The PBS docuseries, co-directed by Sarah Botstein, argues America’s birth was less a unified fight for independence than a ...

Memories — both in one’s mind and on film — are depicted as a blessing, a curse, and a crutch. Countering McElwee’s ...

McElwee’s 1985 masterpiece “Sherman’s March” is a would-be historical documentary hijacked by the floundering love life of ...

"In The Cannibals of McGower County - as is the case in much Southern gothic work - beauty and rot exist in the same breath," ...

Becoming Benjamin Lay isn’t a documentary about an actor portraying dwarfism, actor Mark Povinelli explains. It’s about ...

Wynonna Earp star Melanie Scrofano leads the rural supernatural mystery series 'Revival', making its streaming debut on ...

Ava DuVernay‘s documentary “14th” will host its world premiere at the New York Film Festival. It will be the festival’s ...

The new 2026 documentary directed by Ahmir “Questlove“ Thompson, features the complex story of band leader Maurice White, and his life's contrasts and conflicts.

More than 20 years after Michael Jackson was acquitted on charges of child molestation — and two months since the global superstar’s record-breaking biopic skirted any mention of abuse allegations — a ...

Only Slate Plus members can gift Slate stories. Become a member to share 10 free articles a month. Antoine Fuqua’s Michael Jackson biopic originally opened with what the New Yorker’s Fuqua profile ...

“I know what you’re thinking,” the actor Woody Harrelson says at the outset of “Groundswell,” a climate documentary. “‘Not another depressing climate documentary.’” It’s not fair to jump to ...

The 47th News & Documentary Emmy Awards has concluded, with Madison Wells’ Prime Minister winning Best Documentary. The Documentary winners were announced Thursday, following the News categories on ...