Chris C.F’s observational documentary “Aluk,” which follows three generations of a family in Tana Toraja, Indonesia over seven years as they reckon with the loss of their patriarch and their community ...

The world's most beautiful psychiatric facility is the backdrop for an observational documentary about the virtue of dignified mental health care. And yet the barge’s oak brown wooden slats continue ...

In observational documentaries, one important thing tends to be left unspoken: namely, why the films’ subjects let filmmakers embed in their lives. Without knowing what kind of visibility and ...

This observational documentary tracks four families living in poverty in the capital of Lebanon. By Nicolas Rapold When you purchase a ticket for an independently reviewed film through our site, we ...

Frederick Wiseman, a titan of cinema whose singular approach to observational documentaries inspired generations of younger filmmakers, has died at 96 ...

This fall, the Speed Art Museum will host screenings of "Backside," a compelling, observational documentary by Raúl O. Paz-Pastrana that honors the primarily immigrant workforce quietly sustaining the ...