Chris C.F’s observational documentary “Aluk,” which follows three generations of a family in Tana Toraja, Indonesia over seven years as they reckon with the loss of their patriarch and their community ...

On May 12, a crowd gathered in the DGA’s Theater in New York to attend a stimulating discussion of the role of the documentarian at the DGA’s 75 th Anniversary event: “From Observation to Instigation: ...

Frederick Wiseman, a titan of cinema whose singular approach to observational documentaries inspired generations of younger filmmakers, has died at 96 ...

This fall, the Speed Art Museum will host screenings of "Backside," a compelling, observational documentary by Raúl O. Paz-Pastrana that honors the primarily immigrant workforce quietly sustaining the ...