Source:  TMZ Sean Penn is using a full-court press to either block or re-edit the Netflix documentary, "The Day I Met El Chapo," that suggests Penn ratted out drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman by alerting the United States Department of Justice of his...

Source:  Independent Lens From Ronald Reagan to Barack Obama, from Margaret Thatcher to Tony Blair, "Shadow World" reveals the shocking realities of the global arms trade, the only business that counts its profits in billions and its losses in human lives. Directed by...

Source:  The Guardian Barbet Schroeder’s overpoweringly bleak documentary about the Buddhist monk stirring up ethnic hate against Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslims is the third in what has now emerged as his Trilogy of Evil – a trio of disquieting documentaries of which the...

Source:  Variety Netflix has set the worldwide release of the three-part docuseries “The Day I Met El Chapo" for Oct. 20, but it may have hit a snag. The series details the clandestine meeting that Mexican telenovela star Kate del Castillo arranged in 2015 between...

Source:  The Drum Amnesty International has teamed up with Al-Jazeera to produce a virtual reality documentary to shine a spotlight on the escalating Rohingya refugee crisis in Myanmar. The documentary, "I Am Rohingya," is the first to be produced by Contrast VR, Al...

Source:  Deadline Abramorama and Gathr Films have acquired the North American theatrical rights to the Joe Berlinger documentary "Intent to Destroy," a film-within-a film that centers on the Armenian genocide of 1915 and was a critical favorite at this year’s Tribeca...

Source:  Field of Vision While reporting on the conflict in Darfur in 2016, Phil Cox and Daoud Hari were kidnapped by a local militia. Despite being imprisoned, the two men managed to surreptitiously film their capture. Follow Phil and Daoud on their harrowing...

Source:  CineVue Daniel McCabe's documentary, "This Is Congo," is at times lyrical, at times shocking, frequently eye-opening, and constantly fascinating. It's an honest attempt to not only show that "This is Congo," but also to ask the all-important question: how did...

Source:  IndieWire There are any number of unforgettable images in Ai Weiwei’s “Human Flow,” the most necessary and comprehensive documentary to date about our planet’s current refugee crisis, but the most indelible of them all is borrowed from a movie about a very...

Source:  The Film Stage Several years after their acclaimed documentary "Marwencol," filmmakers Jeff Malmberg and Chris Shellen have released their latest film, "Spettacolo." Like their breakout work, "Spettacolo" considers the strange lengths people will go to make...

Source:  The Hollywood Reporter The shocking scope of the global refugee crisis is previewed in the trailer for Ai Weiwei's "Human Flow," which debuted Friday in honor of World Humanitarian Day. Filmed in 23 countries over the course of more than a year, the...

Source:  Fstoppers Set in Jordan near the Syrian border, "Killing the Rock" tells the story of Syrian refugee and sculptor, Abu Raja, who has left everything behind to escape the civil war in his neighboring Syria. Read the story at Fstoppers and watch the...

Source:  ScreenAnarchy Shot entirely in and around a textile factory in the Guajarat region of India, Rahul Jain's "Machines" doesn't only depict the everyday working conditions of the hundreds of manual laborers, but also captures it in a startlingly clear, beautiful...

Source:  Business Insider Aging weapons systems, evolving terrorist threats, and a worryingly hackable digital infrastructure make the danger of nuclear war greater than ever these days. That's the message that the makers of "The Bomb" — an ambitious, experimental...

Source:  The Art Newspaper "Human Flow," Ai Weiwei’s first feature documentary about the global refugee crisis which premieres at the Venice International Film Festival at the end of this month, is due to be released in U.S theaters this autumn. Acquired by Amazon...

Source:  NextShark In South Korea, where more than half of Korean men are reported to have paid for sex at least once in their life, prostitution remains rampant.  Sexual services are openly offered in brothels, massage parlors or room salons in places like Miari, one...

Source:  Glamour Today India's caste system is gradually falling out of use, but there are still some 200 million Dalits, once called "the untouchables," in India, families who have been living in extreme poverty for generations and have practically no way out....