Katrina Brown's 'Traces of the Trade,' which opens POV's 21st season on PBS, follows the filmmaker and her family to Ghana and Cuba as they trace the route of the slave trade, dominated by their ancestor, James DeWolf.
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Andrew Lauren talks about the making of a documentary about an octogenarian dubbed the "World's Oldest Bank Robber."
Julie Checkoway talks about her film about an art school graduate who spends eight years on a single drawing, with t5he hope of showing it to renowned artist David Hockney.
Writer/director/producer Joe Carnahan takes a walk on the documentary side.
Werner Herzog's latest film finds astonishing beauty in the vistas and people of Antarctica.
This book on famed documentarian Robert Gardner's work is often mired in the arcana of academia.
Tribeca Finds Its Focus with Impressive Doc Slate
The Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Film aims to be a home for Latin American filmmakers.
The complete story on Brazil’s documentary-only film festival.
The Chicago Tribune approached filmmaker Steve James and Peter Gilbert to document an investigation into a death penalty case. But the filmmakers found a more compelling story within that case.