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Ascension (pictured), Flee and Summer of Soul are just a few of the notable documentaries included in DOC NYC’s features short list for this year. The festival has unveiled the 15 features and 15 short ...

Diane Weyermann, a champion of the documentary genre through her career with Participant Media, the Sundance Institute and the Open Society Foundation, has passed away at the age of 66 ...

While such narrative features as 'Nomadland' and the docu-comedy 'Borat Subsequent Moviefilm' lean into reality, this season's docs 'Collective,' 'My Octopus Teacher' and 'The Mole Agent' play more like dramatic inventions.

A documentary film about an African American lawyer who rose from poverty and oppression in the Deep South to the highest court in the land would seem a natural for Black History Month. Yet, in February, at the very time its Prime Video service was featuring films highlighting black history makers, Amazon without explanation stopped offering digital streams of “Created Equal: Clarence Thomas in His Own Words.” While the film was pulled despite having at one time reached No. 1 on Amazo...

In his latest Netflix docu-series, the director of foundational works like “Paradise Lost” turned his lens to the fans and web sleuths who are changing the stakes of true crime.

Could the Sundance Film Festival leave Park City? While this year’s online and out-of-state screenings open up possibilities, some say the mountain festival’s energy can’t be duplicated. (Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Actor Nicolas Cage is mobbed by fans as the 2018 Sundance Film Festival kicks off along Main Street in Park City on Friday, Jan. 19, 2018. | Updated: 4:25 p.m. Editor’s note • This story is available to Salt Lake Tribune subscribers only. Thank you for...

FIPADOC transposes its programme online Radiograph of a Family by Firouzeh Khosrovani Now at its 3 rd edition since homing in to focus exclusively on documentaries after 31 editions showcasing all types of audiovisual productions, FIPADOC might not be unfolding in person in Biarritz from 18 to 24 January, on account of the health crisis (the festival will unspool at a later date yet to be determined), but the team helmed by president Anne Georget and general delegate Christine Camdessus have ...