‘The Apollo’ Documents the ‘Heartbeat of Black America’
“How do you take 85 years and sort of whittle it down to 90 minutes?” said Roger Ross Williams. “Really difficult task, right?”
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‘Hail Satan?’ Director: ‘This Movie’s Confused a Lot of People in a Really Cool Way’
“I wasn’t expecting to make this, like, inspiring, patriotic movie about Satanism,” said director Penny Lane. “But that is the movie that I made. And I’m so proud of it.”
‘The Edge of Democracy’ Director Petra Costa on Brazil’s Political Parallels to U.S. Politics
It took more than a year after Petra Costa’s first interview with Dilma Rousseff to get her to open up enough for interviews in the film.
‘For Sama’ Wins Top IDA Documentary Award; ‘Leaving Neverland’ and ‘The Cave’ Also Score
‘Honeyland’ also took two prizes, as the wins focus attention on a narrowing field of nonfiction contenders.
‘Scandalous’ Explores the National Enquirer’s ‘Catch and Kill’ Policy
The documentary examines the wide-ranging influence of the supermarket tabloid.
‘American Factory’ Director Talks About the Challenge of Building Trust With the Workers
The American workers were distrustful of the media, while the Chinese workers presented a challenging language barrier.
‘The Great Hack’ Explores How Facebook’s User Data Helped Power Donald Trump’s 2016 Victory
The Netflix documentary goes behind the scenes of the Facebook-Cambridge Analytica scandal that factored into President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign.
Timothy Greenfield-Sanders Honors His Longtime Friend in ‘Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am’
The documentarian met the literary icon decades ago in his role as a photographer — it took years to convince her to open up for this film.
The Director of ‘Sea of Shadows’ Faced Down Cartels to Show the Fight to Save the World’s Smallest Porpoise
Director Richard Ladkani captures the struggle against violent groups who are threatening the Vaquita with extinction.
How Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Became the Breakout Star of ‘Knock Down the House’
Rachel Lears’ documentary follows the primary races of four progressive Democrat candidates, and AOC is the film’s standout.
A ‘Pet Chicken From Hell’ Gets the Star Treatment in a New York Times Op-Doc
Whether they were about unruly pets or a love-story spanning continents, the New York Times Op-Docs told stories of friendship and empowerment.
International Documentary Association Awards: ‘Apollo 11’ and ‘Honeyland’ Lead Nominations
Neon tops the IDAs with four nominees, while the “Courage Under Fire” award goes to “For Sama” director Waad Al-Kateab who shot five years in Aleppo under constant shelling.
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