Our past documentary festivals premiered such acclaimed films as Amazing Journey: The Story of The Who, Darfur Now, Chicago 10, Street Fight, Born Into Brothels, Lalee's Kin, and many others. In addition to the slate of Premiere Screenings, PaleyDocFest08 will feature a variety of panels and seminars exploring issues crucial to the craft and content of the documentary form—including our wildly popular Pitch Workshop.

The Paley Center's annual Documentary Festival is the centerpiece of our ongoing commitment to bring exemplary works of nonfiction to the public. Over the years, the Festival has hosted screenings and dialogues with such participants as Jon Alpert, Peter Arnett, Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato, Alan Berliner, Ken Burns, Ric Burns, Glenn Close, Roger Daltrey, Kate Davis, Robert Drew, Eve Ensler, Larry Flynt, Liz Garbus, David Grubin, Taylor Hackford, Eugene Jarecki, Sebastian Junger, Susan Lacy, Lauren Lazin, Annie Liebovitz, Rory Kennedy, Al Maysles, Michael Moore, Brett Morgen, Gordon Parks, Alexandra Pelosi, D. A. Pennebaker, Alvin Perlmutter, Sam Phillips, Sam Pollard, Alan and Susan Raymond, Meema Spadola, Gore Vidal, Kurt Vonnegut, Robert Weide, and Gideon Yago.

The Festival is programmed by the Paley Center's curators Ron Simon and Allen Glover. For more information, contact docfest@paleycenter.org.