Documentarian Erika Cohn discusses making a film about Judge Kholoud Al-Faqih, encouraging dialogue, telling a character-driven story, and questioning cliches.
Explorations in Documentary
Documentary filmmakers consider why and how they tell non-fiction stories.
Steve James talks ABACUS: Small Enough to Jail
In this excerpt from the ebook In Their Own Words: Documentary Masters Vol. 1, Steve James discusses the making of his documentary ABACUS: Small Enough to Jail. To read the full interview, purchase a copy of the ebook here. Steve James’ new documentary, ABACUS: Small Enough to Jail is a wonderful little treasure. On one […]
HotDocs Interview: Marie Clements chronicles Canada’s Indigenous Civil Rights Movement in musical doc The Road Forward
Métis/Dene filmmaker and playwright Marie Clements discusses her musical documentary, The Road Forward, which chronicles Canada’s Indigenous Civil Rights Movement.
HotDocs Interview: Kyoko Miyake talks Tokyo Idols and female objectification
Director Kyoko Miyake talks Tokyo Idols, how the girls stay safe, and how the inherent sexism in this subculture isn’t that different from life in the West.
HotDocs interview: Vaishali Sinha talks Ask the Sexpert and India’s answer to Dr. Sue
Ask the Sexpert follows Indian sex expert Dr. Watsa as he navigates the debate about sex education, his patients, and his fans, in this doc from Vaishali Sinha.
HotDocs: In Still Tomorrow, a woman finds freedom through her bestselling poetry
When Yu Xinhua’s Tumblr poem went viral, it gave her a new lease on life as a famous poet and eventually, a divorced woman, in Jian Fan’s documentary Still Tomorrow