadcast on Independent Lens in February 2006. Negroes with Guns is the recipient of the 2006 Erik Barnouw Award for Outstanding Historical Documentary, the Audience Award at the 2004 Detroit Docs and was named Best Documentary Feature at the 2004 UrbanWorld Film Festival. Other Institute productions include: Freedom Never Dies: The Legacy of Harry T. Moore, winner of the 2000 Erik Barnouw Award for Outstanding Historical Documentary, Giving Up the Canal, Campaign for Cuba and Last Days of the Revolution. We have received grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the North Carolina Humanities Council, Freedom Forum and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

As teachers, as well as documentarians, we believe it is important to pass on what we learn to others. For that reason, we began offering a master’s program in documentary production in 1998. Our goal is to provide students with a foundation of knowledge to complement their creative vision and to give them the tools and skills needed to bring their ideas to fruition in the form of a professional quality thesis production.

The Documentary Institute is part of the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications, one of the top journalism programs in the United States and home to PBS affiliate WUFT-TV.

Source: www.jou.ufl.edu/documentary