documentary

Tribeca Film Festival 2021: PRAY AWAY
Tribeca Film Festival 2021: PRAY AWAY

In Pray Away, viewers are led into the minds of those who founded, lead, and propagated one of the biggest conversion therapy developers.

THE SOUND OF IDENTITY The Artistic Pursuit
THE SOUND OF IDENTITY: The Artistic Pursuit

In the documentary, The Sound of Identity, Lucia Lucas is the first transgender woman to headline a major opera production

Tribeca Film Festival 2021: ACCEPTED
Tribeca Film Festival 2021: ACCEPTED

While Accepted examines the rise and fall of TM Landry, it’s also a multilayered look of the environment children are thrust into.

CPH:DOX 2021: KILLING ESCOBAR, RAISING A SCHOOL SHOOTER, A MAN AND A CAMERA, CANNON ARM AND THE ARCADE QUEST
CPH:DOX 2021: KILLING ESCOBAR, RAISING A SCHOOL SHOOTER, A MAN AND A CAMERA, CANNON ARM AND THE ARCADE QUEST

Musanna Ahmed takes a look at four films in our first installment of coverage at Denmark’s 2021 CPH:DOX Film Festival.

MAŁNI – TOWARDS THE OCEAN, TOWARDS THE SHORE Cyles of History
MAŁNI – TOWARDS THE OCEAN, TOWARDS THE SHORE: Cycles of History

Sky Hopinka’s film “małni: towards the ocean, towards the shore” is a meditative experimental film rooted in Chinook mythology and tradition.

UNCIVILIZED: Finding Balance By Harmonizing Old Ways With Modern Convenience
UNCIVILIZED: Finding Balance By Harmonizing Old Ways With Modern Convenience

The documentary as a whole is a brilliant lesson in ecology, humanity, and finding better ways to live comfortably without taking more than you give back.

CPH:DOX 2021: HOPPER/WELLES: A Clash Of Film Titans
CPH:DOX 2021: HOPPER/WELLES: A Clash Of Film Titans

In spite of some reservations, and though it certainly demands patience, Hopper/Welles remains a treasure trove worthy of exploration.

CPH: DOX 2021: THE GIG IS UP: the lives behind the apps
CPH: DOX 2021: THE GIG IS UP: the lives behind the apps

Shannon Walsh’s documentary: The Gig is Up, paints a simmering, sobering picture of the global gig economy.

MONEY MACHINE: What Happened In Vegas Is Still Happening In Vegas
MONEY MACHINE: What Happened In Vegas Is Still Happening In Vegas

A sequel to What Happened in Vegas, Ramsey Denison’s newest documentary Money Machine examines the aftermath of the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history.

San Francisco International Film Festival Documentary Round-up Part 2

Presented virtually, Arlin Golden finishes his coverage of the documentaries that premiered at this year’s San Francisco International Film Festival.

STREET GANG HOW WE GOT TO SESAME STREET The Reinvention Of Children’s Television For Everyone
STREET GANG: HOW WE GOT TO SESAME STREET: The Reinvention Of Children’s Television For Everyone

A new documentary about Sesame Street and how catering to children’s education – as opposed to selling ad space – changed television.

GUNDA: A Pig’s Life in Black and White
GUNDA: A Pig’s Life in Black and White

Sparing us a heavy-handed lecture, Gunda shows us why we should value animals for more than just their meat, and is all the more powerful for it.

San Francisco International Film Festival: Documentary Round Up Part 1
San Francisco International Film Festival: Documentary Round Up Part 1

Presented virtually, Arlin Golden takes a look at the documentaries that premiered at this year’s San Francisco International Film Festival.

"I Have Never Seen Power Like This Before." Interview With Shalini Kantayya, Director Of Big Tech Doc, CODED BIAS
“I Have Never Seen Power Like This Before.” Interview With Shalini Kantayya, Director Of Big Tech Doc, CODED BIAS

Luke Parker spoke with documentary filmmaker Shalini Kantayya about Coded Bias, her frightening exposé on big tech data collection.

BREWMANCE: A Love Letter To Liquid Art
BREWMANCE: A Love Letter To Liquid Art

The sounds and the visuals are warm, especially if you are a fan, inviting you in not as a viewer but as a fellow lover of “liquid art”.