In Mila Turajlic’s doc The Other Side of Everything, a Serbian apartment divided under communism is a symbol of a difficult past lingering in the present.
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TIFF17 Interview: Sophie Fiennes on Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami and performativity
‘Being a bitch is not necessarily what you’re doing, but how you’re perceived.’ – Director Sophie Fiennes on making Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami
Erika Cohn talks doc The Judge on the first female Shari’a judge in the Middle East
Documentarian Erika Cohn discusses making a film about Judge Kholoud Al-Faqih, encouraging dialogue, telling a character-driven story, and questioning cliches.
Review: Whose Streets? is more the story of a people than of individuals
Whose Streets? is a documentary about on-the-ground activism in the Ferguson uprising by filmmakers Sabaah Folayan and Damon Davis.
Sundance review: An Inconvenient Sequel never proves necessary
An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power is an unsatisfying followup to An Inconvenient Truth, more interested in Al Gore himself than the multi-faceted approaches needed to mitigate climate change.
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 […]