documentary

Shannon Plumb delves deep into the world of this new nature documentary, and also finds lessons for our current situation.

Director Ann Shin ponders questions she grappled with making her film A.rtificial I.mmortality, on the ongoing role of technology in our lives.

Claudia Sparrow on experiencing life through the lens of an imperiled environmental activist for her new film, Maxima.

They celebrate the magic of record stores and the new Other Music documentary.

Filmmaker Matt Yoka looks back on when his first movie, Whirlybird, premiered at Sundance, and the passing of an L.A. icon that same day.

Documentary filmmaker Jessica Kingdon on how she discovered relatives she never knew she had while making her new film Ascension in China.

So Late So Soon's editor Isidore Bethel on how the film's subject Jackie Seiden impacted him, both as a filmmaker and an educator.

Andy Ostroy on the importance of documentaries and why he made a film about his late wife, Adrienne Shelly.

Director Todd Chandler on how making his new documentary about school gun violence dovetailed with him becoming a father.

John Colpitts reviews the new Netflix doc.

Filmmaker Pisie Hochheim on the complex process of editing Ry Russo-Young’s HBO doc series about her family’s explosive past.

Director Kurt Mattila shares the remarkable story behind the making (and releasing) of his documentary on daredevil stunt performer Eddie Braun.