For the last year, we've been planning a book and workshop series around creative nonfiction. Find out how and why we adopted this term to describe a distinct …
Documentary
What is it like to work with Werner Herzog?
Editor Joe Bini, who worked with Werner Herzog on twenty-seven films, recalls what it was like to collaborate with a larger-than-life filmmaker.This is an …
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Beyond talking heads: The films that expanded our understanding of ‘documentary’
Fifteen critics and filmmakers weigh in on the films that changed how they thought about documentary in this creative nonfiction survey. Our ebook on creative …
What do you call your nonfiction film?
Six filmmakers, from Penny Lane to Kirsten Johnson, weigh in on the question, what do you call your nonfiction film?This is an excerpt from our ebook Subjective …
Tickets available: Flee and Miguel’s War directors on nonfiction character studies
Get your ticket to a conversation between Jonas Poher Rasmussen (Flee) and Eliane Raheb (Miguel's War), two nonfiction filmmakers creating character studies of …
Reviews: The Hidden Life of Trees and The Loneliest Whale
Two straightforward nature docs drop you into worlds unseen: travel to forests around the world in The Hidden Life of Trees and underwater in the Pacific Ocean …
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