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 in The Loneliest Whale: The Search for 52.
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This weekend: Kirsten Johnson and Sophy Romvari discuss personal nonfiction cinema
Get tickets to a masterclass between Kirsten Johnson (Dick Johnson is Dead) and Sophy Romvari (Still Processing), two nonfiction filmmakers who turn their cameras on themselves.
‘It was a kind of exorcism’: Angelo Madsen Minax on making North by Current
Filmmaker Angelo Madsen Minax discusses making North by Current, a deeply personal documentary about his own family’s grieving process.
This weekend: A masterclass on reclaiming history in documentary
This Saturday, July 3rd at 5pm ET, we’ll be joined live by John Ware Reclaimed director Cheryl Foggo and No Ordinary Man co-directors Aisling Chin-Yee and Chase Joynt.
Fathom: a documentary about humpback whales’ songs
Drew Xanthopoulos’s documentary Fathom follows two marine ecologists studying humpback whale songs on their month-long field research.
What to see at the 2021 Frameline Film Festival
The 2021 Frameline Film Festival, San Francisco’s annual LGBTQ+ film showcase, features Potato Dreams of America, Instruction for Survival, and Dear Tenant.