The linchpin of Marialuisa Ernst’s upcoming documentary, “A Place of Absence,” is that, each year, about 20,000 Latin Americans migrating to the United States seem to disappear.
Filmmaker’s documentary less on immigration than the ‘human story’
New documentary looks at immigrants’ integration into U.S. heartland
Filmmakers Michael McGlinn and John Altman set out to, in McGlinn’s words, “elevate the conversation” about immigration with their new documentary, “Immigrants in the Heartland: Who Are We Following?”
‘Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story,’ streaming, Netflix
A purported documentary infused with fictitious elements, the fascinating, evocative and revelatory film is currently streaming on Netflix.
No ‘Hesburgh’ picture without ‘Catholics vs. Convicts,’ filmmaker says
Patrick Creadon, who made the new documentary “Hesburgh” about Holy Cross Father Theodore Hesburgh, the priest who led the University of Notre Dame for 35 years, said that film wouldn’t have been possible had it not been for a feature he made three years earlier for ESPN, “Catholics vs. Convicts.”
Video looks at religion’s redemptive role on imprisoned gang members
While researching a video project on gangs in El Salvador in 2015, freelance journalist Danny Gold stopped to talk to a guard who told him how a prison group with little to look forward to had found a positive path forward in life — and it involved religion.
New documentary reveals rare interview of Blessed Oscar Romero
A new documentary about Blessed Oscar Romero, featuring a rare interview with him, revealed the martyred archbishop’s thoughts regarding accusations that he became too progressive.
Documentary exploring Russian Christianity makes its theatrical debut
Christianity in today’s Russia was on full display on the big screen April 29, as the documentary, “Faces Among Icons,” made its theatrical debut at St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary in Yonkers, New York.
Nun-activist who protests ‘immoral’ U.S. nuclear weapons focus of film
The 88-year-old Sister Megan Rice, a member of the Society of the Holy Child Jesus, was invited to a congressional hearing, spoke at the United Nations in New York City and is now touring the country as the star of a new documentary.