Planning is underway for the First Annual Block Island docforum, to be hosted by The New York Documentary Center, Inc. at the historic Empire Theater on Block Island, Rhode Island.

The Block Island docforum will be a retreat and conference in which documentary makers are invited to show their works to an informal audience of industry professionals, teachers, students, and interested members of the public in the relaxed seaside atmosphere of Old Harbor on Block Island.

Discussions will be organized in which documentary makers and those in attendance can exchange views, meet and mix in a spirit of collegiality.

In addition, panel discussions on the state of documentary production and distribution will be featured.

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