Call For Applicants to Participate in UK Parenting Documentary

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Documentary makers seek UK family for an immersive experience. We are looking for parents of young boys who don’t adhere to social stereotypes.

US Diplomats Denied Access to American Filmmaker Held in Venezuela

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Timothy Tracy is being held on accusations of spying and inciting protests against the ruling party in Venezuela.

While the Train Runs

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The award-winning short film about the rail tracks slum of Dhaka, Bangladesh.

After Seeing Fine Arts Being Cut From Schools … Will My Child Have the Same Opportunities That I Did? (Video)

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The short documentary “The Missing Note” shows how fine arts are not just fun but integral for students and their education and what we can do to save them.

Arts in Correction Documentary ‘At Night I Fly’ Premieres at MOMA

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GMP Poet Spoon Jackson is one of the subjects of Michel Wenzler’s complex portrait of prison life, in its US premiere at MOMA on February 20.

Three Days To See: A Documentary Kickstarter Worth Backing

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Help fund Garrett Zevgetis’s new documentary about seeing beyond blindness.

Mariel Hemingway’s New Documentary: Running From Crazy

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Kevin DeSoto talks about his experiences working with Mariel Hemingway, and her groundbreaking film about mental illness.

Guarding Charlie

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Sergeant Major Franklin Dennis Jones spent 77 days at an army base that was continuously bombarded by the North Vietnamese. And Julie Richardson is shooting a film about it.

Absent: A Film about Fatherlessness [Video]

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Some people will fight their whole lives for the acceptance they never got from their fathers.

Teen Parenthood: Our Reality

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Mainstream media representations of teen parenthood are sensationalized, stigmatized, and almost always female. Our Reality is different.

Sarah Polley’s Dad Doesn’t Need to Be Her Biological Father

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Should a man be ashamed of raising someone else’s child? The Toronto Globe and Mail asked Noah Brand.

Talking Tesla

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Thomas Edison was a bully. That’s why you’ve barely heard of the hero of Rave’ Mehta’s new graphic novel, The Inventor: Nikola Tesla

Nurturing the Self

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There is a sweetness in nurturing ourselves with the food that heals us. A lesson in self-love from Thailand.

Kickstarter For an Inspiring Documentary

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Consider helping fund the documentary about Jimmy Santiago Baca, one-time jailhouse poet who’s still changing lives today.

What’s The Problem With Long Hair? A Conversation Between a Deaf Father and his Son

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Alex LaFerriere talks about his weekly show, Dine & Sign

Bully: The Movie That Dares You to Look Tormented Children in the Eye

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Youth activists rally to remove the R rating from a documentary about bullied teens.