The Woman in Charge of it All
I need to come clean. I don’t drive. The last time I was behind the steering wheel was in 2016,…
Documentary
Inaugural IF/Then x Hulu Short Documentary Lab Call
Field of Vision‘s IF/Then Shorts initiative and Hulu Documentary Films have just announced a partnership that will offer $100,000 in…
DOC NYC Film Festival Nov. 11-19 – Critic’s Choices
Consider for a moment what’s been recently showing in two very different movie-going Americas. On Oct. 30 The New York…
Clipping the Wires Off the Sapling in Ema Ryan Yamazaki’s Koshien: Japan’s Field of Dreams
“Dedicate every moment of your life towards the team’s victory.” 129 teenage boys sit huddled closely together, the air thick…
The Legacy of Some Kind of Funny Porto Rican?: A Cape Verdean American Story
Stephanie Stender interviews director Claire Andrade-Watkins about her documentary Some Kind of Funny Porto Rican?”: A Cape Verdean American Story and its continuing legacy 13 years after its release.
Preserving the Legacy of Female Filmmakers and The Independent
A conversation between editor Michele Meek and contributor Emily Watlington about the new book Independent Female Filmmakers, which recounts the legacy of 15 groundbreaking female filmmakers from Deepa Mehta to Cheryl Dunye to Martha Coolidge, while also highlighting the history of The Independent itself.
Montreal International Documentary Festival (RIDM) 2018 Recap
Evan Crean traveled to Montreal for the 21st annual Montreal International Documentary Festival (RIDM), which took place November 8 to 18, 2018. Of the 157 films from 47 countries it screened, he offers reviews of the seven he was able to squeeze into his weekend there.
DOC NYC Film Festival Nov. 8-15
Senior Film Critic Kurt Brokaw samples the 9th annual edition of American’s largest documentary festival. Over 300 films–47% directed or co-directed by women–plus shorts, panels and student entries
moved onto 16 downtown Manhattan screens in one jam-packed week.
10 to Watch Filmmakers in 2018: Arielle Nóbile
Mike Sullivan speaks with 2018 10 to Watch winner Arielle Nóbile her newest documentary Belonging in the USA.