All Features articles – Page 165
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FeaturesSerena: review
“Pressure is a privilege,” is the mantra that tennis champion Billie Jean King has bequeathed to Serena Williams, and the world’s number one tennis star never felt that pressure as keenly as she did during the 2015 season.
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FeaturesThe Confession: review
History is in the eye of the beholder in The Confession, a detailed, wide-ranging interview with Moazzam Begg, a former British detainee at Guantanamo Bay.
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FeaturesBobby Sands: review
This evocative documentary about the death of IRA hunger striker Bobby Sands in 1981 probes some deeply contentious issues which benefit from a cooler 35-year perspective.
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FeaturesTempestad: review
Cerebral and emotional, Tempestad is a road movie fuelled by the memories of unjust punishment.
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FeaturesD.A. Pennebaker: David Bowie & Bob Dylan collaborations
Veteran documentarian D.A Pennebaker (Bob Dylan: Don’t Look Back) delivered a masterclass at Sheffield Doc/Fest on Sunday (June 12) in which he discussed his lengthy career in the business.
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FeaturesAardman & BBC talk VR collaboration
Placing the viewer in a boat of migrants travelling from Turkey to Greece, the virtual reality experience marks a first for both the BBC and Aardman.
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FeaturesLouis Theroux reveals Scientology 'old school tactics'
The documentarian talked about the fallout from My Scientology Movie, which examines the controversial religion.
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FeaturesVoyage of discovery: Presenting Princess Shaw
After screening at the 31st Jerusalem Film Festival in front of rapt audiences, Presenting Princess Shaw became one of the year’s buzz Israeli titles.
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FeaturesMichael Moore talks Where To Invade Next
Michael Moore reveals how his electrifying Where To Invade Next was made under the radar.
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FeaturesDocWorks brings together UK and Ukraine filmmakers
British Council partners with Sheffield Doc/Fest and Docudays UA on the training and mentoring programme.
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FeaturesMy Scientology Movie: review
Louis Theroux delivers a pleasingly eccentric take on L. Ron Hubbard’s religious cult with the impish yet effective documentary My Scientology Movie, which is a flirty companion piece to Alex Gibney’s harder-edged title Going Clear.
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FeaturesWhere To Invade Next: review
Cleverly timed for an American Presidential race,Where To Invade Next marks the return of proud patriot and inveterate provocateur Michael Moore with a laughter-laced collage of uncomfortable truths and unvarnished insights into the lamentable state of the American nation.
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FeaturesNotes On Blindness: review
It is often said that the loss of sight can lead to a heightened acuity in the other senses.
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FeaturesAmbulance: review
A mixture of reportage and reality television, Ambulance follows a dedicated team of paramedics through the war-torn streets of Gaza at the height of its 2014 summer conflict with Israel.
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FeaturesCity 40: review
On the surface, Ozersk in the southern Urals is a little slice of Russian paradise.
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FeaturesThe Broadcast Interview: HBO docs boss Sheila Nevins
HBO documentary chief Sheila Nevins has revealed that she is looking for films that cover the impact of social media on society, male brutality towards women and the status of black art – while warning producers there are no trends in factual filmmaking.
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FeaturesGame on for 8K
The world’s largest sporting events have always provided broadcasters and manufacturers with the opportunity to push technological boundaries, and this year’s Olympics and Euros will be no different, writes Adrian Pennington
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FeaturesGoggledocs
Five of the UK’s top TV documentary-makers watched C4’s factual output in the first week of February. Here they deliver their verdicts in the style of the channel’s hit series Gogglebox
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FeaturesThe Big C and Me
Complete the finishing post on the 3 x 60-minute doc that follows nine people who are living with cancer.