This thesis seeks to write a comprehensive history of documentary film in Africa, from the beginning of the cinema until the eve of independence in the late 1950s. It looks at documentary practice and ...

The 2025 lineup of restorations, documentaries, and film history homages features Soviet classics, pre-1979 Iranian features, and a look at the legacy of Indonesian filmmaker Bachtiar Siagian. By ...

Director Suzannah Herbert’s new documentary tells the story of Natchez, Mississippi—a small town and antebellum tourist ...

What remains of the past, memories, are personal. Organized memories can make stories to tell. Those that combine the memories of several people can be organized for many purposes: culture, ...

Documentaries and historical dramas offer those who witnessed major events firsthand the opportunity to see familiar times through new perspectives, enriched by archival materials that weren’t ...

The disruptive power of the #MeToo and Black Lives Matter movements has shifted the conversation around storytelling about underrepresented and marginalized communities, even as the backlash in the ...

BAY ST. LOUIS, Miss. (WLOX) - The third annual Bay St. Louis Film Festival will showcase a variety of feature films this ...

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In recent years, hard-hitting, timely films have taken the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature: No Other Land this past year; 20 Days in Mariupol the year before, and Navalny in 2023. Will it be ...

Academy members will be asked to pick from 201 documentary features, 86 international features and 35 animated features. By Scott Feinberg Executive Editor of Awards The documentary feature and ...

CHAGRIN FALLS, Ohio -- A new documentary about beloved comedian John Candy will open this year’s Chagrin Documentary Film Festival this fall. “John Candy: I Like Me” will make its Northeast Ohio debut ...

Win or lose in the American League Championship Series, there’s no team like the Seattle Mariners. This club’s story, now closer than it’s ever been to a World Series, represents not just Seattle and ...