Documentary Category

Documentary, Film Festival

DN LFF09: We Live in Public – Ondi Timoner

Double Sundance Grand Jury prize winner Ondi Timoner, must have thought she was living the documentary filmmaker’s dream, when in 1999 she was asked to

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Documentary, Film Festival

DN LFF09: Starsuckers – Chris Atkins

DN takes a look at Chris Atkins' documentary examination into the forces of fame, celebrity and the media, and finds its revelations somewhat lacking.

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Documentary, Film Festival, Podcasts

DN LFF09: Still Bill – Damani Baker & Alex Vlack

Damani Baker and Alex Vlack walk us through the 11 years of patient persistence behind their documentary about music legend Bill Withers in 'Still Bill'.

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Documentary, Film Festival

DN LFF09: The White Stripes Under Great White Northern Lights – Emmett Malloy

If The White Stripes were movie characters, they’d be pretty unrealistic and as a viewer you’d have a hard job believing all their quirks and oddities. A

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Documentary, Film Festival, Podcasts

DN LFF09: Trimpin: The Sound of Invention – Peter Esmonde

Hailing from Germany’s Black Forest region, the artist simply known as Trimpin is a sonic experimenter, who combines the roles of inventor, engineer and

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Documentary, Film Festival, Podcasts

DN LFF09: Paper Heart – Nicholas Jasenovec

Do you believe in true love? If so how do you go about finding that special, once in a lifetime person? These are the questions that send Charleyne Yi and a

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Documentary, Film Festival, Podcasts

DN LFF09: 45365 – Bill Ross & Turner Ross

Brothers and co-directors Bill & Turner Ross discuss their vérité feature doc which explores the daily lives of the inhabitants of a small American town.

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Documentary, Podcasts

DN147: The Space You Leave – James Newton

When a person goes missing they leave both a mystery and a tragedy behind. Many filmmakers find themselves drawn to the inherent drama present in the mystery,

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Documentary, Podcasts

DN146: I WILL SMASH YOU – Michael Kimball & Luca Dipierro

Luca Dipierro & Michael Kimball combine forces for a documentary which explores personal association with objects and the catharsis of destruction.

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Art & Fashion, Documentary, Podcasts

DN142: Jennifer – Stewart Copeland

After the passing of his mother, director Stewart Copeland embarked on the creation of the documentary Jennifer to address the issues of loss and how a

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Documentary, Podcasts

DN135: Oral Sex is the New Goodnight Kiss – Sharlene Azam

Through her work with Canadian teenage girls, author Sharlene Azam discovered the emergence of teenage prostitution rings in affluent suburbs.

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Documentary, News

Lynch ’em all

Not content with being a world renowned filmmaker, photographer and painter, the legend that is David Lynch is embracing digital technology once again, by

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