documentary

In 1992, an independent director premiered his directorial debut at Sundance Film Festival. When his low-budget film received rave reviews at Cannes, the legend of Quentin Tarantino was born. His career is the focus of a long-awaited…

Documentary filmmaker Maxine Trump is certainly one to champion the childless as she defends her personal stance (as well as others in agreement) regarding the notion of deciding to not raising children in To Kid or Not to Kid. The…

One can argue the virtues (or lack thereof) for the inexplicably revered American gossip rag The National Enquirer. Somehow it is unimaginable to assume that no shopper has ever stood in the grocery line and not noticed or ventured a…

Shot at 96 frames per second, Aquarela is the latest documentary by Russian filmmaker Victor Kossakovsky that explores the power of water with footage ranging from melting glaciers to hurricanes. First of all, Aquarela is very basic.…

The winner of this year's SXSW Documentary Feature Competition's Grand Jury and Audience Awards, For Sama follows filmmaker Waad al-Kateab's life as she documents the uprising in Aleppo during the Syrian Civil War. During her time in the…

60 years ago, Berry Gordy formed a new music label after leaving his job at the Ford Motoring Company in Detroit. Playing a key role in integrating African-Americans into the US mainstream music scene, Motown went onto launch the careers…

Filmmaker Timothy Greenfield-Sanders's stellar documentary Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am is a resonate portrait of an intelligent and defiant woman whose prized creativity in literature had captured the imagination of the public's…

Jean Luc Godard once said “Film is truth, 24 frames per second.” Now, I don’t know what that means, but I do know it's wrong. Free Solo cannot be truth, because it's made of film, and truth is made of emotions or something. I also don’t…

In 1971, the late Aretha Franklin recorded a special gospel album before a live audience in a Los Angeles church. The result, 'Amazing Grace', became one of the biggest albums of her career. However, these two recording sessions were…

In 2017, a music festival in the Bahamas made headlines for ripping off its customers. Organised by entrepreneur and Fyre Media founder Billy McFarland, the Fyre Festival promised gourmet meals, luxury tents and beachside villas. Instead,…