Documentaries often carry an implicit promise: that what you’re watching is grounded in truth. While creative framing, editing, and narrative are part of the genre, audiences generally trust that the ...

'The Tale of Silyan' and 'Apocalypse in the Tropics' National Geographic/Netflix National Geographic’s The Tale of Silyan won Best Feature Documentary at the 41 st Annual IDA Documentary Awards in Los ...

Fictional stories have the ability to mirror reality, to reveal universal truths about living and society that expose the deepest crevices of humanity. But documentaries hold just as much power — they ...

The documentary form is having a major moment. Between the explosion of true crime on streaming services and high-production nature series, the documentary is no longer just a dry history lesson. But ...

In “TCB – The Toni Cade Bambara School of Organizing,” Louis Massiah and Monica Henriquez avoid the trap many directors of biographical films fall into. It’s hard to capture a full life in less than ...

Scottish Irish filmmaker Mark Cousins isn’t afraid to think big. “It’s always good to aim high,” he tells Deadline. “I mean, we can nibble at life and take it gingerly or we can gorge.” He gorges on ...

One of the first examples of documentary media from post-socialist Bulgaria. Shortly after the July student strike of 1990 the "Largo" square becomes a tent encampment. Students, elders, journalists, ...