Arts Feb 16 Frederick Wiseman, Academy Award-winning documentary filmmaker, dies at 96 By Hillel Italie, Associated Press
Nation Jul 23 Watch 6:32 'Gaining Ground' highlights Black farmers' efforts to reclaim lost land In 1910, about 14 percent of U.S. farmers were Black, owning more than 16 million acres. Now, according to the latest Census of Agriculture, only one in 100 farmers is Black, owning less than 5 million acres. A new documentary… By John Yang, Kaisha Young, Juliet Fuisz, Marconja Zor
Arts Jul 01 Watch 7:22 Lisa Cortés on her film exploring Little Richard's legendary rock'n'roll legacy A new documentary, “Little Richard: I Am Everything,” tells the story of one of rock and roll’s founding stars. It premiered earlier in 2023 at the Sundance Film Festival. That’s where PBS NewsHour co-anchor Amna Nawaz sat down with director… By Amna Nawaz, Maea Lenei Buhre
Arts Jan 20 Sundance welcomes audiences back to the theater as festival opens The Sundance Film Festival went virtual for the past two years because of the coronavirus pandemic. but on Thursday, there was a palpable sense of relief from the festival's leadership team at being in-person again. Sundance Institute CEO Joana Vicente,… By Lindsey Bahr, Associated Press
Nation Aug 28 Watch 5:28 New documentary shares the stories of children who lived through Hurricane Katrina Hurricane Katrina devastated the city of New Orleans 17 years ago, with more than 1800 lives lost and more than $100 billion in property damage. Many of those who lived through the storm were children at the time and traumatized… By Winston Wilde, Claire Mufson
Jul 29 'Little House on the Prairie' author's life, times examined in PBS film By Lynn Elber, Associated Press A documentary about the life of "Little House on the Prairie" author Laura Ingalls Wilder puts her novels in historical context. That includes scattered racist references to Native Americans in Wilder's novels. Continue reading
Jul 18 Watch 2:55 Filmmaker RaMell Ross on the black experience in documentary film The documentary “Hale County This Morning, This Evening,” about a community in the Alabama Black Belt, received an Academy Award nomination for best documentary earlier this year. RaMell Ross spent more than five years making the film, exploring the South… Continue watching
Jul 05 Watch 6:05 New documentary presents Toni Morrison in her own words A recent documentary about Nobel Laureate Toni Morrison brings the renowned writer’s words to screen, while sharing an intimate personal look at her through the eyes of a close friend. John Yang sits down with director Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, who has… Continue watching
Mar 06 7 films by Albert Maysles everyone should watch By Victoria Fleischer, Molly Finnegan, Joshua Barajas Documentary filmmaker Albert Maysles died Thursday night after a 60-year long career that deeply affected the conversations around nonfiction filmmaking, conversations about truth, accuracy, bias and exploitation. Here are clips from seven films that define his unflinching style. Continue reading