LAW ENFORCEMENT: In a collage of archival tapes, delve into the stormy era of the 1960s in the United States with a detailed investigation of the period’s incidents and their public reception through the lens of police militarization.
SOCIETY: With a country and neighbourhood changing in strange and scary ways, residents of Venice Beach, California express their views of the world.
CULTURE: A saturated hybrid of a distinct musical subculture and the complicated city dynamics that help create it.
Two newcomers stood out from the crowd at this year’s Underdox in Munich. Sec Rouge – one of 2018’s most striking, accomplished and beautiful films of any length – and the seminal and glowingly delicate 48-minute film, Accession.
Two highlights of Doclisboa 2018 were documentaries from an often-overlooked category – the mid-length film.