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....

Source:  PBS Children describing the sounds bombs make as they fall. Streets covered with rotting garbage. Doctors and nurses who have gone months without pay, at hospitals struggling to care for an influx of cholera patients and malnourished infants. “People are not...

Source: Vox The Middle East is one of the most complex regions in the world. Since the 20th century, it has experienced several wars, uprisings, and invasions. Today there are four failing states and three ongoing wars. While the Islamic State may be close to defeat,...

Source: The Film Stage Anyone who’s lived in Honduras and left will tell you the thing they miss the most about the country are baleadas, a simple dish made out of a warm wheat tortilla filled with refried red beans and grated cheese. Some, like "Olancho" director...

Source: The Hollywood Reporter In the feature that received the LA Film Festival's Documentary Prize, a group of orphans in Swaziland create a character and set her on a heroic quest. Read the story at The Hollywood...

Source:  PBS. After five years of war in Syria, the remaining citizens of Aleppo are getting ready for a siege.  Through the eyes of volunteer rescue workers called the White Helmets, "Last Men in Aleppo" allows viewers to experience the daily life, death, and...

Vox writes "on July 4, 2017, North Korea held a test launch of their new missile, the Hwasong-14. It’s an intercontinental ballistic missile, or ICBM, meaning it has a very long range and is designed to carry a nuclear weapon." "Analysts determined that the Hwasong-14...

IndieWire writes "the Indian political documentary “An Insignificant Man” has played at more than 30 film festivals all over the world since premiering at last year’s Toronto International Film Festival. But in India — the one country where the documentary is bound to...