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“Vision Portraits” profiles four artists, including the director, experiencing vision loss
Source: IndieWire “I think I always make films about things that are the scariest for me to deal with,” says filmmaker Rodney Evans in the trailer for his latest film, “Vision Portraits," an evocative exploration of sight and creativity. The deeply personal...
Abramorama acquires “American Heretics: The Politics of the Gospel”
Source: Deadline Abramorama has acquired the worldwide rights to "American Heretics: The Politics of the Gospel." Directed by Catherine Butler, the film profiles a group of defiant ministers, congregations, and community leaders in Oklahoma who are challenging deeply...
The Michelle Carter texting suicide case is the subject of a new HBO documentary
Source: Entertainment Tonight Michelle Carter, who was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter for her involvement in Conrad Roy’s 2014 suicide, is the subject of Erin Lee Carr’s latest documentary, "I Love You, Now Die: The Commonwealth v. Michelle Carter." The...
Who Owns the Moon?
Source: American Experience There was no need for space law before humans put objects in space, but the launch of Sputnik in 1957 caused Americans and nations around the world to become concerned about the potential for maleficence on the part of bad actors. In 1967,...
“Tiananmen: The People Versus the Party” premieres tonight on PBS
Source: The New York Times Earlier this month thousands of Hong Kong residents began protesting against a bill that would allow extraditions to mainland China. The timing of the demonstrations makes them ever more potent: This month marks the 30th anniversary of the...
National Geographic adds “The Cave” to already crowded documentary Oscar race
Source: IndieWire National Geographic has added Feras Fayyad’s “The Cave,” the latest non-fiction effort from the director of Oscar-nominated “Last Men in Aleppo,” to its 2019 feature documentary slate. The new film will be released in theaters this fall and compete...
FBI surveillance of Muslims-Americans hits home in “The Feeling of Being Watched”
Source: Los Angeles Times When director Assia Boundaoui begins investigating the FBI surveillance of her family’s Arab American neighborhood, one of her mother’s friend’s lovingly calls her a "troublemaker." But with the digging that leads to the startling and...
Acclaimed “Apollo 11” premieres tonight on CNN
Source: collectSpace Acclaimed documentary "Apollo 11," which features newly-discovered, large format footage of the first moon landing mission, premieres tonight on CNN with limited commercial interruptions. Assembled primarily from archival footage and more than...
Westinghouse films offer intriguing look at how factories — and technology — worked in the early 20th century
Source: The Washington Post Women in blouses and long skirts clock in, then lean over machines, winding wire into large spools. Men use cranes to nudge parts of a massive generator into place. Over a century ago, these workers, all employees of Westinghouse...
Sky News’ excellent “The Real Chernobyl” is available to watch for free here
Source: The Rewind The Chernobyl disaster has been brought back to the forefront of people's minds in recent weeks, thanks to the success of HBO series, "Chernobyl," which provided a much-lauded dramatized account of what happened on April 26, 1986. While the series...
In “Trapped in the City of a Thousand Mountains,” hip hop artists in China try to rap within censorship guidelines
Source: The Guardian A new phenomenon has taken the internet by storm: Chinese rap. But behind its skyrocketing popularity, there's a struggle for freedom of speech. Rappers try to figure out what they can and cannot say after more censorship is announced. In...
An interview with “Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project” director Matt Wolf
Source: American Film Institute Beginning with the Iranian Hostage Crisis in 1979, Marion Stokes secretly recorded television 24 hours a day at a time when networks did not systematically archive the news. Stokes was a fierce activist, motivated by truth and freedom,...
Documentary filmmakers Liz Garbus and Dan Cogan launch new production company
Source: IndieWire With documentaries on the rise and multiple backers and outlets for non-fiction films, two veteran filmmakers — married producer-financier Dan Cogan and producer-director Liz Garbus — have decided to launch their own production company, Story...
“The Lavender Scare” is an enraging look at government-sanctioned homophobia
Source: Decider Did you know that there was a ban on LGBTQ men and women working for the federal government? And that it lasted from 1953 until 1996 when Bill Clinton signed an executive order to end the ban. "The Lavender Scare" is a new documentary that explains...
“The Edge of Democracy” is an edge-of-your-seat dive into Brazilian politics
Source: Los Angeles Times With our own round-the-clock political circus to contend with, Americans may be forgiven for thinking we have a lock on dramatic, disturbing political theater. Not so, “The Edge of Democracy” insists. Not so at all. Directed by Petra...
“Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes” is a smart, exhilarating look at an influential music label
Source: The New York Times "Blue Note Records: Beyond The Notes" makes a point right off that the influential jazz label is still very much a thing of the present. The opening scene shows a convocation of young musicians, including pianist Robert Glasper and...
HBO acquires mental health doc “Ernie & Joe”
Source: Deadline HBO Documentary Films has acquired the North American TV and streaming rights to Jenifer McShane’s "Ernie & Joe." The film features San Antonio police officers Ernie Stevens and Joe Smarro, who are diverting people from jail and into mental...
“Midnight Family” and “Earth” take top honors at Sheffield Doc/Fest
Source: Deadline and Realscreen "Midnight Family" and "Earth" took home the two top awards at the 26th annual Sheffield Doc/Fest last week. Luke Lorentzen’s "Midnight Family" won the Grand Jury award. The film follows a family trying to make a living by operating a...
10 Eye-Opening Health Documentaries Available Right Now
Source: Culturess Cooked - The original 2016 Netflix series "Cooked," based on the best-selling book of the same name is a gem waiting to be discovered. Food author Michael Pollan shows the audience how cooking, braising, and baking changes the chemical makeup of...
Meet the 23-year-old woman who pioneered investigative journalism
Source: The Atlantic “In my time, women usually had their life stories written for them. But I didn’t like the story I was given, so I wrote a new one.” That’s Nellie Bly, the nom de plume of Elizabeth Cochrane. The story she wrote—in a newspaper in 1887, and,...
