Sunday, Sep. 12, 2021

Documentaries were front and center during today’s (9/12) afternoon Creative Arts Emmys ceremony, the second of three events held this weekend honoring artistic and technical achievement in television. Presented by the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, the ceremony honored producers,...

Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020

Even mock elections require wall-to-wall coverage, so when Jesse Moss and Amanda McBaine set out to document Texas' Boys State, the week-long summer camp of civics simulation run by the American Legion since 1935, they hired seven cinematographers to stay close to a handful of the 1,100...

Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020

Teenage political junkies at a leadership conference doesn't seem like the most riveting subject matter for a documentary. As a product of teenage leadership conferences, I assumed that at best, maybe, it could be fodder for a black comedy. But the new documentary " Boys State " convinced me...

Monday, Jun. 8, 2020

The American Film Institute has revealed its full slate of films being presented online for the AFI DOCS 2020 festival. The lineup features 59 films from 11 countries and 12 virtual World Premieres, with 61% of the films directed by women, 25% by POC directors and 14% by LGBTQ directors.     ...

Wednesday, May. 6, 2020

AFI DOCS, the American Film Institute’s yearly documentary celebration in the nation’s capital, is going global and online next month with its 18th annual edition. 

The best in non-fiction fare will be showcased in a re-imagined online film festival “where the best seat is in your house...

Sunday, Feb. 2, 2020

Minari and Boys State won Grand Jury Prizes at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival in the U.S. Dramatic and U.S. Documentary competitions, respectively.

Minari is a decidedly different take on the American Dream, centered on a Korean-American lad whose life gets...

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