In The Meddler, Australian documentarians follow an unassuming mechanic in Guatemala City as he prowls the streets with a camera trying to capture footage of crimes and dead bodies.
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This new Australian documentary follows 12-year-old Dujuan Hoosan from Garrwa country to Geneva.
Livestreamed video coverage of protests across the country is the modern heir to decades of grassroots documentary filmmaking.
Dan Birman, director of the new Netflix feature documentary ‘Murder to Mercy: The Cyntoia Brown Story,’ discusses his filmmaking process and the importance of the case.
Budding filmmakers needn’t let isolation stand in the way of their cinematic dreams. Here are five and a half ways you can make movie magic at home.
This new optimistic and empathetic documentary from Genevieve Bailey looks at the mental health of five Australian men.
A filmmaker, her students and community partners create a multi-platform documentary and study guide to teach swamp literacy and care through a trip into the Everglades.
An Australian documentary about a group of young Afghanis who form a heavy-metal band highlights rock’s subversive power.
It’s beautiful, clever and moving. But Peter Jackson’s use of colour and added sound essentially fictionalises this account of life in the trenches.
Society expects journalists to report objectively. But a documentary filmmaker has an opinion.
Film festival jury duty is glamour-free, demanding endurance, concentration and a clear head.
Even though they don’t consistently have a roof over their heads, the homeless do their best to create a routine, form communities and make a home – just like the rest of society.
In 1958, Mildred and Richard Loving were arrested in Virginia for the crime of being married. The couple helped spark an effort to strike down laws against interracial marriage in the United States.
Cyntoia Brown was just 16 years old when she shot and killed a man in 2004. Under Tennessee law, she won’t be eligible for parole until she is 67 years old. Is such a harsh sentence constitutional?
Machines by Rahul Jain reveals how some industries turn bodies into commodities.
This summer sees the release of Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power.
After the deaths of Debbie Reynolds and Carrie Fisher in the last days of 2016, the release of a new documentary about their lives, Bright Lights, feels serendipitous. Already shown to some film festivals…
It’s easy to forget that in 1992, the Clintons railed spectacularly against the status quo. Fortunately, it’s all on film.
Humans have eaten insects for centuries, but western diets seem to have lost the taste for them.
A new documentary examines indigenous activism in Peru – calling attention to the dark side of the country’s economic boom.
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