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Tag: documentary

Unscared

Film
By Jessica Watkins | June 11, 2021
By Jessica Watkins | June 11, 2021

Unscared

Comedian Jessica Watkins on how a radio DJ's flip comment made her choose to reveal a deeply personal detail of her past in her doc SPECIALish.

Let’s Go to the Tape

Film
By Anthony Giacchino | June 7, 2021
By Anthony Giacchino | June 7, 2021

Let’s Go to the Tape

Through archival photos and audio, Oscar winner Anthony Giacchino evokes the 1990 trip to Germany that sparked his passion for telling true stories.

Navigating Grief and Loss While Making My First Feature

Film
By Zeshawn Ali | May 19, 2021
By Zeshawn Ali | May 19, 2021

Navigating Grief and Loss While Making My First Feature

Zeshawn Ali on how the passing of his father while making his debut film, Two Gods, shaped the film into a meditation on death and renewal.

Finding My Voice as a Gay Asian Immigrant Filmmaker – and Giving Voice to Others

Film
By Devin Fei-Fan Tau | May 18, 2021
By Devin Fei-Fan Tau | May 18, 2021

Finding My Voice as a Gay Asian Immigrant Filmmaker – and Giving Voice to Others

Devin Fei-Fan Tau on the long life journey that brought him to making his new, George Takei-narrated documentary, Who's on Top?

A Nation of Traumatized Youth: From Newtown to Parkland and Beyond

Film
By Kim A. Snyder | May 12, 2021
By Kim A. Snyder | May 12, 2021

A Nation of Traumatized Youth: From Newtown to Parkland and Beyond

Kim A. Snyder, director of Newtown and the new doc Us Kids, looks back on eight years documenting school shootings and gun trauma.

After Telling the Stories of Others, It’s Time to Find My Own

Film
By Katy Swailes | April 27, 2021
By Katy Swailes | April 27, 2021

After Telling the Stories of Others, It’s Time to Find My Own

Anton: Circling Home director Katy Swailes on what moonlighting as a filmmaker has taught her about work, life and the nature of success.

Finding Home

Film
By Karla Murthy | March 29, 2021
By Karla Murthy | March 29, 2021

Finding Home

First-time documentarian Karla Murthy, whose film The Place That Makes Us airs tomorrow on WORLD Channel, ponders what home means to her.

Connected Through Music, Through Film

Film
By David Wexler | March 18, 2021
By David Wexler | March 18, 2021

Connected Through Music, Through Film

David Wexler, director of the SXSW documentary Disintegration Loops, on the way music has shaped all his cinematic visions.

“Real is a Thing That Happens to You”

Film
By Christina Kallas | March 15, 2021
By Christina Kallas | March 15, 2021

“Real is a Thing That Happens to You”

Filmmaker Christina Kallas talks with her friend and former student Alexander Nanau, director of the double Oscar nominee Collective.

The Puppy with the One Blue Eye: A Documentary Filmmaker’s Dilemma

Film
By Elizabeth Lo | March 4, 2021
By Elizabeth Lo | March 4, 2021

The Puppy with the One Blue Eye: A Documentary Filmmaker’s Dilemma

Elizabeth Lo, whose debut documentary feature Stray is out tomorrow, on the most difficult situation she faced making the film.

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