When you submit a profile photo on a dating site, who approves it? When you report an offensive image on social media, who decides whether or not it stays? Other people. But who are they? And what are they looking at all day, every day? How do they decide what is okay and what isn’t? What …
Documentary film
Watch the trailers for three new or upcoming documentaries, including one that makes stray cats stars, and another about a comedian converting to Judaism.
The nominees for the 89th Academy Awards were announced today, including those nominated for feature and short documentaries.
In Tickled, a new documentary that’s being compared to Catfish, investigating competitive tickling videos leads a journalist into a world of legal threats.
Learn more and watch the trailer.
Cartoonist Matthew Inman, aka The Oatmeal, describes the origins of The Blerch and talks about his life as a runner in this brief, 171-second documentary.
An interview with Oscar-winning director Davis Guggenheim, whose film about Malala Yousafzai is airing on National Geographic Channel.
Oscar-winning directors Davis Guggenheim and Alex Gibney, and Emmy-winning producer Kahane Cooperman, talk about sexism in documentary feature awards.