Students in The Documentary Project at Columbia Journalism School learn to write, film and narrate the stories of our time, from deadline reporting to profile writing and documentary features. Successful candidates have leveraged their work to include magazine features, NPR radio stories and newspaper articles.
Columbia’s showcase includes: The Lifehouse (USA, 31 min., Heba Elorbany, Kimberly Flores Guzmàn) hosts pro-life interns from around the world who come to New York City seeking to prevent abortions. Two years after being released from prison, Kilzy Gonzalez fights to regain custody of one of her daughters in Love, Mommy (USA, 32 min., Tala Hadavi, Yeong-Ung Yang), an intimate portrait of a mother struggling against personal demons, trying to prove she’s worthy of a second chance.