#documentary

#documentary

Composed entirely of courtroom footage from the landmark 1985 Trial of the Juntas, where nine military officials including dictator-in-chief Jorge Rafael Videla were prosecuted for their crimes, Ulises de la Orden's searing documentary makes for a profound work of preservation and remembrance.

"It's true I spent most of my life being angry at him. The older I get, the more I feel like I never even knew him at all. My image of him now, I know, falls flat compared to reality."

The filmmakers followed D.O.A. frontman Joe Keithley during his 2022 reelection campaign to document the amount of work and commitment that goes into running for public office.

I think what's pissing me off is, we did this, all good. I was done with this. I'm like, I'm never going to do another Lamar thing again, because I'm all good. But now Lamar is doing press annoyed with me.

"His flight sort of came to embody a lot of the hopes, dreams and despair of the American working class."

The ceiling consists of glass panels painted to resemble blue skies, and the chirping of birds wafts through the corridors, styled after the front porches of typical mid-century houses, except these are all indoors.

Bertelli describes 'Agon' as a hybrid of documentary, drama, and video game aesthetics, aiming to capture the feeling of scrolling through YouTube with its fast and slow pacing.

Big Mama Thornton exuded uncompromising intensity. Her voice conveyed struggle and defiance, fury and hurt, like few others. She was a Black, gay multi-instrumentalist who refused to let a racist society or a rapacious industry confine her.

The film takes viewers away from the race venues to explore the training routes around Antwerp and Moraira, where Van der Poel trains.

Under her leadership, Jackson said, 'The most important thing is to make sure that Film Forum continues its mission.' This reflects her commitment to the organization and its role in independent cinema.

These films that I'm making, says Dretzin, that other documentarians are making, are often more effective than the legal system at affecting change; psychological change and also sometimes systemic and criminal change.

Drivers were delivering packages in deadly heat with no air conditioning; part-time employees, the majority of UPS' workforce, have been unable to receive benefits. Wages aren't rising at the same rate as the cost of living.

In a media landscape that continues to sensationalise trans existence, director Mark Lyken deploys a slice-of-life visual approach. It is as if we are not merely watching Opal and Lana, but are hanging out with them as friends.

"Five years ago, I never would have admitted that I got Botox. I was kind of saying, isn't it interesting how I now go online and see all my television colleagues, friends, all actively saying that they have Botox. It just became that everyone was like, there's nothing to hide, why are we embarrassed to talk about it?"

Sam Green's documentary follows his relentless pursuit of the world's oldest person, a journey that reveals deep insights into the nature of time and memory over a decade.

Cut & Paste Pictures is developing a feature-length documentary chronicling the lifelong friendship between Rise Against guitarist Zach Blair and wrestler Hassan 'MVP' Assad, who will also front an unscripted series about life after prison.

The documentary, created by Dr. Igea Troiani, Dr. Mamuna Iqbal, artist and researcher Paula Roush, and filmmaker Rime Tsujino, brings visibility to the experiences of six architects of South Asian origin.

"I did kind of a bad thing," Russell says in the recordings. When a controller asks if he is hijacking the plane, Russell replies, "Uh, yeah..I'm afraid I did."

Coppola stated, 'It was scary at first for me to take on the challenge of making a documentary. It was different because there was no script, so I didn't have a map of where we were going.'

Billy Idol rode the tide of punk to new wave in the late 70s and early 80s, and then gambled on a move to the US; there he found fledgling 24-hour music video channel MTV, avid for content and always turned on by a self-destructive bad boy, which made him a big name.

'We had a few songs that we were like, 'These are really good, these are genius, and we are the Spice Girls slash Destiny's Child,' said singer Ayden Mayeri in the documentary, on which she served as director.

De Pue's Mariinka strikes a rare balance between artfulness and urgency, capturing the lives of orphaned children affected by the Russo-Ukrainian war.