There are many components to gender and sexuality that much of the world’s population likely assumed didn’t exist until they heard others talking about them. This isn’t exclusive to those who identify as cisgender and heterosexual who have had their expressions of self broadly accepted by society. Desire Lines spotlights a particular population – transgender…
@Makayla’s Voice In a world with people who talk, many see those who are non-verbal as unintelligent. This short documentary breaks that notion to pieces. “Makayla’s Voice: A Letter to the World” tells Makayla’s story through her mind. She is a young black girl with a rare form of Autism that renders her non-verbal. Around 8…
Documentary filmmakers very often focus on exposing the truth, telling stories that haven’t been sufficiently told and striving to broadcast them to a wide audience. This can take a variety of forms, and, in many cases, is inspired by something in their own lives that provokes curiosity. In the case of Asmae El Moudir, she…
One of the critical sticking points of the 2023 dual strike by the Writers Guild of America and SAG-AFTRA was how AI would be used in the future. Artificial intelligence is evolving at an incredible pace, ready to substitute for human interaction in a number of different spheres. While that offers an endless realm of…
Directed by Brad Rothschild for Menemsha Films, Rabbi on the Block is an engaging and heartwarming documentary about Tamar Manasseh, a stereotype-busting rabbi and community activist from the south side of Chicago. As a woman who is both Black and Jewish, Rabbi Manasseh aims to make a difference by bridging two communities that have not…
The art of storytelling has evolved over time, especially in recent history, with home audiences once attentively glued to the sounds emanating from their radios. While music remains popular and people may still tune in to listen to their local radio station while commuting, the visual art of film and television has largely replaced that…
Making art is a very personal process, and it’s often hard to capture how someone else works. The best way to do so can be to simply watch them doing what they love and to inquire about what motivates them. It’s especially interesting to see if those two approaches match up, or if there are…
Check out more of our video interviews on our YouTube channel. Kevin MacDonald is an accomplished director, winning an Oscar for his 1999 documentary One Day in September and acclaim from BAFTA for The Last King of Scotland and The Mauritanian. He splits his time between narrative and documentary filmmaking, including nonfiction films about Mick…
People are prone to prejudice, to latch on to beliefs they may have about a particular person or group and apply them broadly. In most cases, there is little basis to these preconceived notions, and they can be incredibly damaging. But there is a reason they exist, because stereotypes are perpetuated by those who wish…
Much of society embraces the idea of binary definitions of what a person is. A recent push in liberal communities to recognize new gender identities, sexual orientations, and a variety of other descriptors has been met with intense pushback from traditionalists who feel that the recognition of something that hasn’t been historically acknowledged is somehow…
@Courtesy: Loveworld Media “Mediha” is about a young Yazidi girl who was a prisoner of ISIS after they attacked the Yazidi people back in 2014. The story shows her life after she and two of her brothers were freed from enslavement. The three live with their uncle as he tries to find their parents and youngest…
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