Mariska Hargitay, Laura Poitras and other Oscar-contending nonfiction helmers discuss their process, subjects and ...

Oscar shortlists for documentary brought love for Netflix but Mariska Hargitay's film about her mom got snubbed, as did 'The ...

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 ...

EXCLUSIVE: The Toronto Film Festival has uninvited the documentary The Road Between Us: The Ultimate Rescue by Canadian filmmaker Barry Avrich from a spot in the festival’s fall lineup. A TIFF ...

When the documentary "Trouble the Water," a New Orleans-based film about Hurricane Katrina, was nominated for an Oscar in 2008, the landscape for nonfiction motion pictures was different. Even by 2020 ...

EARLIER: One by one the emails hit inboxes, on letterhead of the National Endowment for the Humanities: that grant we gave you to make your documentary? It’s cancelled. Last week, the Trump ...

In Steven Feinartz’s documentary Are We Good? about comedian and podcast pioneer Marc Maron, the director and subject grapple over who is in control of the narrative. When Feinartz suggests animating ...

Despite these losses, the documentary community said it is not giving up. "Can't stop. Won't stop," said filmmaker Carol Bash, whose 2015 documentary about jazz musician Mary Lou Williams, Mary Lou ...

Slamdance Film Festival, the artist-led organization by filmmakers for filmmakers, announced the World Premiere of Alexandre Rockwell’s “The Projectionist” as the Opening Night selection for its 32nd ...

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 ...