October 31, 2018 US Election Documentaries to Watch With the 2018 midterms on the horizon, we've curated a list of campaign documentaries to get you in the spirit before casting your ballot on Election Read more
July 10, 2018 A History of Violence: 'The Devil's Freedom' Meditates on the Mexican Drug Wars On July 1, Mexicans hit the polls to decide the country's new president amidst widespread violence, including violence against political candidates Read more
July 10, 2018 Follow the Money: Kimberly Reed Tracks the Fallout from 'Citizens United' in the State of Montana When the 2010 Citizens United Supreme Court decision opened the floodgates to money in political campaigns, New Jersey-based director Kimberly Reed Read more
June 9, 2018 Where to Watch Eugene Jarecki Documentaries Emmy and Peabody Award-winning filmmaker Eugene Jarecki is known for his journalistic political documentaries. A public intellectual on domestic and Read more
May 16, 2018 The End of an Era: 'The Final Year' Captures a Coda to the Obama Years Filmmaker Greg Barker began working as a freelance journalist in news and international conflict for CNN, covering Yugoslavia and issues in the Read more
April 27, 2018 How Change Happens: Dawn Porter Explores Bobby Kennedy, Politician and Person, 50 Years Later When filmmaker Dawn Porter was approached to produce and direct a new documentary about Robert F. Kennedy and his 1968 presidential campaign, she Read more
December 20, 2017 The Pentagon Papers Revisited I've had more than a passing interest in the splash arrival this month of Steven Spielberg's movie The Post , starring Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks, Read more
July 11, 2017 Same Story, New Tools: 35 Years of Guerrilla Filmmaking and Tech Innovation August 2015—Guatemala City: On my iPhone are images from 800 feet looking down over tens of thousands of demonstrators on the street below, besieging Read more
June 28, 2017 The Role of a Lifetime: Creating 'The Reagan Show' Editor’s Note: Primary , the epochal vérité masterpiece from four of Drew Associates, captured the behind-the-scenes drama of candidate/US Senator Read more
May 16, 2017 Doc Stars of the Month: The Sung Family, 'Abacus: Small Enough to Jail' Editor's Note: Some of the greatest documentaries of all time would be inconceivable without their protagonists to drive the stories and keep us Read more