Ava DuVernay’s “14th” will open the 12th edition of San Francisco’s documentary film festival Doc S Nov. 5. The Netflix film, ...

It has been 150 years since she was wrecked off SA's south-east coast, but the story of the Geltwood is still being told. The ship came to grief in June 1876 in a storm, described at the time as a ...

SPOILER ALERT: This story contains minor spoilers for "The History of Concrete," now in theaters. John Wilson's new documentary "The History of Concrete" is, of course, about the history of concrete.

Life Stories, the nonprofit created by the Kunhardt family of documentary filmmakers, has relaunched its sprawling digital platform with thousands of films, interviews and personal stories, many new ...

Sundance, Berlin, Cannes – the world’s most important film festivals are embracing the latest work from award-winning filmmaker Mark Cousins: his 16-chapter The Story of Documentary Film. At Sundance, ...

Movies about history are fun, but they have their limits. They’re often too simplified, too dramatized, and – let's be honest – sometimes just plain wrong. Too often on the big screen, the goal is to ...