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SUNDANCE 2011:A nanosecond of history
As usual, social issue docs had a strong showing at the festival this year. A notable thread for DoX’s Harriette Yahr was “writing history” – she looks at three films in this regard.
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To raise food awareness
American writer and filmmaker Harriette Yahr travelled to the world of food at CPh:DOX in Denmark.
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SUNDANCE 2010: New frontiers at Sundance
The New Frontier programme offers both installation space and film section. The space showcases media works that straddle the boundaries between art, cinema and new technology. DOX saw two films from the programme: "Double Take" is a history lesson and a cinematic art. The brilliance of "Utopia in Four Movements" is in the truth it…
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FREDERIC WISEMAN: Filmmaking Keeps Me off the Street
Frederick Wiseman is still captivating his audience with his long observations of institutions and the people within them
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DOCS AT TIFF 2007: Mini-festival within a Festival
Toronto International Film Festival remains strongly devoted to documentaries and even included two docs in its Gala section this past September.
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TRIBECA 2006: Strong Documentaries for New Yorkers
At the fifth Tribeca Film Festival, standout docs mixed worthy subject matter with noteworthy filmmaking approaches. DOX reviews a sampling.
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SUNDANCE 2006: War and Coffee on the Global Agenda
This past January, the Sundance Film Festival brought a powerful slate of documentaries to Park City, Utah, many of which explored social and political issues.