One can only commend the documentary branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science for its selections this year. The Oscar nominees for Best Documentary (Short Subject), like their feature
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Sami Khan discusses his Oscar nominated short film about Ferguson activist turned politician, Bruce Franks, Jr,, capturing a powerful story from the Black Lives Matter movement on screen, and putting Franks at
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Author David Mitchell and director Jerry Rothwell discuss their new documentary The Reason I Jump, based on the book by Naoki Higashida.
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Keep ReadingChasing Einstein (USA, 80 min.) Dir. Steve Brown, Timothy Wheeler Albert Einstein’s equation of E = MC2 might be the most famous scientific theory of our time, but does it add up? Chasing
Keep ReadingGolda (Israel/Germany, 88 min.) Dir. Sagi Bornstein, Udi Nir, Shani Rozanes Former Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir makes two especially memorable comments in the archival excerpts of Golda. She says that she barely
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POV's picks for the best international docs of 2019 include One Child Nation, American Factory, For Sama, Honeyland, Apollo 11, Desert One, Rolling Thunder Revue, and more!
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To celebrate the 80th anniversary of the National Film Board of Canada, eight POV writers share their picks for the top ten films in the history of the NFB. From documentary features,
Keep ReadingNomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin (UK, 86 min.) Dir. Werner Herzog “The world reveals itself to those who travel on foot,” says Werner Herzog in Nomad. The indefatigably prophetic director quotes himself while
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