April 18, 2022 Thomas Allen Harris Launches Institute for Inclusive Storytelling at Yale Thomas Allen Harris is an award-winning documentary filmmaker and artist whose acclaimed works include VINTAGE—Families of Value, Through a Lens Read more
January 20, 2022 Black, Bold and Queer: Celebrating the Legacy of Marlon Riggs In 1991, Marlon Riggs made history with the POV premiere on PBS of his groundbreaking film Tongues Untied . It was at the height of the culture wars Read more
November 18, 2021 Four Ways To Be A Better Trans Ally in your Documentary Filmmaking */ By KRISTAL SOTOMAYOR and HANSEN BURSIC Strong, meaningful allyship is one of the most powerful tools we have to change our industry for the better Read more
October 11, 2021 LGBTQ Documentaries that Take a Deeper Look at Coming Out The act of “coming out” as a member of the LGBTQ community is often the defining moment of films about queer and trans people. Yet many of these Read more
September 9, 2021 Outfest's Documentary Lineup A Reminder of LGBTQ Resilience Each year, the Outfest Los Angeles LGBTQ film festival hosts some of the best queer and transgender cinema in the world. It’s a chance to catch films Read more
July 28, 2021 Alvin Ailey Documentary: A Humanistic Portrait of a Godlike Man The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater is celebrated not only as America's “cultural ambassador to the world” but for its wide array of jaw-dropping Read more
June 30, 2021 Queering Documentary: An LGBTQ+ Conversation My queerness is the foundation of my creativity, political orientation and values. Being queer means being free and centering liberation in all Read more
June 23, 2021 Doc Star of the Month: Sarah Rose Huckman, 'Changing the Game' Michael Barnett’s Changing the Game , now streaming on Hulu, is a deep dive into the lives of three teenage athletes—Mack Beggs, Andraya Yearwood and Read more
January 25, 2021 Putting Trans Power into Action What I’m going to talk about today are three of those unseen practices in documentary filmmaking—compensating protagonists, empowering our crews, and questioning who is in leadership. Read more
November 20, 2020 Revolutionizing Representation in Documentary: The Making of 'Disclosure: Trans Lives on Screen' “When you are a member of a marginalized community, most film and television is not made with you in mind. And so, if you are a person of color, an Read more