documentary
Although a warm hearted documentary, David Stratton: A Cinematic Life cares more about Australian cinema than its subject.
The Last Laugh is a profound documentary that somehow warmly weighs the need for laughter with the immense tragedy that was the Holocaust.
We’ve put together a list of the best documentaries of 2016 – a tough task as the quality of documentaries was high throughout the year!
For the documentary short film section, The Academy mostly nominated shorts about the refugee crisis that attempt to humanize the victims.
West Virginia has suddenly become the subject of intense scrutiny. The denizens of the state could well be forgiven for wondering where the mass media and political class were before the 2016 presidential primaries and election turned West Virginia into an unlikely bellweather for the appeal of Donald Trump’s populist rhetoric. Trump’s hardhat-donning ‘Trump Digs Coal’ campaign delivered him the state by a resounding 68.
We spoke with Kirsten Johnson, director of the documentary Cameraperson, how she became a cameraperson herself, and about her inspirations.
More people died, many were saved. Fire At Sea is an expression of pure sorrow and joy inextricably linked together; the story of their exodus.
Myrtle Beach takes a look at working class people within the predominantly conservative city, painting them in an empathetic, relatable light.
We spoke with Ceyda Torun, the director of KEDI – a feel-good documentary about the cats in Istanbul – about cats and “positive terrorism” and helping people restore their faith in humanity.
Kedi is a joyful documentary that features the cats in Istanbul, Turkey, and the special connection they have with the city’s humans.
Fear Itself is a series of montages of famous horror films, though it misses out on probing just why we are fascinated by being scared.
I Am Not Your Negro is a documentary based on the works of activist James Baldwin, and is overall a powerful examination of race in America.
The Empowerment Project is a feel-good documentary, made by women travelling the country and interviewing strong women in positions of power.
After Fire focuses on a female veteran named Valerie Sullivan, discussing how women in the military deal with trauma after coming home from war.
The Seasons in Quincy is a series of four essays that each paint a portrait of the late John Berger, an extraordinary and versatile artist.