Julie Matlin has been hosting a series of posts over at The NFB blog titled ‘The Insider’s Guide to the Film Industry’. So far it’s been an insightful and informative series that would definitely be of interest to any aspiring filmmakers out there. Today she’s added a new post detailing the launch of a pretty amazing new NFB site dedicated to exploring the process documentary filmmaking. Capturing Reality: The Art of Documentary features interview segments with a number of leading documentary filmmaker’s on a wide variety of topics in regards to documentary production and storytelling. Here’s what she had to say in her post:

…we’ve just put up a brand new Web site called Capturing Reality: The Art of Documentary that contains a treasure trove of answers, anecdotes and advice on the craft from some of its greatest masters. And I’m talking about people like Errol Morris, Albert Maysles and Nick Broomfield, among others. We’ve also got a documentary by the same name, which was the inspiration for the Web site.

The site has over 160 clips featuring documentary filmmakers talking about their work. From getting started to shooting to editing, they offer a wealth of information invaluable to any established or aspiring filmmaker. There’s even an educational guide to aid teachers in using the film and clips and help them incorporate documentary films into the classroom.

The site itself is set up quite intuitively with a series of video thumbnails that are extremely easy to navigate through. There’s a lot of information at hand, so any readers out there with an interest in documentary filmmaking will have quite a bit of great stuff to go through. As mentioned in the original post, the site was inspired by an NFB film of the same name, which is currently available on DVD through their store. I’ve embedded the trailer below for those who are interested. Check it out!