Two straightforward nature docs drop you into worlds unseen: travel to forests around the world in The Hidden Life of Trees and underwater in the Pacific Ocean …
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Documentary
Explore the innovative and artistic strategies documentarians use to narrativize nonfiction stories on screen.
Fathom: a documentary about humpback whales’ songs
The new documentary Fathom by Drew Xanthopoulous follows two marine ecologists studying humpback whale songs on their month-long field research. The film is now …
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The case for Bo Burnham: Inside as creative nonfiction
Bo Burnham: Inside (on Netflix now) was marketed as a comedy special, but what happens when you view it through the lens of creative nonfiction? Today (June …
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What is creative nonfiction?
What is creative nonfiction? Why don't we just stick with the word documentary? Through quotes from Penny Lane, Tabitha Jackson, and more, we explain what the …
Learning about nonfiction isn’t just for documentary fans
Orla Smith explains how putting together the 2021 Creative Nonfiction Workshop has changed how she thinks about both fiction and nonfiction. Click here to …
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Explant Review: An exposé on the breast implant industry
Jeremy Simmons’s documentary film, Explant, produced by World of Wonder, exposes the horrors of the breast implant industry alongside RuPaul's Drag Race judge …
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