An interview with Sasha Wortzel about her documentary River of Grass and bringing the work of Marjory Stoneman Douglas to screen in this lyrical essay.
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Sergei Loznitsa offers with The Invasion a portrait of daily life in Ukraine, albeit one that draws parallels that leave a viewer uneasy.
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An interview with director Yance Ford about his documentary Power and exploring the history of the police state in America through the essay film.
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Johan Grimonprez's Soundtrack to a Coup d'État riffs on the history of the Congo amid the cold war with a jazzy tour through the archives.
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Margreth Olin delivers a cinematically dazzling essay film with Songs of Earth that follows her father, Jørgen, as he roams in nature.
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Kanaval: A People's History of Haiti in Six Chapters delivers a nuanced and immersive celebration of Carnival with a rich cinematic essay.
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The displaced narrator gives enigmatic voice to essay films by speaking offscreen.
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Milisuthando is an engrossing essay film that probes South African apartheid, Blackness, and identity through a personal collage of archives and memories.
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White Noise, now streaming for free from the National Film Board of Canada, is Simon Beaulieu's unnerving essay film about the end of the world.
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Jessica Kingdon's Ascension is a striking visual essay about the fallacy of dreams and human costs of capitalism.
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