Film
Academy Stands By Emmy Nomination of Gaza Documentary
Bisan Owda's eight-minute film tells the story of the Israeli attack on the Al-Shifa Hospital, where she and thousands of others were sheltering.
Documentary
Film
In Hummingbirds, Joy Is an Act of Resistance
The coming-of-age documentary is as full of whimsy and joy as it is packed with clear-eyed resilience.
Interview
A Deeply Personal Investigation Into Canada’s Residential Schools
Co-directors Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie discuss the making of their documentary Sugarcane, told from the perspective of Indigenous survivors.
Film
Where Is Mavis Beacon, the Woman Who Taught Us to Type?
A filmmaker and a programmer search for the model behind the iconic 1987 education software persona in a new documentary.
Film
The Women and Children of the Second Artsakh War
Two films make US viewers reckon with the extent to which American ignorance — and indifference — to the conflict is a side effect of “winning” the Cold War.
Film
A Juneteenth Documentary Explores Faith’s Role in Black Liberation
Juneteenth: Faith and Freedom (2022) is screening at the Brooklyn Public Library in Flatbush on Thursday, June 20.
Film
Five Video Essays to Close Out May
Plus, a tool set to make your own video essays.
Film
A Cacophony of Battle Cries at Cannes Film Festival
Documentaries at this year’s edition hone in on conflicts from Russia’s war in Ukraine to Indigenous land struggles in the Amazon.
Film
A Japanese Reality Show’s Dark Legacy
Livestreaming, confessional monologues, and subjects’ willingness to let mass audiences surveil them all started here.
Film
Half a Century of American Culture Through the Lens of One Photographer
James Hamilton’s career conveniently mirrors the changing fortunes of journalism as an industry.
Film
The Strange Intimacy of Unregulated Sperm Donations
With Spermworld Lance Oppenheim deconstructs the subculture of unregulated sperm donations to reveal how they reflect universal experiences.
Film
Can Women Save America?
Girls State follows a group of young women participating in the mock political program in Missouri just before the overturn of Roe v. Wade.