What do Elmo, former gang members, gypsy Romanian school children, bullies, a horse whisperer and crowdsourcing all have in common? They were the big
Festivals
To get a sense of just how intensive and comprehensive the Sheffield Doc/Fest has become, take a look at a single time slot. At 5:00 p.m. on Friday
The True/False Film Festival (T/F) in Columbia, Missouri enjoyed its third incarnation this past February. Already hailed as a haven for nonfiction
A girl stands in a desert landscape, swirling a hula hoop easily round her slender hips, intent on the Rubik's cube she swivels round and round
On a flight to Montana, I sit next to a 30-something man with crew cut, tattoos and work boots. "Going home to Missoula?" he asks. "No," I answer.
In a world increasingly crowded with film festivals, the 48th Flaherty Film Seminar was an odd bird. More like a cult indoctrination session than a
A Review of John Anderson and Laura Kim's 'Wake Up Screening'
Dispatch from Toronto's Hot Docs Fest.
From Jennifer Baichwal's Manufactured Landscape, which won the Toronto-City Award for Best Canadian Feature Film at the Toronto International Film
Big personalities and big issues dominated the documentaries at this year's San Francisco International Film Festival. Kelly Duane de la Vega and