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Reality Checks: Four Major Documentary Filmmakers Have Died This Year. These Are Their Legacies.|Filmmakers,Film Industry, Film Festivals, Awards & Movie Reviews | Indiewire. By Anthony Kaufman | Indiewire May 29, 2014 at 10:51AM It always sucks when someone dies. But in the small world of documentary filmmaking, where the directors are a close-knit, dogged group, the loss of a fellow intrepid traveler is like losing a member of your extended family. Top L to Bottom R: Michael Glawogger, Malik Bendjelloul, Ed Pincus and Peter Wintonick It always sucks when someone dies. But in the small world of documentary filmmaking, where the directors are a close-knit, dogged group, traveling to the same events and sharing the same few resources to tell their often personal or passionate stories, the loss of a fellow intrepid traveler cuts deep.

The loss of just one of these filmmakers provides plenty to mourn, but the death of four beloved directors within a short time is cause for serious pause. What’s more, their diversity of styles and subject matters attest to the breadth and scope of current documentary film. Michael Glawogger's "Whore's Glory. " Canada's leading film studies journal. Society For Cinema and Media Studies.

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