documentary

Six Miami-based filmmakers have been named the newest recipients of The Louies, a prestigious prize designed to preserve South Florida’s history and culture through the lens of documentary filmmaking.

A new documentary to premiere this month at the Miami Jewish Film Festival is shining a light on a forgotten legal battle that forced one of the world’s most powerful men to answer for his prejudice.

The Miami Jewish Film Festival has announced the special premiere of This Ordinary Thing, a powerful documentary-style feature that brings to life the testimonies of non-Jews who risked everything to protect Jews during the Holocaust.

WLRN Senior Director for Production Services Michael Anderson, an award-winning filmmaker and longtime documentary producer, passed away on Sunday at his home in Miami from a heart attack, South Florida Publica Media Group officials reported.

In partnership with the Lynn & Louis Wolfson II Family Foundation, the program will award a total of $100,000 to six Miami-based documentary filmmakers, MFF officials announced Wednesday

“Naked Ambition,” the exhilarating new documentary by South Florida based co-directors Dennis Scholl and Kareem Tabsch, explores the life and work of Yeager, a married mother of two who began her career as a model, then progressed to walking up to random women and asking them to pose for her.

Miami Beach mayor Steven Meiner is pushing to evict O Cinema, an independent nonprofit movie theater, from a city-owned space after the theater screened Oscar-winning documentary film No Other Land. He claims it’s antisemitic. The American Civil Liberties Union of Florida said it is "monitoring" the issue.

Sam Fuentes collaborated with documentary film director Kim A. Snyder to produce “Death by Numbers,” which chronicles the young woman’s journey from the horrific 2018 massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School through the 2022 trial of the shooter.

Fereshteh Toosi is a Miami-based interdisciplinary artist who recently launched an interactive audio project called “Voice Memos for the Future.” The project discusses Miami residents' shared stories and thoughts about the future in South Florida. They tell us how nature has inspired their life’s work.

Nancy Spielberg and her brother Steven Spielberg are both storytellers, but they have different focuses. While Steven has focused on narrative, feature films, Nancy has made documentaries about Israel and the Jewish diaspora.

Edward Buckles, Jr. was just 13 when Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans and changed his home forever. His new documentary is his attempt to unpack the trauma of that childhood experience.

Monday is the 100th anniversary of one of the worst acts of racial violence in American history. A spate of books and documentaries are marking the moment; we round up three to watch this weekend.