Best Documentary Films

Documentary Category

DN181: Shall I? – Igor Drozdov

Igor Drozdov’s insightful documentary Shall I? may focus on the current economic plight of his homeland Lithuania, but with the world currently facing a

Documentary, Podcasts

DN180: Horses – Liz Mermin

Penguins aside, it’s rare to see a documentary that solely focuses on the experiences of non-human protagonists. In her feature Horses, Liz Mermin spent

Documentary

Burn Ignite: Ride

Garth Davis directed Burn Ignite’s latest film Ride with Mexican skaters Jesus Gonzalez, Eder Martinez, Mario Saenz, Angel Santiago and American Luis

Documentary

Richard Mosse

Richard Mosse’s background in photography shines through in his moving image work, composed like stills, his video pieces are often deliberately slow,

Documentary

Words & Moments

Despite being a Brit, the power of podcasting has turned me into a hardened Public Radio addict. Each week I find myself jonesing for a fix of This American

Documentary

Life in a Day

One World. 24 Hours. 6 Billion perspectives. Life in a Day is a historic global experiment to create user-generated feature film, shot in a single day, by

Documentary

NEW BREED LOS ANGELES

As a site initially born out of our desire to expose the filmmaking process through the DN podcast interviews, we get all envious excited when we see other

Documentary

Life of Leopold Trailer

Victor Solomon teases us with a trailer for his new project Life of Leopold, a behind-the-scenes documentary about Leopold Bonar, the world’s premiere

Documentary, News

Help Build The 10th Lego Master

Seems that all of DN’s nearest and dearest are getting busy with the work of filmmaking – which is just as it should be! The freakishly tall and

Animation, Documentary

Terminal Bar: Porters, Bouncers, and Bartenders

Isn’t that just the way; you wait seven years for the next Terminal Bar installment, then two come along at once! Stefan Nadelman introduces us to the

Documentary

Isolation

In recent years we’ve become all too accustom to reports highlighting the ever increasing number of troop deaths arising from the global war on terror,

Asides, Documentary

Jux-Tage episode # 2.1

I could (and have) watch Logan Triplett's skate videos for hours on end.

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