Film
A Disturbing Reckoning With China's One-Child Policy
Nanfu Wang and Jialing Zhang's new documentary One Child Nation unpacks the history and brutal effects of a policy that dominated a population.
Documentary
Art
In the Hands of Meme-Makers, One Image Has Many Lives
Currently, a broad part of online communication consists of people reinterpreting a shared pool of references. There's no better showcase for this than various subcultures putting their own spins on popular memes.
Film
Documentaries That Make New Connections Between the Personal and Political
At BlackStar Film Festival, filmmakers of color address topics ranging from immigration, to hip hop, to Audre Lorde's The Cancer Journals.
Art
The Women Photojournalists Who Blazed Trails in the 1940s and '50s
An exhibition at the New-York Historical Society presents the work of six female photographers who worked for LIFE magazine during its golden age.
Interview
Modern Knights Compete in Medieval-Style Sword Fighting
Hyperallergic talks to the directors of the documentary Bludgeon about portraying a subculture without making fun of it.
Film
Turning the Andes Into a Metaphor for Chile's History of Political Oppression
With The Cordillera of Dreams, director Patricio Guzmán closes out a trilogy of documentaries in which he's used Chile's landmarks as points of inquiry into the nation's past.
Interview
The Untold Story of the Woman Who Helped Make a Landmark Holocaust Film
Director Catherine Hébert talks to Hyperallergic about her new documentary Ziva Postec and the mystique of film editing.
Art
A Showcase of Contemporary Dominican Cinema
The 8th Dominican Film Festival is the largest showcase of Dominican filmmaking outside the Dominican Republic itself, and its films, workshops, and panels look fascinating.
Film
Queer Camp, Religious Kitsch, and Music in the American South
Two new documentaries, The Gospel of Eureka and Gay Chorus Deep South, explore Southern queerness and faith in drastically different ways.
Giveaways
Win Tickets to a Film About the Photographer Who Pulled Off an NYC Real Estate Coup
We have an exclusive clip from the upcoming documentary Jay Myself, and are giving away 10 pairs of tickets for screenings at Film Forum.
Film
Exploring the Isolations of Age, Disability, and Depression in Japan
A trio of documentaries playing at this year's Japan Cuts festival tackle different facets of social alienation.
Film
Web Documentaries on Diplomatic Translators, Princess Makeup, and More
Some exciting things to stream right now include a video essay on Unbreakable, “The right way to kill a fish,” and a look at the club kids of Chengdu, China.