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

Fall 2025 Lineup

DOC TALKS 2024

Spring 2024 lineup

DOC TALKS 2023

Spring 2023 lineupFall 2023 lineup

DOC TALKS 2022

Fall 2022 lineup

DOC TALKS 2021










DOC TALKS 2020

DOC TALKS 2019

DOC TALKS 2018

DOC TALKS 2014

DOC TALKS 2013

DOC TALKS 2012

DOC TALKS 2011


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