Powerful case study of a society in transition

Kim Longinotto and Florence Ayisi’s documentary “Sisters in Law” is a fascinating insight into the workings of the judicial system in the small African town of Kumba in southwest Cameroon.

LI YIFAN: We Need to Get Things Organised

Interest in Chinese documentaries is on the rise. Both this year’s Leipzig Doc Festival and cph:dox featured Chinese retrospectives and they had plenty of independently produced Chinese docs to pick from.

HISTORY DOCUMENTARIES: Playing with Open Cards

History programming is riddled with problems. One of the most blatant is that yesterday’s present is irretrievably lost. And using a camera to document something that no longer exists is impossible. Or is it?

ARUNAS MATELIS: Portrait

Arunas Matelis, one of Lithuania’s most original documentary directors, takes a personal, playful approach to filmmaking.

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