June 26, 2020 'And She Could be Next': A New Look at Women of Color in Politics And She Could Be Next , directed by Grace Lee and Marjan Safinia, is a two-part docuseries that follows the campaigns of six women of color running Read more
September 23, 2018 Life in the Time of Ebola: Inside the 2014 Epidemic in Sierra Leone "Arthur Pratt. Everybody was telling me, if I was looking for a filmmaker in Sierra Leone, go meet with Arthur Pratt," says Banker White from his Read more
September 14, 2018 Doc Star of the Month: Judge Ruchie Freier, Paula Eiselt's '93Queen' 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— 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
November 7, 2017 IDA Emerging Documentary Filmmaker Award: From Gatekeeper to Storyteller - Yance Ford Strong Island is Yance Ford's cinematic nonfiction exploration of racial injustice in the Long Island suburbs, told through the murder of the Read more
October 16, 2017 Ramona S. Diaz's 'Motherland': Documenting Grace, Kindness and Organized Chaos in the World's Busiest Maternity Ward In Motherland , award-winning Filipina-American filmmaker Ramona S. Diaz takes us into the heart of the planet's busiest maternity hospital, in one Read more
August 21, 2017 Doc Star of the Month: Chief Judge Abby Abinanti, 'Tribal Justice' An eye-opening documentary about restorative justice on the rez, Anne Makepeace's Tribal Justice should be required viewing for anyone involved in Read more
June 6, 2017 Doc Stars of the Month: Davonte 'Dada' Harrell, Reginald 'Junior' Askew, David 'Bud' Perry, 'Raising Bertie' Margaret Byrne's Raising Bertie (executive produced by J. Cole) is an intimate, six-year journey into the lives of three young, African-American men Read more
July 11, 2016 When the Abusers Are Abused: 'Pervert Park' and the Punishment of Sex Offenders Most Americans know about the "War on Drugs," but fewer people are aware of the "War on Sex Crimes." Over the last 25 years, the punishments for Read more
October 22, 2015 5 Questions with Justine Nagan Justine Nagan is the new executive director of American Documentary, Inc. and executive producer of PBS's POV series. She comes to PBS from Read more