Addie Morfoot

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Addie Morfoot

In Steven Feinartz’s documentary Are We Good? about comedian and podcast pioneer Marc Maron, the director and subject grapple over who is in control of the narrative. When Feinartz suggests animating still photographs to help chronicle both Maron's career and his life after the unexpected death of his partner, filmmaker Lynn Shelton, the comedian is against it. Yet Feinartz, who had full creative control over the project, used the animation anyway.

1 week ago | variety.com | Addie Morfoot

Over the weekend, just blocks away from President Trump’s June 14 military parade in Washington, D.C., the third annual DC/DOX got underway. The four-day documentary film festival kicked off on June 12 and highlighted films that explore some of America’s most pressing issues, including school shootings, book banning that target race and LGBTQIA+ issues, attacks on free speech and the country’s growing income and wealth divide.

1 week ago | flipboard.com | Addie Morfoot

3 days ago Vietnamese Photographer Captured Lives of Communist Guerrilla Fighters Hiding in the Jungle A new exhibition is shining a light on the work of Võ An Khánh, a photographer who was embedded with the North Vietnamese Communist Army during the … 5 days ago Dear Black Folks: The Protests Against ICE Are Absolutely Our Fight Too [Op-Ed] As Donald Trump sparks chaos by illegally deploying troops to Los Angeles, as immigration raids intensify, and as protesters are flooding the streets … 5...

2 weeks ago | variety.com | Addie Morfoot

After watching Alexander Hammer’s “Expecting Amy,” a 2020 docuseries about Amy Schumer‘s difficult pregnancy, Jenn Freeman’s life changed. In the series, Schumer’s husband, Chris Fischer, is unexpectedly diagnosed with autism. Fisher’s story struck a chord with Freeman, which prompted her to seek an autism evaluation. At the age of 33, Freeman, a celebrated dancer and choreographer, received an autism spectrum disorder diagnosis.

2 weeks ago | variety.com | Addie Morfoot

In the Netflix documentary “Titan: The OceanGate Disaster,” director Mark Monroe examines the circumstances surrounding the fatal 2023 submersible disaster. The vessel’s implosion, which occurred on the submersible’s sixth descent to the Titanic wreckage in the North Atlantic, killed five people, including billionaire and OceanGate’s co-founder and CEO Stockton Rush.