documentary

The Exiles directors Violet Columbus and Ben Klein honor their subject/mentor, and present their favorite film of hers exclusively on Talkhouse

Winnebago Man director Ben Steinbauer on the dramatic and unusual circumstances that led to him making his sophomore feature.

Kyra Elise Gardner opens up about the mental health struggles she experienced on her new documentary, Living with Chucky.

Oscar winner Jeff Reichert on his new short, Before You Were Here, made in the Amazon last year in anticipation of his daughter’s birth.

Filmmaker Rodrigo Reyes shares a short chronicle of his memories from the making of his new documentary, Sansón and Me.

Director Chris James Thompson on the very personal roots of his new documentary about Guantanamo, We Are Not Ghouls.

Filmmaker Darren Foster on how he spent 10 years documenting the rise and fall of the twins at the center of this country’s opioid epidemic.

Who’s Annie? creator and director Sophia Peer on how reenacting sitcom scenes with her parents inspired her to turn trauma into comedy.

Documentarian Kimi Takesue, whose new film Onlookers premieres at Slamdance this weekend, on the forces that have shaped her life and work.

Filmmaker Melissa Lesh on the challenges she faced making her new documentary, Wildcat, in the Amazonian rainforest.

The directors of the new doc Lowndes County and the Road to Black Power on the compelling portrait of Sidney Poitier.

An Tran, director of the new documentary For Tomorrow, on how relocating to Vietnam turned out to be exactly the change she needed.