We talk to Dana Flor and Toby Oppenheimer, the directors of Check It , a new documentary that follows several members of the inspiring gay and …
Explorations in Documentary
Documentary filmmakers consider why and how they tell non-fiction stories.
Josh Fox talks How to Let Go of the World (And Love All Things Climate Can’t Change)
Documentarian Josh Fox discusses his new film How to Let Go of the World (And Love All Things Climate Can't Change). His goal wasn’t to educate but to …
Joshua Oppenheimer discusses his haunted, ‘magical realist’ doc The Look of Silence
Joshua Oppenheimer discusses his collaboration with Adi Rukun, the importance of empathy, and the magical realist landscape and soundscape of his …
Unlocking the Cage on chimpanzee rights
Legendary documentarians Chris Hegedus and D. A. Pennebaker reflect on the making of their film Unlocking The Cage about the fight for human-like rights for …
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Penny Lane on NUTS!: a gullible audience
Penny Lane (Our Nixon) discusses NUTS!, the importance of pacing in her creative nonfiction exploration of pseudoscience, why they used animated …
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Wiseman talks making In Jackson Heights
Master documentarian Frederick Wiseman discusses his editing process and how it informed how he shot In Jackson Heights. This is an excerpt from the ebook In …
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