Documentary Filmmaking Movies

Hundreds of boxes left by the famous uruguayan musician and political activist Alfredo Zitarrosa (1936-1989) who run away the dictatorship in the...

This short documentary chronicles the culture and arts of Cambodian Americans and the Lowell, MA community through the eyes of Sokhary Chau, the...

In this short documentary film, the activation of grandma's memory is explored by revisiting old pictures of her loved ones.

In 2013, online clay animator Robert Benfer scammed hundreds of fans out of thousands of dollars and has continued to become less of the independent...

Assassinated Lebanese intellectual Mahdi Amel — often dubbed “the Arab Gramsci” — famously said: “He who resists is...

An ode to Toronto artist Shari Kasman's "Bloordale Beach": a demolition grounds turned absurd community rallying point at the height of the COVID-19...

A short anecdotal documentary about the nature of destruction, a debilitating deadlock of humanity.

In 1916, twenty-year-old Marion Wong wrote and directed The Curse of Quon Gwon, the earliest example of an Asian American film. What initially...

Three third-culture children suffer from a lack of belonging in their hometown after they return for college life. After completing their college...

Mariam Shahin has been making films about Gaza for over thirty years. When she moved to Gaza in 2005, she felt a powerful sense of optimism following...

The documentary Rouch's Gang follows the film crew and provides a glimpse behind the scenes as Jean Rouch and his four friends from Niger make their...

One of the first (and perhaps therefore ambiguous) approaches to homosexuality in Spain at the time. The film narrates in cinematographic form the...

A documentary maker from Norwegian TV meets resistance when she contacts a group of activists in good faith to tell a story that is not her own.

This documentary asks, what is happening to our homes? This is what’s going on all around this country while they’re trying to get...

An Australian icon found on every supermarket shelf, and coating every game day pack of hot chips. But the story of the South Australian man who...

Having spent the last 30 years in the library researching various locations of Victorian dumps within his local area, Gordon has made a name for...

Kush, a relatively new and highly toxic synthetic drug is destroying lives and livelihoods in Sierra Leone. Reporter Geerard Adriaen travels to...

A portrait of life in Islamorada, Florida, its unique residents, and the unprecedented changes that have begun taking place.

Found footage Horror film about two student filmmakers making a documentary about the Ribbersford woods murders that happened in 2006. Sally Edwards...