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Documentary pioneer Michael Rabiger, co-founder of Columbia’s film and video program, dies at 86

Summary by The Columbia Chronicle
Michael Rabiger, a pioneering documentary filmmaker whose textbooks and teaching shaped generations of nonfiction filmmakers and who co-founded Columbia’s film and video program, died June 8 at his home in Chicago. He was 86.   Rabiger was best known for authoring “Directing the Documentary,” a foundational text now in its 7th edition, widely used in film schools around the world. First published in the late 1980s, the book emphasized experienti…
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The Columbia Chronicle broke the news in on Wednesday, June 11, 2025.
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