February 15, 2019
In his third Academy Award-nominated film, Marshall Curry delivers a striking variation on his previous nominees, Street Fight and If a Tree Falls .
Archival Storytelling
December 3, 2018
The 22nd annual Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival in the Czech Republic ran October 25 - 30. It took one Lyft, two planes and one
July 16, 2018
Marina Zenovich is a documentary filmmaker known for her sensitive handling of the life stories of high-profile—some might say, controversial—
June 19, 2018
AFI Docs , held in Washington, DC in June, has come into its own as a smart, topical documentary festival for a place addicted to public issues,
April 27, 2018
When filmmaker Dawn Porter was approached to produce and direct a new documentary about Robert F. Kennedy and his 1968 presidential campaign, she
January 10, 2018
To create a portrait of an individual—movie producer Robert Evans, say, or musician Kurt Cobain—director Brett Morgen abides by an austere tenet. "I
June 28, 2017
Editor’s Note: Primary , the epochal vérité masterpiece from four of Drew Associates, captured the behind-the-scenes drama of candidate/US Senator
April 1, 2013
From Ken Burns’ The Dust Bowl . Courtesy of Historic Adobe Museum It is a well-worn cliché that "a picture is worth a thousand words." Often, there
July 28, 2012
Representatives from two different archives and a filmmaking team spoke to a crowded house at The Cinefamily about how and where to start looking for archival footage.