Source:  Chicago Tribune Can a single-issue protest party come to power? The answer, as shown in "An Insignificant Man," a new documentary by first-time filmmakers Vinay Shukla and Khushboo Ranka, is a resounding yes. "An Insignificant Man," released by VICE in the...

Source:  The Atlantic “Did you kill any members of ISIS?” a hairdresser asks his client. The young man doesn’t answer. He simply stares at himself in the mirror—a soldier clad in camouflage with a rifle casually slung over his shoulder. Another try: “So, did you kill...

Source:  Deadline “This movie is a lot about kids. It’s a younger generation that was born, and in their first steps, they’re going into the war,” Oscar-nominated director Evgeny Afineevsky says, reflecting on his Syrian civil war documentary "Cries from Syria."...

Source:  The Atlantic “The whole world knows about the problems in Darfur,” says Nouri, a recently resettled refugee, in Kristian Engelsen’s moving short film, "Nowhere." "My life was in danger. Many in my family died. So I had to run away.” Now, Nouri lives in...

Source:  Vox For the third Vox Borders documentary, "Inside North Korea’s Bubble in Japan," Vox visited an elementary school in Japan. The kids were well-behaved and lively, exactly what you’d expect. But these kids face hostility in their birth country because...

Source:  The Hollywood Reporter Ugis Olte and Morten Traavik's film purports to be a documentary, but it must surely be a put-on. Chronicling the events leading up to a concert performed by the Slovenian rock band Laibach in North Korea, the movie is so...

Source:  Observer Geert Wilders’ similarities to Donald Trump don’t stop at his perfectly quaffed, bleached hair. The world-famous, nationalist Dutch politician has ridden the populist wave to notable acclaim. Like Trump, Wilders has lived in the limelight for decades...

Source:  PBS A boxing match in Brooklyn; life in postwar Bosnia; the daily routine of a Nigerian midwife; an intimate family moment at home: these scenes and others are woven into a tapestry of footage captured over the twenty-five-year career of cinematographer...

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...