Articles tagged: Documentaries

Leisure

Preview: DCEFF’s 30th anniversary promises a reflective space for discussion on film and the environment

This coming spring, the Environmental Film Festival in the Nation’s Capital (DCEFF) will celebrate its 30th anniversary. As the festival commemorates three decades of history, organizers have highlighted the ways... Read more

By October 23, 2021

Leisure

Refusing to put down the camera, GUTV documents a semester online

While film production struggles to ramp back up on Hollywood lots, Georgetown student filmmakers are finding ways to capture their own tenacity on camera through homemade documentaries.  On Feb. 9,... Read more

By February 20, 2021

Halftime Leisure

Cheer and Tears: A Sports Docuseries for All Audiences

I stumbled upon Netflix’s Cheer purely by accident while in search of mindless entertainment. I did not expect to end up crying in my bed because I was so proud... Read more

By January 24, 2020

Movies

Unlikely and the Underlying Problem of Higher Education

Unlikely (2019) follows five individuals from different parts of America and their second chances at a college education. Directed and produced by award-winning husband and wife filmmaking duo and, Jaye... Read more

By November 17, 2019

Halftime Leisure

Does Netflix’s The Disappearance of Madeleine McCann Mark a Turning Point in the True Crime Genre?

This March, Netflix released The Disappearance of Madeleine McCann, an 8-part documentary chronicling McCann’s disappearance from a Portuguese resort and the subsequent investigation. This is merely the latest entry in... Read more

By April 8, 2019