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Tag: documentary

A Playground Where Everything and Everyone is Free

Film
By Marie Losier | December 3, 2025
By Marie Losier | December 3, 2025

A Playground Where Everything and Everyone is Free

Documentary director Marie Losier, whose new film Peaches Goes Bananas is out today, on the joyous art she creates away from cinema.

A Sort of Homecoming

Film
By Jeremy Xido | November 13, 2025
By Jeremy Xido | November 13, 2025

A Sort of Homecoming

Jeremy Xido on the deeply emotional personal and creative journey of making his new film Sons of Detroit, which premieres at DOC NYC this week.

Why Sports Documentaries Will Always Matter – To Culture, and To Me

Film
By Alex Schmider | November 12, 2025
By Alex Schmider | November 12, 2025

Why Sports Documentaries Will Always Matter – To Culture, and To Me

Filmmaking is a team sport, says award-winning doc producer Alex Schmider, who’s pitching his latest project, KICK, this week at DOC NYC.

I Went to Film a Parrot. I Discovered a New Language.

Film
By Amy Herdy | October 28, 2025
By Amy Herdy | October 28, 2025

I Went to Film a Parrot. I Discovered a New Language.

Veteran documentary producer Amy Herdy on the epiphanies she had making her directorial debut, Parrot Kindergarten.

Finding Mistress Dispeller

Film
By Elizabeth Lo | October 21, 2025
By Elizabeth Lo | October 21, 2025

Finding Mistress Dispeller

Director Elizabeth Lo shares the backstory to her remarkable new doc, an intimate portrait of the disentangling of a real-life love triangle.

Becoming the Green Door, or How Working in Porn Shaped Me as a Filmmaker

Film
By Scott Cummings | September 17, 2025
By Scott Cummings | September 17, 2025

Becoming the Green Door, or How Working in Porn Shaped Me as a Filmmaker

Scott Cummings, whose film Realm of Satan is out now, looks back on his unlikely roots in adult entertainment.

Video Premiere: Samuel Habib’s My Inclusive Life

Film
By Samuel Habib and Dan Habib | July 21, 2025
By Samuel Habib and Dan Habib | July 21, 2025

Video Premiere: Samuel Habib’s My Inclusive Life

As his new feature, The Ride Ahead, premieres today on POV, Samuel Habib shares a personal video essay on his backstory.

Kanye West, Shia LaBeouf and What Happens When We Stop Talking About the Art

Film
By Greg Stewart | June 19, 2025
By Greg Stewart | June 19, 2025

Kanye West, Shia LaBeouf and What Happens When We Stop Talking About the Art

Producer Greg Stewart takes a clear-eyed look at the current trend of shunning "difficult" art and the problems that stem from that.

Personal Exposure

Film
By Karla Murthy | June 17, 2025
By Karla Murthy | June 17, 2025

Personal Exposure

Karla Murthy shares the experience of turning the camera on herself and her family in her latest feature, The Gas Station Attendant.

My Friends in Ukraine

Film
By Ryan Smith | April 1, 2025
By Ryan Smith | April 1, 2025

My Friends in Ukraine

Emmy winner Ryan Smith, whose film Soldiers of Song is out now, on his experiences making documentaries about and with the people of Ukraine.

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