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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Filmmakers Biljana Tutorov and Petar Glomazić pull off a miraculous trick with “To Hold a Mountain.” What begins as a slow-burn ...

In observational documentaries, one important thing tends to be left unspoken: namely, why the films’ subjects let filmmakers embed in their lives. Without knowing what kind of visibility and ...

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 ...

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: ...