October 12, 2020
Premiering at Sundance, going on to open Hot Docs, and now set to air on POV October 12, Nairobi-based director Sam Soko’s Softie is both
Doc Star of the Month
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September 19, 2020One of the more unlikely Instagram stars of our “Trump Show” era (with 2.3 million followers and counting), Pete Souza is likewise a surprising
August 29, 2020The first time an episodic series was programmed on opening day of the Sundance Film Festival happened a lifetime ago—i.e., just this past January.
July 15, 2020Though Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets premiered in the US Documentary Competition at pre-pandemic Sundance back in January, I didn’t catch Bill and
June 25, 2020Taking Best Documentary Feature Film at last year's Outfest, Tom Shepard's Unsettled , an IDA Enterprise Documentary Fund grantee, adheres to every
May 21, 2020One of the stranger stranger-than-fiction sagas to premiere at Sundance (where it picked up a Special Jury Award for Creative Storytelling) in
April 28, 2020When one thinks of a coming-out story these days, an LGBTQ teenager proudly declaring their identity on Instagram might immediately spring to mind.
March 17, 2020It's a crying shame that Cynthia Cooper is not a LeBron-level household name. Having won championships in college, at the Olympics and in the WNBA—
February 15, 2020In a relatively sane world—or at least nation—Victoria Gonzalez would never have been one of the guiding lights of Emily Taguchi and Jake Lefferman's
January 23, 2020For many years Yusuf Abdurahman, the charismatic protagonist of Eunice Lau's Accept the Call , seemed to be living the American Dream. A refugee who