Why Are Documentaries So Hot Right Now?

“In 1979, HBO hired her to launch its documentaries division. Ms. Nevins remembers having to look up what ‘cable television’ meant (HBO had started just seven years earlier). And, she adds, ‘I didn’t even know what documentary was. I thought documentary was about Hitler.'”

South Africa Is Struggling, Like The US, With Diversity Issues In Film And TV

“Discontent has been growing, and South Africa has faced an unprecedented moral reckoning in the past year. Triggered by a wave of student protests that have often mirrored — and been inspired by — the Black Lives Matter movement in the U.S., the country is in the midst of a roiling debate over race and privilege that has put to the test the enduring myth of a ‘Rainbow Nation.'”

Kathryn Reed Altman Kept The Archives, And The Flame Of Her Husband’s Artistic Legacy, Alive

“Altman became her husband’s indispensable amanuensis, uncredited on the screen but indelibly helpful on the set, where she was a smoother of feathers, a personal connector among the various layers of personnel, a social director at gatherings that followed the viewing of dailies. She was also a keeper of the Altman history.”