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The D-Word is a worldwide online community for professionals in the documentary film industry. Discussions include creative, business, technical, and social topics related to documentary filmmaking. The name "D-Word" is ironically defined as "industry euphemism for documentary", as in: "We love your film but we don't know how to sell it. It's a d-word."〔(The D-Word ) official website〕 == History == The D-Word is the longest-running online platform in the documentary industry. It was established in 1999 in New York by filmmaker Doug Block and writer and online community builder Dan Richards〔DO YOU KNOW THE D-WORD? ()〕 as a result of Block's feature documentary, ''Home Page'', and encouraged by protagonists of this film, Justin Hall and Howard Rheingold. Block continues to be a co-host of The D-Word, together with documentary makers Ben Kempas in Munich (from 2001), John Burgan in the United Kingdom (from 2005) and Marjan Safinia in Los Angeles (from 2009). Members of The D-Word engaged in two collaborative projects, composed of short films themed around ''Essays on Docs'', a reflection on filmmaking, as well as ''War and Peace'', the community's reaction to the September 11, 2001 attacks. A novelty at the time, these films were streamed online and presented at industry events like the International Documentary Filmfestival Amsterdam. , according to the website's database, The D-Word has more than 12,000 members in 127 countries. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The D-Word」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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