Following on the heels of last month’s “Doc Star of the Month,” Ashley York, the lead character and co-director of hillbilly, Documentary is pleased
Doc Star of the Month
Kentucky-born, LA-residing filmmaker Ashley York ( Tig) has devoted a good chunk of her career to tackling issues of gender inequality and advocating
Part home movie, part activist doc, Rudy Valdez's The Sentence is that rare film that can bring even the most jaded filmgoer (yes, that would be me)
As a secular Jew who resided for over a decade in pre- Girls Brooklyn, I'm not sure which Williamsburg community proved more inscrutable to my eyes
Though heroic activists have been pushing for change in policing across the country in recent years, they've mostly sprung from those communities
Leon Vitali has spent his entire working life devoted to a single cause: the cinematic vision of Stanley Kubrick. After landing the role of Lord
One of the most surprising and uplifting docs I caught on the fest circuit last year, Stacey Tenenbaum's The Art of the Shine showcases shoeshiners
For this column at least, January has become what I'll call "mental differentness" (as opposed to "illness" or "disability") month—a chance to
Premiering at Sundance—and subsequently going on to win top honors at the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, among other high-caliber fests, and an
"Going to Africa, living with animals—that's all I ever thought about," Jane Goodall discloses in Oscar-nominated director Brett Morgen’s latest doc