Winner of the U.S. Grand Jury Prize for Documentary at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival, and recently taking Best Political Documentary at the Critics Choice Documentary Awards, the Apple and A24 Films release Boys State came to Deadline’s For the Love of Docs series Tuesday night as I moderated a conversation with…
Filmmaker Linda Goldstein Knowlton first read about the Radical Monarchs in the San Francisco Guardian in 2015 when the group of young girls who are on the frontlines of social justice were garnering nationwide press. This was the initial spark for the documentary We Are The Radical Monarchs.Â
“I was blown away by…
“Resilient, hurt and beautiful,” are the three words Oge Egbuonu used to outline her directorial debut (In)Visible Portraits, a powerful and timely documentary that showcases the history of Black women and tackles false and stereotypical narratives while celebrating the legacy of those who have come before and…
“This is probably the hardest film that I will ever make,” said Belly of the Beast director and producer Erika Cohn during a For the Love of Docs screening of her powerful documentary.
Cohn has worked on feature docus such as The Judge and In Football We Trust  but in Belly of the Beast, she spent nearly a decade…
If you thought the political wars were over because the election has passed, Slay the Dragon is a sharp wake-up call to resume the fight.
Joe Biden may have won the Presidency and the Senate is focused on the duel runoffs in Georgia, but under the radar, the consequences of the 2020 Census and the dirty business of…
With her awards-contending documentary iHuman, director Tonje Hessen Schei offers a rare glimpse into the industry of artificial intelligence, examining the profound opportunities and challenges it brings, and the ways in which it will shape the world of tomorrow.
Billed as a "political thriller about artificial…
In the MTV Documentary Films feature 76 Days, director Hao Wu (People’s Republic of Desire, All in My Family) chronicles the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic in Wuhan, China. The feature docu immerses the audience in the panic and fear of the emerging COVID-19 outbreak on January 23, 2020 in the city of 11…
With music documentary Crock of Gold, director Julien Temple got his shot at A Few Rounds with Shane MacGowan, the celebrated artist, best known as the composer and frontman of Celtic punk band The Pogues.
Juxtaposing never-before-seen archival footage, family photography and animation, the project proved fascinating…
If you've ever wondered whether a giant asteroid could suddenly wipe us out like the dinosaurs and render all our 2020 worries meaningless, Werner Herzog's latest documentary is definitely a must-see. Apple TV+’s Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds, which Werner co-directed with Cambridge University Professor of…
Tonislav Hristov’s latest documentary, The Magic Life of V, follows Veera, a young woman from Finland who adopts a unique approach to dealing with the childhood trauma she experiences through her abusive and alcoholic father by partaking in live-action role-play, or LARP. On top of that, she's also dealing with her…
Beniamino Barrese’s debut documentary, The Disappearance Of My Mother, is an examination into his mom Benedetta Barzini, a former fashion model from the 1960s who has spent most of her life since then away from the spotlight.
At age 75, radical feminist Barzini is fed up with all the roles that life has imposed upon…
For almost four decades, Dr. Ruth Westheimer has been known as the sweetly unfiltered and honest sex therapist that shared her wisdom via radio, books, TV and her own show. She has since become a pop culture icon and her name has been synonymous with sex. Even so, it’s surprising that no one has made a documentary…
