Imelda Marcos has an ethereal quality that suggests untouchability. Her implicit involvement in Aquino’s assassination, her embezzlement of billions of US dollars and her provocation of debt crises do not appear to dent her self-assurance.
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Imelda Marcos has an ethereal quality that suggests untouchability. Her implicit involvement in Aquino’s assassination, her embezzlement of billions of US dollars and her provocation of debt crises do not appear to dent her self-assurance.
Today’s What Are You Watching, Quarantine Edition comes from Güven in Ismir, Turkey.
At the ripe old age of 97 (95 in the film), Diana is still a force to be reckoned with. Be it on a brisk walk in the hills of Michoacan or speaking from the podium of a trendy LA food conference, her rock star charisma commands respect and interest in equal measure.
Battaglia’s photographs are as shocking now as they were back then, when they successfully galvanised public opinion against the ruthless Sicilian Mafia.
Released online early following the Coronavirus outbreak, Alla Kovgan’s “Cunningham” is a trance-like experiential 3D ode to the legendary American choreographer Merce Cunningham. Blending contemporary artistic performance with archival footage, interviews and excerpts from letters, this is a film that stretches the boundaries of its genre.
“Tell Me Who I Am” is as shocking and disturbing as you’ve probably already heard, but don’t let that put you off watching it. Despite it’s stomach-turning revelations, it pries open a taboo subject and is impossible to tear yourself away from. At its heart is an unwavering brotherly bond that, after enduring untold suffering, allows two men to confront their past to tear-jerking effect.
The Cave follows Dr Amani Ballour, a Syrian paediatric doctor and manager of an underground hospital comprised of a network of tunnels and caves in besieged Eastern Ghouta on the outskirts of Damascus.
Kamal’s mission is simple: to reunite lost children with their parents. That’s no easy task in Kutupalong refugee camp, now home to close to a million people. Contributor Gabriella Volak attended the film’s screening at London’s “We The Peoples Film Festival”, backed by the United Nations.
‘Honeyland’ won big at Sundance this year and is regarded as one of the best documentaries of 2019. The film has been especially praised for its cinematography. We met with cinematographer Samir Ljuma to find out how they did it.
Not long ago, Jay Wilde was a walking talking paradox: a vegetarian cattle-farmer. While its true that most people resent the job they do, Jay’s was to deliver his friends to slaughter, over and over again.
Soufra follows the unlikely and wildly inspirational story of intrepid social entrepreneur, Mariam Shaar – a generational refugee who has spent her entire life in the Burj El Barajneh refugee camp just south of Beirut, Lebanon.
“With Diego, I would go to the end of the world. But with Maradona… I wouldn’t take a step”
Late last year, Documentary Weekly was approached by the Southern Documentary Project filmmaker John Rash, who submitted to us a premiere of his first feature film Negro Terror. Now, tragically, his film has taken on far greater importance.
Ted Bundy is not only America’s most notorious serial killer, he’s also one of it’s greatest obsessions. His story is now the subject of a blockbuster Hollywood film and Zac Efron is said to have based his surprisingly accurate character study on this particularly haunting mini-series.
You’ve never met an organic farmer quite as eccentric, entertaining, foul-mouthed or as heavy a drinker as Peter Dunning.
If you were online in the late 2000s, the chances are you’ve heard of TechnoViking. The thing is, TechnoViking never wanted you to know him…
It’s the documentary on everyone’s lips and it’s about time you watched it too…
The study of an incredibly ingenious old man, improving the life of his community in Tajikistan with his unique skills and experience.
In 2016, Mr Eazi quit selling phones in Lagos to dedicate himself to music. In 2018 he released his album 'Lagos to London', and with it, a documentary tracing his, and afrobeats' phenomenal rise to global stardom.
