September 23, 2018
"Arthur Pratt. Everybody was telling me, if I was looking for a filmmaker in Sierra Leone, go meet with Arthur Pratt," says Banker White from his
Actuality on the Air
March 14, 2018
Rebecca Miller was 21 years old when she realized that she wanted to be a filmmaker. Noticing that her father—distinguished Pulitzer Prize-winning
January 16, 2018
When she was a teenager in the late '70s growing up in the Harrisburg, Pennsylvania suburbs, filmmaker Tracy Heather Strain was taken by her
September 21, 2017
I first met the Danish director Elvira Lind at the Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival (where I help program the features). This was back in 2014,
September 15, 2017
Vietnam looms large in the American psyche. It was a war with no news blackouts or selectively embedded journalists, and it was discussed at the
July 12, 2017
Filmmaker Matthew Heineman floored audiences two years ago with his third feature film Cartel Land , an in-the-foxhole, vérité tale of the ongoing
April 26, 2017
Things are rarely black and white in the realm of nonfiction, but when it comes to social justice in these United States, events can seem to align
March 30, 2017
For over 16 years, veteran producers Jedd and Todd Wider have proven their mettle in the documentary film community. Together, the brothers have
January 17, 2017
For the past several years, America has witnessed almost daily incidents of unarmed black men and women being killed by the police—and these
January 1, 2007
I have always felt woefully ignorant of US history, mainly because I spent most of my time in high school classes nodding off, due to less-than-