documentary
Navigating Grief and Loss While Making My First Feature
Zeshawn Ali on how the passing of his father while making his debut film, Two Gods, shaped the film into a meditation on death and renewal.
Finding My Voice as a Gay Asian Immigrant Filmmaker – and Giving Voice to Others
Devin Fei-Fan Tau on the long life journey that brought him to making his new, George Takei-narrated documentary, Who's on Top?
A Nation of Traumatized Youth: From Newtown to Parkland and Beyond
Kim A. Snyder, director of Newtown and the new doc Us Kids, looks back on eight years documenting school shootings and gun trauma.
After Telling the Stories of Others, It’s Time to Find My Own
Anton: Circling Home director Katy Swailes on what moonlighting as a filmmaker has taught her about work, life and the nature of success.
Finding Home
First-time documentarian Karla Murthy, whose film The Place That Makes Us airs tomorrow on WORLD Channel, ponders what home means to her.
Connected Through Music, Through Film
David Wexler, director of the SXSW documentary Disintegration Loops, on the way music has shaped all his cinematic visions.
“Real is a Thing That Happens to You”
Filmmaker Christina Kallas talks with her friend and former student Alexander Nanau, director of the double Oscar nominee Collective.
The Puppy with the One Blue Eye: A Documentary Filmmaker’s Dilemma
Elizabeth Lo, whose debut documentary feature Stray is out tomorrow, on the most difficult situation she faced making the film.
Of Duct Tape, Dreams and a Guy in Walpole
Dante Bellini, director of Ken Burns: Here & There, on how the documentary icon helped him make a late-career leap to filmmaking.
How Making Trans in Trumpland Changed My Perception of the Transgender Experience
Iranian-American trans filmmaker Tony Zosherafatain on how his perspective shifted while making his timely new docuseries for Topic.
Coming Out: My Journey From the “Normal” Path to Draw with Me and Beyond
Filmmaker Constantine Venetopoulos on his ongoing cinematic exploration of gender and identity, including his Oscar-contending new short film.
The Evolution of 9th Circuit Cowboy
Academy Award-winning director Terry Sanders on how he came to make his latest film, a documentary portrait of the late Judge Harry Pregerson.











