#documentary-films — Public Fediverse posts

‘Kind of like a fairy tale’: documentary tells the unusual tale of Flaco the Owl
By Vivian Ho

Wild Inside looks back on the incredible year when an escaped zoo owl managed to bring New Yorkers together

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jul/30/flaco-the-owl-documentary

#Documentaryfilms #Animals #Birds #NewYork #Environment #Film #Wildlife #Culture #TheGuardian #VivianHo

Lesvia review – the rise and fall of an amazing lesbian community on Sappho’s actual island home
By Leslie Felperin

Director Tzeli Hadjidimitriou grew up on Lesbos, and her elegant debut feature explores how the Greek poet’s birthplace became a hub for lesbians

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jul/28/lesvia-review-the-rise-and-fall-of-an-amazing-lesbian-community-on-sapphos-actual-island-home

#Film #Documentaryfilms #LGBTQrights #Greece #Sappho #Books #Culture #Europe #Poetry #Worldnews #Naturism #Lifeandstyle #TheGuardian #LeslieFelperin

Wham! 10 Days in China review – pop meets politics in George and Andrew’s great leap east
By Peter Bradshaw

The duo’s groundbreaking 1985 tour reveals a strange collision of pop stardom and communism, a re-edit of Lindsay Anderson’s efforts that got him fired

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jul/28/wham-10-days-in-china-review-george-michael-andrew-ridgeley

#Film #Documentaryfilms #GeorgeMichael #Musicdocumentary #LindsayAnderson #Culture #Music #TheGuardian #PeterBradshaw

‘She wasn’t acting, she wanted to live it’: how a fake pregnancy resulted in the wildest true crime film of the year
By Cath Clarke

Netflix documentary A Child of My Own tells the stranger-than-fiction story of a hospital worker who went to extreme lengths in her efforts to become a mother. Its director recounts their meetings in a Mexican prison

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jul/28/a-child-of-my-own-fake-pregnancy-documentary-netflix

#Documentaryfilms #Film #Culture #Crimefilms #Pregnancy #Parentsandparenting #TheGuardian #CathClarke

‘The greatest album never made’: the untold story of George Michael’s secret, star-packed duets project https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/jul/27/george-michaels-trojan-souls-unreleased-project-elton-john-aretha-franklin-duets-album #GeorgeMichael #Music #Culture #PopAndRock #DocumentaryFilms #Film #WorldNews

‘I thought it didn’t stand a cat’s chance in hell’: Andrew Ridgeley on Wham’s surreal trip to China https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jul/27/andrew-ridgeley-wham-china-george-michael-lindsay-anderson #DocumentaryFilms #GeorgeMichael #Film #Music #Culture #PopAndRock #China #LindsayAnderson

The Phantom Pain of Rojava review – Kurdish veterans of the war against IS tell story of courage and survival
By Cath Clarke

Maryam Ebrahimi’s documentary about a home for survivors of the war in northern Syria is tender, gentle and incredibly moving

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jul/27/the-phantom-pain-of-rojava-review-kurdish-veterans-of-the-war-against-is-tell-story-of-courage-and-survival

#Film #Documentaryfilms #Syria #Kurds #IslamicState #Culture #Worldnews #TheGuardian #CathClarke

‘The greatest album never made’: the untold story of George Michael’s secret, star-packed duets project
By Dorian Lynskey

Suing his record label and sick of being a sex symbol, the singer spent 1992 working on the Trojan Souls for stars including Aretha Franklin and Bryan Ferry. Now, newly released studio footage shows him in his creative prime

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/jul/27/george-michaels-trojan-souls-unreleased-project-elton-john-aretha-franklin-duets-album

#GeorgeMichael #Music #Culture #Popandrock #Documentaryfilms #Film #Worldnews #TheGuardian #DorianLynskey

A Dairy Story review – giving cows and calves a happier life through progressive farming
By Phil Hoad

Filled with shots of emerald pastures and gambolling animals, this documentary shows that challenging accepted practices can benefit animals and the environment

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jul/27/a-dairy-story-review-farming-calves

#Film #Documentaryfilms #Farming #Animals #Scotland #Culture #Environment #UKnews #Worldnews #TheGuardian #PhilHoad

Valentina and the MUOSters review – US military surveillance in Sicily triggers family discord on the ground
By Phuong Le

A young woman strives for self-reliance as local people protest the US military communications system that has landed in their rural town

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jul/27/valentina-and-the-muosters-review-satellites-sicily

#Film #Documentaryfilms #Culture #Italy #USmilitary #TheGuardian #PhuongLe

‘I thought it didn’t stand a cat’s chance in hell’: Andrew Ridgeley on Wham’s surreal trip to China
By Chris Tryhorn

Four decades after he and George Michael became the first western pop act to tour the country, Ridgeley recalls silent gigs, awkward embassy receptions – and the ‘bloody ludicrous’ hiring of Lindsay Anderson as director

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jul/27/andrew-ridgeley-wham-china-george-michael-lindsay-anderson

#Documentaryfilms #GeorgeMichael #Film #Music #Culture #Popandrock #China #LindsayAnderson #TheGuardian #ChrisTryhorn

‘I come from a murderer’: the woman who found out Charles Manson was her grandfather https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jul/22/my-grandfather-charles-manson-documentary-interview #DocumentaryFilms #CharlesManson #FactualTv #Documentary #Hulu #Television #Culture #TelevisionRadio #Film #UsNews #UsCrime

Ask E Jean review – Trump survivor turns out to be tougher than he thought as she fights on https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jul/22/ask-e-jean-review-carroll-donald-trump #Film #DocumentaryFilms #EJeanCarroll #DonaldTrump #Culture #UsNews

‘I come from a murderer’: the woman who found out Charles Manson was her grandfather
By Vivian Ho

Difficult new Hulu documentary follows a 26-year-old woman’s startling discovery that she’s related to the notorious, murderous cult leader

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jul/22/my-grandfather-charles-manson-documentary-interview

#Documentaryfilms #CharlesManson #FactualTV #Documentary #Hulu #Television #Culture #Televisionradio #Film #USnews #UScrime #TheGuardian #VivianHo

Ask E Jean review – Trump survivor turns out to be tougher than he thought as she fights on
By Peter Bradshaw

Ivy Meeropol’s engrossing film follows former star columnist E Jean Carroll, now in her 80s, battles through an unfinished series of legal disputes

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jul/22/ask-e-jean-review-carroll-donald-trump

#Film #Documentaryfilms #EJeanCarroll #DonaldTrump #Culture #USnews #TheGuardian #PeterBradshaw

Brunello: The Gracious Visionary review – fawning portrait of the king of cashmere
By Cath Clarke

Giuseppe Tornatore traces Italian fashion designer Brunello Cucinelli’s life from poor farming family to billion-dollar empire in a sentimental vanity project

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jul/21/brunello-the-gracious-visionary-review-brunello-cucinelli-giuseppe-tornatore

#Film #Documentaryfilms #Fashion #Italy #Biopics #Lifeandstyle #Culture #TheGuardian #CathClarke

Mockbuster review – how to survive the nightmare of directing a terrible low-budget horror film
By Phil Hoad

Struggling to make it in Australia, aspiring director Anthony Frith cold-calls the team behind Sharknado and bites off more than he can chew in this making-of documentary

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jul/20/mockbuster-review-how-to-survive-the-nightmare-of-directing-a-terrible-low-budget-horror-film

#Film #Documentaryfilms #Horrorfilms #Filmindustry #Business #Culture #Australianews #Worldnews #TheGuardian #PhilHoad

Out of Sight review – mountain idyll on the Swiss border is a gilded cage for distressed asylum seekers
By Phuong Le

Young men share their heartbreaking experiences of an Alpine ‘deportation camp’ in Lisa Polster’s impactful, gentle documentary

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jul/20/out-of-sight-review-asylum-seekers-alps

#Film #Documentaryfilms #Culture #Austria #Migration #Europe #Switzerland #TheGuardian #PhuongLe

Flavours of Iraq review – vivid childhood memories of 80s Baghdad from writer in Paris exile
By Peter Bradshaw

Powerful animation portrays experiences of a French-Iraqi journalist Feurat Alani, with anecdotes about his father, a prominent leftist exile

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jul/20/flavours-of-iraq-review-animation

#Film #Documentaryfilms #Animationinfilm #Iraq #France #Culture #SaddamHussein #TheGuardian #PeterBradshaw

Ava DuVernay to make Netflix documentary 14th on birthright citizenship https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jul/16/ava-duvernay-netflix-birthright-citizenship #AvaDuvernay #Netflix #DocumentaryFilms #UsNews #Film #Culture

Ava DuVernay to make Netflix documentary 14th on birthright citizenship https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jul/16/ava-duvernay-netflix-birthright-citizenship #AvaDuvernay #Netflix #DocumentaryFilms #UsNews #Film #Culture

Ava DuVernay to make Netflix documentary 14th on birthright citizenship
By Associated Press

The film-maker behind Selma and 13th will focus on the 14th amendment for a new film out later this year as Donald Trump targets those protected by it

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jul/16/ava-duvernay-netflix-birthright-citizenship

#AvaDuVernay #Netflix #Documentaryfilms #USnews #Film #Culture #TheGuardian #AssociatedPress

Synthetic Sincerity review – Marc Isaacs’ AI interrogation grapples with identity and existence
By Peter Bradshaw

A combination of fact and fiction leaves the celebrated documentarian’s puzzling project about software training wanting for depth

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jul/14/synthetic-sincerity-review-marc-isaacs-ai

#Film #Documentaryfilms #Dramafilms #Culture #AIartificialintelligence #Computing #Technology #TheGuardian #PeterBradshaw

Synthetic Sincerity review – Marc Isaacs’ AI interrogation grapples with identity and existence
By Peter Bradshaw

A combination of fact and fiction leaves the celebrated documentarian’s puzzling project about software training wanting for depth

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jul/14/synthetic-sincerity-review-marc-isaacs-ai

#Film #Documentaryfilms #Dramafilms #Culture #AIartificialintelligence #Computing #Technology #TheGuardian #PeterBradshaw

How do you give Britain’s hidden army of young carers a break? | Is Mum OK? Documentary
By Rosie Morris, Rebecca Mark-Lawson, Ekaterina Ochagavia and Lindsay Poulton

Aiden is an unforgettable young caregiver in Walthamstow, east London, who has been looking after his mum for over half his life. Every few weeks, Aiden and other young carers get a rare night off thanks to tenacious council worker Satvinder, who fights to improve the recognition of young carers in her borough. This film joins them as they reclaim a few hours of their teenage lives back.

https://www.theguardian.com/global/ng-interactive/2026/jun/09/how-do-you-give-britains-hidden-army-a-break-is-mum-ok-documentary

#Society #Carers #UKnews #London #Schools #Education #Schoolattendanceandabsence #Socialcare #Documentaryfilms #Documentary #Film #TheGuardian #RosieMorris #RebeccaMarkLawson #EkaterinaOchagavia #LindsayPoulton

Bad Reputation review – powerful look at sex workers’ fight for dignity on the Uruguayan streets
By Phuong Le

Everyday life takes precedence over sensationalism in a galvanising portrait of union founder Karina Núñez and her community

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jul/13/bad-reputation-review-sex-worker-uruguay-karina-nunez

#Film #Documentaryfilms #Culture #Uruguay #Sexwork #TheGuardian #PhuongLe

Into the spider’s lair: how an Australian film-maker made an impossible documentary with AI
By Kelly Burke

Jodie Heenan says her award-winning short film Guardians of the Burrow ‘looks and feels’ real

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jul/07/ai-spider-documentary-guardians-of-the-burrow-australia-artificial-intelligence

#Film #AIartificialintelligence #Australianews #Culture #Shortfilms #Documentaryfilms #Spiders #Environment #Amazonrainforest #Amphibians #Awardsandprizes #Intellectualproperty #KellyBurke

The Story of Documentary Film (The 1980s) review – Mark Cousins educates and intrigues once more https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jul/05/the-story-of-documentary-film-the-1980s-review-mark-cousins-educates-and-intrigues-once-more #Film #DocumentaryFilms #MichaelMoore #Festivals #Culture

The Story of Documentary Film (The 1980s) review – Mark Cousins educates and intrigues once more https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jul/05/the-story-of-documentary-film-the-1980s-review-mark-cousins-educates-and-intrigues-once-more #Film #DocumentaryFilms #MichaelMoore #Festivals #Culture

‘It’s all a set-up’: the ‘fake’ Australian documentary TV series mining governments for millions
By Kelly Burke

Long-running TV series Aussie Gold Hunters and Outback Opal Hunters have received funding set aside for documentaries – but insiders claim much of the on-screen drama is scripted

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/ng-interactive/2026/jul/05/aussie-gold-hunters-outback-opal-scripted-tv-series-australian-documentary-government-funding-ntwnfb

#Australiantelevision #Australianews #Culture #Televisionindustry #WesternAustralia #Documentary #Documentaryfilms #RealityTV #Television #FactualTV #Mining #Tax #KellyBurke

Farewell to Jackass, the finest catalogue of male idiocy – it could only go on for so long | Tom Usher https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jul/04/jackass-male-idiocy-film-best-and-last #Men #ComedyFilms #Culture #Comedy #Society #Film #DocumentaryFilms

Farewell to Jackass, the finest catalogue of male idiocy – it could only go on for so long | Tom Usher https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jul/04/jackass-male-idiocy-film-best-and-last #Men #ComedyFilms #Culture #Comedy #Society #Film #DocumentaryFilms

The original Moana: did a 1926 documentary give birth to a 21st century Disney blockbuster? https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jun/30/the-original-moana-did-a-1926-documentary-give-birth-to-a-21st-century-disney-blockbuster #Film #DocumentaryFilms #AnimationInFilm #WaltDisneyCompany #SilentFilm #Culture

The original Moana: did a 1926 documentary give birth to a 21st century Disney blockbuster? https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jun/30/the-original-moana-did-a-1926-documentary-give-birth-to-a-21st-century-disney-blockbuster #Film #DocumentaryFilms #AnimationInFilm #WaltDisneyCompany #SilentFilm #Culture

Chris and Martina: The Final Set review – tennis titans discuss their deep bond and intense rivalry https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jun/25/chris-and-martina-the-final-set-review-tennis-titans-discuss-their-deep-bond-and-intense-rivalry #Film #DocumentaryFilms #Tennis #Women #MartinaNavratilova #Cancer #Culture #Health #Society #Sport #Czechoslovakia #WorldNews

Chris and Martina: The Final Set review – tennis titans discuss their deep bond and intense rivalry https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jun/25/chris-and-martina-the-final-set-review-tennis-titans-discuss-their-deep-bond-and-intense-rivalry #Film #DocumentaryFilms #Tennis #Women #MartinaNavratilova #Cancer #Culture #Health #Society #Sport #Czechoslovakia #WorldNews

How to Live on Earth review – Benedict Cumberbatch exudes positivity in response to the climate crisis https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jun/23/how-to-live-on-earth-review-benedict-cumberbatch-climate-crisis #Film #DocumentaryFilms #Environment #ClimateCrisis #BenedictCumberbatch #Meat #Culture #Food

‘Climate change is a form of oppression’: the voices affected most by environmental crisis https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jun/23/the-welcome-table-hbo-documentary #DocumentaryFilms #Film #ClimateCrisis #Hbo #Culture #Environment

‘I only had this father, and he’s gone’: Wafa Mustafa’s fight for truth and justice for Syria’s missing https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jun/12/wafa-mustafa-maybe-tomorrow #Film #DocumentaryFilms #SheffieldDocfest #Culture #Festivals #Syria #MiddleEastAndNorthAfrica #WorldNews

The best films of 2026 so far https://www.theguardian.com/film/ng-interactive/2026/jun/10/the-best-films-of-2026-so-far #Film #Culture #HorrorFilms #ComedyFilms #DramaFilms #DocumentaryFilms #WorldCinema #Hamnet #Hamlet #28YearsLater #JeffBuckley #PaulMccartney

For some parents of trans kids, leaving America no longer feels unthinkable

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/dwyane-wade-film-the-dads

Ghost in the Machine review – entertaining AI polemic dives into its dark history in race politics and eugenics https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jun/01/ghost-in-the-machine-review-entertaining-ai-polemic-dives-into-its-dark-history-in-race-politics-and-eugenics #Film #DocumentaryFilms #AiArtificialIntelligence #Computing #Culture #Technology

I wrote a bit about Hannu Puttonen's techno documentary Bring the Beat Back! (1992).

https://phinnweb2.blogspot.com/2026/05/bring-beat-back-by-hannu-puttonen-1992.html

#BringTheBeatBack #HannuPuttonen #techno #house #rave #documentaryfilms #LFO #RichardHKirk #TheKLF #UK #Russia #Finland

‘Argentina needs to end its fantasy of being a European country’: Lucrecia Martel on the story of a killing https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/may/27/lucrecia-martel-cultural-appropriation-argentine-film-maker #Film #DocumentaryFilms #Argentina #Culture #IndigenousPeoples #Americas #WorldNews

‘The avalanche of slime has been unbelievable’: E Jean Carroll shares life post-Trump in new film https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/may/26/ask-e-jean-carroll-documentary-ivy-meeropol #DocumentaryFilms #EJeanCarroll #Film #Culture #DonaldTrump

Jeff Bezos defends Amazon’s controversial $40m Melania film as ‘a good business decision’ https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/may/20/jeff-bezos-defends-amazon-melania-film #Melania #JeffBezos #MelaniaTrump #Film #Culture #Amazon #AmazonPrimeVideo #DocumentaryFilms #DonaldTrump #UsNews

Maverick: The Epic Adventures of David Lean review – a dashing retrospective for a cinematic titan https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/may/17/maverick-the-epic-adventures-of-david-lean-review-a-dashing-retrospective-for-a-cinematic-titan #CannesFilmFestival #Film #DocumentaryFilms #FilmAdaptations #Books #Culture #Festivals

Harlem Renaissance documentary finally gets global premiere 50 years after cameras rolled https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/may/16/harlem-renaissance-documentary-once-upon-time-william-greaves #DocumentaryFilms #UsNews #CannesFilmFestival #Film #Culture #Festivals #WorldNews #Race

‘I told him, “Go ahead, do it”’: Juliette Binoche on how a strangling attack as a teen inspired her directorial debut https://www.theguardian.com/film/ng-interactive/2026/may/11/juliette-binoche-in-i-in-motion-documentary-film #JulietteBinoche #DocumentaryFilms #Film #DramaFilms #Culture #France #Dance #UsTheater #Theatre #LeosCarax #AkramKhan #WorldNews #Stage

Billie Eilish – Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour review – style trumps substance in James Cameron’s 3D oddity https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/may/07/billie-eilish-james-cameron-concert-film-review #BillieEilish #Music #Culture #JamesCameron #Manchester #Film #DocumentaryFilms

Strength in numbers: what have 50 years of labor union documentaries shown us? https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/may/02/50-years-of-labor-union-documentaries #DocumentaryFilms #Film #UsUnions #Culture

Momentum building for Scottish-style land access rights in England, says film https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/may/02/momentum-building-for-scottish-style-land-access-rights-in-england-says-film #LandRights #AccessToGreenSpace #LandOwnership #Walking #England #Film #DocumentaryFilms #Environment #UkNews #Culture #LifeAndStyle

‘I’m hoping people get inspired’: what can we learn from the godfather of community organizing? https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/may/01/american-agitators-documentary-fred-ross-sr #DocumentaryFilms #Activism #UsUnions #UsFarmWorkers #Communities #Film #Culture #UsNews #Society

Oscar belonging to co-director of Putin film missing after TSA makes him ship it https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/30/oscar-missing-pavel-talankin-putin-documentary #NewYork #Oscars #Russia #UsNews #DocumentaryFilms #Film #AwardsAndPrizes #Culture #Europe

‘An uprising against loneliness’: why have football ultras become a cultural obsession? https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/apr/28/an-uprising-against-loneliness-why-have-football-ultras-become-a-cultural-obsession #DocumentaryFilms #Film #Football #Gangs #Society #Sport #SportFilms #Culture #Communities

Martin Scorsese’s film about Pope Francis to receive world premiere in Vatican City https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/apr/21/martin-scorsese-film-about-pope-francis-world-premiere-vatican-city-aldeas-the-final-dream-of-pope-francis #Film #DocumentaryFilms #MartinScorsese #PopeFrancis #Catholicism #Vatican #Christianity #Culture #Italy #Religion #WorldNews #Europe

New documentary reveals boyband 98 Degrees’ had age-of-consent manual while touring in 90s https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/12/98-degrees-nick-lachey-documentary-age-of-consent-manual #UsNews #Music #DocumentaryFilms #Sex #Film #Culture