documentary
My First Film Teacher Was a City
Brett Story, director of the new doc The Hottest August, looks back on her formative creative years living and making work in Montreal.
The Art of the Interview
Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project director Matt Wolf on the power, potency and importance of interviews in documentary filmmaking.
The Cinema of the Other
David Charles Rodrigues on how his personal history inspired him to make Gay Chorus Deep South a film for mainstream America.
WeTalk — Docs in a New Spotlight
Ondi Timoner and her filmmaker panelists talk the art of documentary filmmaking at the 2019 Sidewalk Film Festival.
The New American Family
Director Beth Aala on the surprising relationship that helped shape her new documentary, Made in Boise.
What I Learned Talking to Strangers From Different Cultures About Intimacy, Sex and Female Pleasure
Barbara Miller on the journey she took directing her new documentary, #Female Pleasure.
As a Vegan, Directing a Documentary About Taxidermy Transformed the Way I See the World
Filmmaker and environmental historian Erin Derham charts the journey she took as she challenged herself making her new film, Stuffed.
Meeting Mack Beggs and Making Mack Wrestles
The directors of the ESPN 30 for 30 film describe the experience of crafting their intimate portrait of the trans wrestler.
Liam Gallagher: As It Was
The premiere of a clip from the new documentary about Gallagher’s life, plus a few words on it from Morgan Enos.
Why Making Documentaries is an Act of Resistance
What You Gonna Do When the World’s on Fire? director Roberto Minervini on the profound importance of nonfiction filmmaking, now more than ever.
Four Stories About Alexander Sokurov
Documentarian Victor Kossakovsky dedicated his new film Aquarela to Russian cinematic great Sokurov. Here he explains why.
I Loved D.A. Pennebaker
Caveh Zahedi looks back on his friendship with the all-time great documentary filmmaker, who passed away last week.
