March 5, 2020
What is the role of a documentary filmmaker in a country that has been largely devoid of images of itself on the big screen? Acclaimed Singaporean
Asian Media
February 3, 2020
In the Absence begins with the usual narrative markers of a ship tragedy: a drone camera sweeps over the site, we hear a 911 call, security camera
August 7, 2019
Co-directed by Nanfu Wang and Jialing Zhang, One Child Nation examines China’s One-Child Policy, coaxing confessions and revelations of drastic,
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
September 25, 2018
Just a few scrolls through the Ford Foundation's JustFilms initiative's collection of funded films since its founding in 2011 reveals some of the
September 20, 2018
Conversations about power, ownership and representation in the documentary field are as old as the documentary tradition itself. Ours is a history
March 20, 2018
Why would a filmmaker go to SXSW, the annual mega film/music/tech conference in "keepin' it weird" Austin? a. The documentary films b. Panels on film
March 13, 2018
Held in Bangkok, Thailand from January 30 to February 2, the 8th edition of the Asian Side of the Doc aimed to build on its mission since the event's
January 26, 2018
For this column at least, January has become what I'll call "mental differentness" (as opposed to "illness" or "disability") month—a chance to
January 3, 2018
by Meena Nanji and Victoria Chalk A-Doc , a network of Asian American documentary filmmakers, is committed to foregrounding the voices of Asian