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- 'Peter and the Farm' Finds Profound Harmony Between Visuals and Storytelling Far from a talking head, Peter Dunning is a deeply compelling protagonist.
- When Documentary Filmmakers Direct Political Ads When documentary storytelling intersects with political advertising.
- The Spine-Tingling, Eye-Opening Thrill of Morgan Spurlock's 'Rats' 'Rats' invites viewers into a world underneath the gutters and in the shadows.
- How Documentarians Have Covered Donald Trump Throughout the Years A look at the past and present documentaries that have covered Donald Trump.
- Terrence Malick's First Documentary Tackles the History of the Universe The exquisitely constructed Voyage of Time is not your average science documentary.
- The Documentary Box Office Fizzle of 2016 The soft year at the box office may set the trend for the future theatrical life of all documentaries.
- Subverting North Korean Propaganda Through Documentary These films show what's really happening within North Korea's closed borders.
- The Slippery Slope of Documentary Subjectivity Is there more to Author: The JT LeRoy Story than what we are seeing?
- Regional Filmmakers With an International Footprint: 50 Years of Kartemquin Films Kartemquin Films co-founder Gordon Quinn shares the key to the Chicago production company's longevity.
- First Look at 2016 Toronto International Film Festival's Documentary Lineup The 2016 nonfiction TIFF slate includes Werner Herzog, Errol Morris, Steve James and Leonardo DiCaprio.
- The Documentary That Tells The Story of America's First Mass School Shooting Why a new documentary on the 1966 UT Tower Shooting is ever relevant.
- The Socially Significant, Top-notch Storytelling of Life, Animated Doc Soup Man talks to the Suskind family about their inspiring documentary.
- Is Seeing Believing? The New Documentaries Challenging Reality There's more than meets the eye in these new nonfiction films.
- How to Program the Largest Documentary Festival in North America For Hot Docs Director of Programming Shane Smith, putting together an engaging, diverse film festival is no easy task, and he wouldn't want it any other way.
- Tribeca 2016: A Virtual Reality Odyssey How nonfiction filmmakers work with virtual reality.
- The Real Subjects, Real People, Real Experiences at Full Frame 2016 Doc Soup Man's biggest takeaway from Full Frame? Documentary honesty.
- The Urgent, Enriching, and Harrowing Documentaries at Full Frame The documentaries you'll regret missing at Full Frame 2016.
- New Documentary Chooses Anecdotal Evidence Over Scientific Credibility Doc Soup Man reports from the New York City premiere of Andrew Wakefield's 'Vaxxed: From Cover Up to Catastrophe.'