Creative Inspiration
When Your Documentary Looks Like a Renaissance Painting: The Cinematography of “Honeyland”
“Visual and visceral communication draws the audience closer to the protagonists, and more importantly — closer to nature.”
documentaries
News and Features
The Shape and Size and Speed of Water: How “Aquarela” Advances High Frame Rate Filmmaking
Shot at 96 frames-per-second at remote locations all across the globe, “Aquarela” is a monumental new documentary about the elemental power of ice and...
Creative Inspiration
Crafting a Literal Political Thriller: Alex Gibney’s Documentary “Citizen K”
Editor Michael J. Palmer blends archival footage with newly-shot interviews for prolific filmmaker Alex Gibney’s portrait of the disgraced Russian oligarch-turned political dissident who...
How To
Around the World in 1,790 Shooting Days: BBC America’s “Seven Worlds, One Planet”
Seven-part series narrated by Sir David Attenborough employs 8K cameras and boundary-defining drone techniques to capture unique perspectives and new species.
How To
How Documentarian Matthew Wolf Tackled an Archive of 70,000 VHS Tapes for “Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project”
A visionary media critic and public access television host, Marion Stokes sought to create a comprehensive archive of American television that would one day...
Creative Inspiration
How Filmmakers Lynn Novick and Sarah Botstein Gained Unprecedented Access for PBS Prison Documentary “College Behind Bars”
Four-part PBS documentary series executive produced by Ken Burns follows prisoners through the Bard Prison Initiative, one of the most rigorous and effective prison...
News
Capturing Devastation: How “Anthropocene” Documents The Human Epoch
Featuring stunning landscape photography, documentary feature from the multi-award-winning team of Jennifer Baichwal, Nicholas de Pencier and Edward Burtynsky surveys a new era of...
News and Features
Video Mode: “Midnight Traveler” Captures an Intimate Vérité Story of a Family on the Run
Shot entirely on the iPhone, Hassan Fazili’s documentary feature detailing his family’s three-year journey fleeing from the Taliban in Afghanistan airs on PBS on...
How To
How Jeff Hutchens Used Canon C300 Mark II for Showtime Docuseries “Murder in the Bayou”
Five-part docuseries investigating the unsolved murders of eight women is now available to watch online.
PR Wire
The Hennegan Brothers Join ONE TWENTY NINE FILMS
One Twenty Nine Films has signed acclaimed sports documentary filmmakers the Hennegan Brothers to its directorial roster.