{"id":859,"date":"2012-06-19T14:23:00","date_gmt":"2012-06-19T18:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/2012\/06\/19\/the-afi-discovery-channel-silver-docs-festival-has-begun\/"},"modified":"2012-06-19T14:23:00","modified_gmt":"2012-06-19T18:23:00","slug":"the-afi-discovery-channel-silver-docs-festival-has-begun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/2012\/06\/19\/the-afi-discovery-channel-silver-docs-festival-has-begun\/","title":{"rendered":"The AFI Discovery Channel Silver Docs Festival has begun!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The 10<\/span>th<\/sup><\/span> Annual AFI Discovery Channel Silver Docs Documentary Festival: June 18-24, 2012<\/span><\/span>
Silverdocs encompasses a seven-day international film festival and five-day concurrent conference that promotes documentary film as a leading art form, supports the work of independent filmmakers and fosters an atmosphere for public dialogue and civic engagement around the issues and ideas explored in the films.<\/span>
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Silverdocs plays host to more than 27,000 attendees from across the globe with a diverse range of films, filmmakers and film subjects representing more than 60 countries.  <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Silverdocs takes place in and around downtown Silver Spring, Maryland \u2013 just minutes from downtown Washington, DC – at the AFI Silver Theatre, the flagship theatre of the AFI, one of the premier film exhibition spaces in the country, and the top art house cinema in the region.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Silverdocs was created through a unique alliance between AFI and the Discovery Channel, the festival\u2019s Founding Sponsor.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Excerpted from AFI Discover Channel Silver Docs site<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Download the AFI Silver Docs Quick Guide<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
2012 Film Program<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
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