Tagged Documentary

Rarely is a documentary about a disability uplifting, rarely does it have the audience in stitches and even rarer is it filled with clips of Disney. Life Animated has all three. Owen Suskind (23) is a young...

The first thing you notice about Red Onion State Prison in Virginia is the noise: the low boom of fists banging on metal doors as prisoners scream and bellow like wounded animals. These prisoners are in...

Varicella is a tender snapshot of two young sisters training to be solo ballerinas at Russia’s most prestigious ballet school. The central tension of the film is whether Nastya (12) and Polina (7) will...

It's been said that the age of the Internet has much in common with Ancient Egypt: everybody spends their time writing on walls and worshipping cats. Ceyda Torun’s film Kedi seems at first to be an...

Billed as ‘An Inconvenient Truth for economic inequality’, The Divide actually says little that hasn’t already been said. Trickle-down economics failed. The richest one per cent own the same wealth as...

There’s a lot of glitter involved in Femme Brutal, a German queer-lesbian burlesque show, as well as healthy amounts of fake blood, powder, clingfilm, and assorted vegetables. It’s messy business, and...

Real Boy documents a pivotal time in the life of 19 year-old Bennett Wallace, as he transitions between genders but also makes the infinitely subtle shifts that mark the entrance into adulthood. His mother...

Welcome To This House is a carefully crafted portrayal of the flawed poet, Elizabeth Bishop. When you consider that this is a snapshot into the life of Bishop, it’s surprising how much insight we gain...

We’re no stranger to the religious extremism that plagues Pakistan, but Among the Believers succeeds in efficiently cutting through any confusion we may have around what the ‘Red Mosque’ stands...

Homme Less is an engaging documentary about former model turned fashion photographer Mark Raey, who defies all expectations of what it is to be homeless. There’s an oddly voyeuristic pleasure and sense...

It's not often that a documentary crew goes out to shoot one film but tragic events and political circumstance force them to adapt and create a different film altogether. Sherpa is one such film and is all...

A fight on Everest? It seemed incredible. But in 2013 news channels around the world reported an ugly brawl at 21 000ft as European climbers fled a mob of angry Sherpa mountain guides. What had happened to the...

Every generation has its iconic vampires: from Dracula to The Lost Boys, Interview with the Vampire to Buffy, and True Blood to Twilight. Now, the star of one of those shows has taken to Indiegogo to create...

"Cambodia is deeply routed in music", proudly states one interviewee; and it shows true as locals in the streets dance freely, expressing their love for music. This glimpse into the forgotten past of...

Hamstrung by the Church of Scientology’s understandable lack of cooperation, Louis Theroux borrows meta recreation techniques from the likes of The Act of Killing to ingenious effect. Actors’...