“Urgent” is the kind of description that gets applied often to documentary content, which skews toward catalyzing positive change. But over the past few years, the genre has taken on new gravity—with ...

PBS programs received 37 nominations for the 33rd Annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards, the second most earned by any organization. The nominees were announced July 12, 2012 by the National Academy ...

A film about Shepard High School’s work with deaf students earned National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences ...

The late activist, scholar, and filmmaker Marlon T. Riggs wanted to bury the silence and exhume the voice, especially when it came to conversations and stories about Black people, and specifically ...

Documentary festival IDFA, which runs Nov. 8 to 19 in Amsterdam, has revealed its first 50 titles, including the top 10 Chinese films selected by Chinese filmmaker Wang Bing, IDFA’s Guest of Honor.