documentary

FINDING YINGYING: A Heartbreaking Portrait of Loss and Grief
SXSW 2020: FINDING YINGYING: A Heartbreaking Portrait Of Loss & Grief

Finding Yingying isn’t an easy watch, but this documentary is powerful in how it captures a family in their most vulnerable moments.

CPH:DOX 2020: SONGS OF REPRESSION, CAUGHT IN THE NET & More
CPH:DOX 2020: SONGS OF REPRESSION, CAUGHT IN THE NET & More

We review films from CPH:DOX 2020, the documentary festival that is now streaming online.

PRIDE & PROTEST: Documentary Celebrates Sexuality & Community In The Face Of Backlash
PRIDE & PROTEST: Documentary Celebrates Sexuality & Community In The Face Of Backlash

Pride & Protest is a worthwhile endeavour for viewers, presenting an interesting insight into a rarely-depicted segment of the LGBTQ+ community

COSMOS: POSSIBLE WORLDS (S3E5) “The Cosmic Connectome”: How The Universe May Come To Know Itself
COSMOS: POSSIBLE WORLDS (S3E5) “The Cosmic Connectome”: How The Universe May Come To Know Itself

In the fifth episode of Cosmos: Possible Worlds, we explore our greatest asset in the journey toward knowing the universe, the intricate galaxy within each of us: the mind.

TRIXIE MATTEL - MOVING PARTS: A Poignant Take On Ephemeral Fame
TRIXIE MATTEL – MOVING PARTS: A Poignant Take On Ephemeral Fame

Trixie Mattel: Moving Parts is a raw, at times agonising portrait of the contemporary reality show celebrity. Rafaela Sales Ross reviews.

SXSW 2020: ONCE UPON A TIME IN UGANDA: Wakaliwood Forever!

Once Upon a Time in Uganda is a nice supplement to the ongoing, exciting story of Wakaliwood and the perfect thing to tie us over whilst we wait for their next awesome movie.

COSMOS: POSSIBLE WORLDS (S3E4) “Vavilov”: “The Courage Of Our Questions”
COSMOS: POSSIBLE WORLDS (S3E4) “Vavilov”: The Courage Of Our Questions

In Episode 4 of Cosmos: Possible Worlds, we explore the life and legacy of the great scientist, Nikolai Vavilov.

THE TIGER KING: Wait, What Just Happened?
THE TIGER KING: Wait, What Just Happened?

There’s a reason The Tiger King has been one of the most streamed content on the service recently: you’ve got to see it to believe it, and…maybe not even then.

COSMOS: POSSIBLE WORLDS (S3E3) “Lost City Of Life”: Witnessing The Wondrous Patterns Of Existence
COSMOS: POSSIBLE WORLDS (S3E3) “Lost City Of Life”: Witnessing The Wondrous Patterns Of Existence

In the third episode of Cosmos: Possible Worlds, we explore the Lost City of Life that covered our planet billions of years ago.

COSMOS: POSSIBLE WORLDS (S3E2) “The Fleeting Grace Of The Habitable Zone”: Humanity’s Erratic Ingenuity
COSMOS: POSSIBLE WORLDS (S3E2) “The Fleeting Grace of the Habitable Zone”: Humanity’s Erratic Ingenuity

Cosmos: Possible Worlds continues to present science exactly as it should be presented: as a critically important, yet fascinating journey of discovery and enlightenment, a candle in the darkness of our relatively short journey as a species.

BFI Flare 2020: Ask Any Buddy and My Fiona
BFI Flare 2020: ASK ANY BUDDY & MY FIONA

Two very different recommendations from BFI Flare 2020: Evan Purchell’s explicit doc Ask Any Buddy, and Kelly Walker’s comedy drama My Fiona.

THE ACCUSED: DAMNED OR DEVOTED?: Risky Doc Examines Pakistan's Blasphemy Law
THE ACCUSED: DAMNED OR DEVOTED?: Risky Doc Examines Pakistan’s Blasphemy Law

Continuing to earn remarkable access and focus on taboo topics, in The Accused: Damned or Devoted? Naqvi turns his lens to Pakistan’s blasphemy law.

HILLARY Docuseries: What It Means To Be A Woman In Politics
HILLARY Docuseries: What It Means To Be A Woman In Politics

Through her creative direction, Nanette Burstein is able to tell Hillary Clinton’s story, the story of an insane campaign, and the story of women in politics.

COSMOS: POSSIBLE WORLDS (S3E1) "A Ladder to the Stars": The Heart Of Science
COSMOS: POSSIBLE WORLDS (S3E1) “A Ladder to the Stars”: The Heart Of Science

“A Ladder to the Stars” is, at its heart, a simple story, the same hero’s journey all of us have experienced a thousand times over.

SXSW 2020: THE DILEMMA OF DESIRE: An Education On Female Pleasure
SXSW 2020: THE DILEMMA OF DESIRE: An Education On Female Pleasure

The Desire of Dilemma is an eye-opening and a vital informational showcase on female sexuality for everyone, today, yesterday and tomorrow.