Michael Apted, whose reality series Up followed its cast over 56 years, has died
Michael Apted, the director responsible for a documentary reality TV series that spans more than 50 years, has died at age 79.
10 free documentaries and reality series about racism in America
A few documentaries and reality series I found to be illuminating, insightful, and informative about race in America—and that are free to watch for everyone right now.
The Thanksgiving story we weren’t told
Pilgrims were a small group of unprepared extremists so bad at survival they robbed the graves of Native Americans for food and used their own dying people as actual, literal props.
An interview with Danica Patrick and Hannah Storm about their new doc
NASCAR driver Danica Patrick and director Hannah Storm discuss the new Epix documentary Danica, which is about Danica’s life on and off the race track.
‘The greatest tragedy of our generation’ told through ‘the people who are experiencing it’
Watch the first responders who rescue civilians hurt and killed in Syria, in this exclusive preview of NatGeo’s Hell on Earth: The Fall of Syria and the Rise of ISIS.
How and why nature documentaries lie to us
Nature documentaries sometimes use the same techniques as reality TV and scripted shows to enhance what we’re watching—and they can also deceive.
The first Snapchat documentary is about to disappear
A review of the first Snapchat-only documentary, “We’ll Still Be Here,” produced by PBS’ POV, which is available for 24 hours on the NowThis channel.
