Film
How One Family's Story Shapes Our Understanding of 20th-Century Germany
With Heimat Is a Space in Time, Thomas Heise explores how personal experience shapes the "objective" past.
Documentary
Film
Amidst a Global Crisis, Stories of Refugees Striving for Normalcy
Abbas Fahdel's documentary Bitter Bread turns a compassionate eye on the hardscrabble lives of migrants in Lebanon.
Film
Remembering Toni Morrison Through Film
To help me parse this year's film Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am, I had a conversation with Steven G. Fullwood, an archivist, editor, publisher, and scholar, to discuss the documentary's approach in telling the phenomenal author's story.
Film
How the Decade’s Best Documentaries Chart Radical Changes in Filmmaking
The 2010s were a seismic time for nonfiction filmmaking. Director Robert Greene considers how the craft has evolved, and continues to evolve.
Film
An Unearthed Cinematic Time Capsule of New York Hustle and Bustle
Film poet Manfred Kirchheimer shows off beautiful restored footage he shot in NYC from 1958 to 1960 in Free Time.
Art
“It’s a Gold Rush Town”: How Artists Survive in San Francisco
Hyperallergic talks to various artists in the Bay Area about how they've hung on through years of economic turmoil.
Film
The Wonders and Terrors of Humanity's Impact on Earth
Featuring stunning landscape photography, the documentary Anthropocene surveys a new era of human-driven geology.
Film
A 3D Experience Recreates Merce Cunningham’s Most Famous Dances
On the centennial of the legendary dancer and choreographer's birth, the documentary Cunningham pays tribute to his work and philosophy.
Film
Watch Easter Snap, a New Documentary Short From Oscar Nominee RaMell Ross
Hyperallergic has the exclusive online premiere of his documentary about a journey to the Deep South and the homestead ritual of hog processing.
Film
The Journalism Collective Fighting Back Against "Post-Truth"
The documentary Bellingcat explores the limits and possibilities of activists using social media and public data for investigation.
Film
Separating the Man From the Myth of Diego Maradona
Asif Kapadia completes his trilogy of documentaries on fame with a portrait of the notorious footballer.
Film
When Documentaries Muddle the Truth Instead of Pursuing It
An abuser is easily redeemed. A future killer's disturbing behavior is passed off as "eccentric." When filmmakers take shortcuts, their art suffers.