Central to the Documentary Studies Certificate Program is Doc Talks, a monthly event series with contemporary film and video makers, festival programmers, new media distributors, editors, composers, sound designers, and others, who engage in an intimate discussion with students about their own work and the issues and challenges faced by documentary makers today.
An archive of past Doc Talks may be found below.


The latest Fall 2025 lineup includes Masha Chernaya, Kamal Aljafari, Violet Du Feng, The African Film Institute w/ Christian Nyampeta, Angelo Madsen and Kumjana Novakova. Click here for more details about the lineup!
DOC TALKS 2025
DOC TALKS 2024
DOC TALKS 2023
Spring 2023 lineup • Fall 2023 lineup












































































