Cinema Law: Choice of Law & Fair Use

By Jonathan Steinsapir
URL: http://www.moviemaker.com/blog/item/cinema_law_choice_of_law_fair_use_20090519/
Q: I got a grant to go and make a short documentary film in India this summer, on a certain type of musical style, which I am now editing. While I was there, I did not make any of the musicians I filmed and recorded sign any type of paper. I would like to send the finished movie to festivals, and maybe distribute it, but don't want to have any legal trouble. What type of contract stipulating that they give me the right to what I filmed can I send them to have signed? And can I quote a passage of a book without asking for any authorization?