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The murky truth about Britain’s forgotten hostage John Cantlie

Thu, 26 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

A BBC documentary tells the story of the war photographer who was captured and turned by jihadists. Was he hero or traitor, asks war correspondent Martin Fletcher

Oscar Nominated Doc ‘Armed Only with a Camera’ Tells Story of First American Journalist Killed in Ukraine

Sun, 01 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

A documentary about photojournalist Brent Renaud, the first American journalist to be killed in Ukraine, has been nominated for an Oscar.

Harrowing Documentary Explores the Life and Death of Slain AP Photographer Anja Neidringhaus

Mon, 22 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000

A harrowing documentary explores the life of photographer Anja Neidringhaus, who died in Afghanistan while covering elections.

Love+War review – Lynsey Addario’s courageous photojournalism shines out in occasionally odd study

Wed, 22 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000

The Pulitzer prize-winner has worked across the developing world, braved war zones and been taken hostage in Libya, but do we really need a tour of her beautiful home?

Documentary Explores Life and Work of Iconic Photographer Steve Schapiro

Mon, 29 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000

The trailer for 'Steve Schapiro: Being Everywhere' gives a first look at the documentary about the iconic American photojournalist.

'Love+War' Doc Follows Acclaimed Photographer Lynsey Addario to War | PetaPixel

Wed, 13 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000

‘Love+War’ Doc Follows Acclaimed Photographer Lynsey Addario to War

Follow photographer Lynsey Addario to the front lines of the war in Ukraine.

via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2025/08/12/lovewar-doc-follows-acclaimed-photographer-lynsey-addario-to-war/

Award-winning photographer Lynsey Addario is the subject of a new National Geographic documentary, Love+War, scheduled to make its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) early next month.

https://petapixel.com/2025/08/12/lovewar-doc-follows-acclaimed-photographer-lynsey-addario-to-war/

'Love+War' Doc Follows Acclaimed Photographer Lynsey Addario to War

Tue, 12 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000

A new feature-length documentary, 'Love+War,' explores what makes Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist Lynsey Addario so exceptional.

'Never Look Away' Review: Lucy Lawless Directs Margaret Moth Doc

Fri, 22 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000

‘Never Look Away’ Review: Lucy Lawless Directs a Doc About a Singular War Photographer Who Lived Life on Her Own Terms

‘Never Look Away,’ a new documentary directed by Lucy Lawless, celebrates the life of acclaimed war photographer Margaret Moth. Read our review.

via IndieWire: https://www.indiewire.com/criticism/movies/never-look-away-review-lucy-lawless-margaret-moth-doc-1235068349/

Lawless’ tribute to Margaret Moth is an uncritical celebration of the independent spirit that propelled the adventure-loving photographer to spend her life chasing the perfect shot.

‘Ernest Cole: Lost and Found’ Film Explores Groundbreaking Apartheid Photographer | PetaPixel

Fri, 22 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000

‘Ernest Cole: Lost and Found’ Film Explores Groundbreaking Apartheid Photographer

It opens in theaters on Friday.

via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2024/11/22/ernest-cole-lost-and-found-film-explores-groundbreaking-apartheid-photographer/

A new documentary explores the life of South Africa’s first Black freelance photographer Ernest Cole who was one of the most important chroniclers of apartheid.

https://petapixel.com/2024/11/22/ernest-cole-lost-and-found-film-explores-groundbreaking-apartheid-photographer/

Into the Phones of Teens | The New Yorker

Sat, 09 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Into the Phones of Teens

“Social Studies,” a documentary series by Lauren Greenfield, follows a group of young people, and screen-records their phones, to capture how social media has reshaped their lives.

via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/critics-notebook/into-the-phones-of-teens

The moment is signature Greenfield. Since the early nineteen-nineties, the Los Angeles-based photographer and filmmaker has been one of our most steadfast chroniclers of contemporary America’s excesses

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/critics-notebook/into-the-phones-of-teens

'Ravens' Movie Chronicles Life of Legendary Japanese Photographer Masahisa Fukase | PetaPixel

Wed, 06 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000

‘Ravens’ Movie Chronicles Life of Legendary Japanese Photographer Masahisa Fukase

Watch the first trailer.

via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2024/11/04/ravens-movie-chronicles-life-of-legendary-japanese-photographer-masahisa-fukase/

A new biopic chronicles the complex life and work of Japan’s most celebrated and iconic photographer Masahisa Fukase.

https://petapixel.com/2024/11/04/ravens-movie-chronicles-life-of-legendary-japanese-photographer-masahisa-fukase/

‘Photographer’ Isn’t About Photography at All | WIRED

Mon, 18 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0000

‘Photographer’ Isn’t About Photography at All

National Geographic’s new show, “Photographer,” doesn’t bother itself with analyzing images. It’s all about the drive it takes to find the ideal shot.

via WIRED: https://www.wired.com/story/national-geographic-photographer-docuseries/

Don’t be fooled, National Geographic’s new series Photographer isn’t about analyzing images. Talk of lighting, depth of field, and good angles is minimal. Instead, it’s an examination of what compels a person to do whatever it takes to get the perfect shot. They “work hard to the point of death,” says fashion photographer Campbell Addy, and Photographer aims to illustrate why.

‘War criminals: whatever you do, we’ll record it’: the ‘merciless’ Ukrainian film about Mariupol | Ukraine | The Guardian

Tue, 20 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000

‘War criminals: whatever you do, we’ll record it’: the ‘merciless’ Ukrainian film about Mariupol

20 Days in Mariupol by Mstyslav Chernov traces the Russian siege of the port in harrowing detail. Here, he discusses his documentary with a fellow war reporter

via the Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/11/ukrainian-film-20-days-in-mariupol-mstyslav-chernov-documentary

It is a brave, visceral, merciless masterpiece. I’ll stake a claim, for what it’s worth: after decades of war reporting, and watching hundreds of films about war, there are few, if any, like this. Chernov’s film documents Russia’s shocking war crimes against Mariupol on a vast, epic scale, in counterpoint to detail so intimate it borders on unbearable, as it should.

Doc Filmmakers Reckon With the Industry’s Murky Ethics

Fri, 10 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000

The Documentary World’s Identity Crisis

The boom — or glut — in streaming documentaries has sparked a reckoning among filmmakers and their subjects.

via Vulture: https://www.vulture.com/article/tv-documentaries-ethical-standards.html

Documentary-making has never been ethically pure or entirely subjective. (“I’m working on a project that is the kind of documentary where you do six takes of the person putting a boat in the water to get the right one,” one editor told me.) Every shot and every cut is a choice, and even its practitioners have never agreed on whether the medium is closer to journalism or to cinema. One of the earliest popular documentaries, Robert Flaherty’s 1922 film, Nanook of the North, was about a man supposedly living in the Canadian tundra, untouched by the wider world — and it was full of lies. Nanook’s real name was Allakariallak. His wife in the film wasn’t his wife. (She was, according to another local, one of Flaherty’s multiple wives.) Allakariallak hunted with a gun, but that didn’t fit the story Flaherty wanted to tell, so the director asked him to use a harpoon. In defense of his methods, Flaherty said, “One often has to distort a thing in order to catch its true spirit.”

‘You Are Not A Soldier’: Watch Clip Of Hot Docs Film About André Liohn – Deadline

Tue, 27 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

‘You Are Not A Soldier’: Watch Clip Of Hot Docs Film About War Photographer André Liohn

EXCLUSIVE: Brazilian production and distribution outfit Elo Company has unveiled a first look at their new documentary feature You Are Not A Soldier, which will have its world premiere at Hot Docs …

via Deadline: https://deadline.com/video/you-are-not-a-soldier-watch-clip-of-hot-docs-film-about-war-photographer-andre-liohn/

Brazilian production and distribution outfit Elo Company has unveiled a first look at their new documentary feature You Are Not A Soldier, which will have its world premiere at Hot Docs this week