Best Documentary Films

Documentary Category

Knuckle

The boxing film has become somewhat of a staple of the Hollywood film industry and with this year’s Oscar success for David O. Russell’s The

Art & Fashion, Documentary

Tokyo Slo-Mode

Alex Lee’s Tokyo Slo-Mode is a gorgeously unhurried and loving look at his hometown. It’s a view we don’t normally get of this city more

Documentary

Eye is Not a Technology!

“It’s not because you are making some good apple pies that you are a baker!” The single biggest factor that’s enabled us to see and

Documentary

Thomas Blanchard

Promised myself I would leave the skate/bmx videos alone for a little while…but Thomas Blanchard’s slow motion, effects laden pieces are just too

Animation, Documentary

10 Years On

10 years on and the images of the 9/11 attacks on New York City still feel as vivid and haunting as ever, below are three animations looking at the events of

Asides, Documentary

LAUGHS!

Those Everynone folks are back with a collection of YouTube clips that reminds us you’re never to young, old or in between to have a good old side

Documentary

Concrete Circus

For those living outside the UK who might not have had the opportunity to see Channel 4’s amazing Concrete Circus documentary, the culmination of the

Documentary

Way of the Morris Cinema Release

Back in March I travelled out to Austin, Texas for the SXSW film festival and met up with director/actor/writer Tim Plester to chat about the feature

Animation, Asides, Documentary

Peace Starts With Me

Seven filmmakers from across the globe have worked with Shooting People & PUMA.Peace to create films under the 'Peace Starts With Me' banner.

Documentary, Podcasts

DN214: Bots High – Joey Daoud

After discovering the world of battle bots was alive and well in Miami high schools, director Joey Daoud was inspired to create Bots High, a documentary

Documentary

8 Hours in Brooklyn

So, you’ve just taken part in a Saturday shoot using the Phantom Flex camera and it’s not due for drop off till first thing Monday. Do you pack it

Documentary

Gopro NYC

Skateboarding through New York City, from the POV of the skateboard. Details after the jump.

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