Director Todd Douglas Miller discusses his documentary Apollo 11 about the historic mission to the moon, sifting through archival footage, offering new …
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Explorations in Documentary
Documentary filmmakers consider why and how they tell non-fiction stories.
Behind the Lens: Franklin Dow on the technical innovation behind Evelyn
Director of Photography Franklin Dow discusses his personal involvement in the documentary Evelyn and the complex camera rig he built especially for the film. …
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Orlando von Einsiedel discusses his documentary Evelyn
One of the most eye-opening and subtle films about grief and suicide, the moving documentary sees the director and his family talk about the suicide of his …
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Frederick Wiseman: ‘I think I learned more about how to make a film by editing them myself than any other way.’
In our fourth interview with Wiseman in as many years, he discusses his latest film Monrovia, Indiana, collaborating with his longtime cinematographer, how he …
Interview: Free Soloist Alex Honnold on scaling a cliff while making a documentary
Rock climber Alex Honnold discusses Free Solo, a new documentary about his ascent of Yosemite’s 3,000-foot El Capitan—without ropes. …
Interview: Anthropocene is an awe-inspiring look at environmental destruction
Co-directors Jennifer Baichwal, Edward Burtynsky, and Nicholas de Pencier discuss their third collaboration, Anthropocene: The Human Epoch. …
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