November 5, 2019
Roger Ross Williams grew up in Easton, Pennsylvania and then moved to New York to, as he has said, escape both racism and homophobia in his hometown
Music Documentaries
October 24, 2019
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound is a deftly drawn story about sound and its evolving role in filmmaking, told through the personal histories
October 1, 2019
International Music Day is on October 1, and it’s the perfect opportunity to explore our world’s multifaceted communities through music! We’ve
July 5, 2019
Nick Broomfield’s latest documentary, Marianne and Leonard: Words of Love , explores the complicated and decades-long love story between legendary
April 25, 2019
Back in 2010, filmmaker Sam Green staked out new territory in the documentary space with Utopia in Four Movements , in which he explored the history
August 30, 2018
Joshua Glick's meticulously researched book, Los Angeles Documentary and the Production of Public History, 1958-1977 , melds, as its title states, a
August 30, 2018
When Tom White invited me chose the film I'd most want to have with me should I be left on a desert island, I found the challenge insurmountable.
July 10, 2017
When the Los Angeles Film Festival (LAFF) moved from its downtown digs to Culver City last year, I noted that the relocation marked a return in
June 23, 2017
Sporting the new name SFFILM, the San Francisco International Film Festival celebrated its 60th birthday from April 5 to 19 at its usual haunts at
May 25, 2017
Amir Bar-Lev is a documentarian who does not shy away from controversy. A skilled storyteller and filmmaker, he knows that with conflict comes drama