A friend and colleague pays tribute to the late cinematographer and director who worked on Gimme Shelter, Harlan County, USA, and more
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In this interview, Jackass: Best and Last director Jeff Tremaine talks about mining and shaping the original MTV show’s vast digital archive to
American Factory co-director Steven Bognar talks to Barbara Kopple about her seminal labor docs— Harlan County, USA and American Dream— and organizing
In this interview, Demos fellow Sameer Padania talks about the need for trust and independence in public media ahead of the BBC’s 2027 charter renewal
In this interview, the trio behind the Tribeca doc The Haunting of Pennhurst discuss the challenges of braiding together the story of an infamous
On the occasion of Documentary’s Greatest Docs of the 21st Century list, we ask: What grants someone the authority to assert an opinion on what is the
Documentary’s “Greatest Docs of the 21st Century” lists are filled with documentary portraits that flatter and model a way of looking at the world
The 79th edition of the French festival offered some nonfiction gems for those willing to look beyond its headline titles
Khoroldorj Choijoovanchig on why he prioritized the personal over the political in his Mongolian mining doc, Colors of White Rock
Guillaume Massart talks about his new doc, Detention , where he dissects the French carceral system without once stepping foot in a prison