Reid Davenport’s personal essay film, I Didn’t See You There, radically questions the way disabled people have historically been presented in the media.
Documentary
Explore the innovative and artistic strategies documentarians use to narrativize nonfiction stories on screen.
The best documentaries of 2021
From Flee to Procession, Seventh Row’s editors pick the best documentaries released in 2021 and the best undistributed docs.
Rare Naomi Kawase films and more at Japan Society’s “Flash Forward” series
Until next Thursday, Japan Society is virtually screening a series of essential Japanese films across North America. From Suzaku to Wild Berries, these are our picks.
Young Plato Review: great teaching means more than just academics
With Young Plato, Neasa Ní Chianáin continues her cinematic exploration of exceptional Irish teachers and the lives they change.
On colonialism: Wochiigii lo, Returning Home and Coextinction
Three documentaries directed by women — Wochiigii lo, Returning Home, and Coextinction —draw connections between environmental destruction, species extinction, and colonialism.
Last of the Right Whales is a beautiful nature doc
Nadine Pequeneza’s The Last of the Right Whales, which premiered at the Calgary International Film Festival, tracks how humans have caused disasters for right whales and are working to save them. A right whale (NARW #3560 aka Snow Cone) plays with her calf, who tries to lay on top of her. A 60-ton right whale […]