Our culture seems increasingly fascinated with scammers. We see it in the popularity of true crime podcasts, in documentaries we can binge about catfishing, fallen televangelists and lavish music festivals that turn into hellish camping trips. But reporting doesn’t seem to quench our thirst for the stories of charming people ripping off the masses. We…
The light-hearted documentary Will & Harper follows a road trip Will Farrell and Harper Steele take after Harper plays high stakes in the test of their friendship. Their journey is sparked by an email that drops into Will’s inbox. Harper, 61, writes that she “is old now and will be transitioning to live as a woman.”…
Leap of Faith is a feature-length documentary directed by Nicholas Ma and Morgan Neville, the duo behind the acclaimed 2018 documentary about Mister Rogers, Won’t You Be My Neighbor? Upon its release in October 2024, churches in the U.S. hosted screenings of the film, using it as a jumping-off point for new conversations about what…
I believe in the magic of make-believe, the power of one’s imagination and the beauty of simplicity. So did Mr. Dressup. For those who didn’t grow up watching this kind and creative man, watching the documentary entitled “Mr. Dressup: The Magic of Make Believe” will make you wish you had. While enjoying this film, I…
It was tobacco harvesting time and the days were long, so the Hovius family was in bed early. At 9 p.m. they were startled awake by a loud knocking. It was the driver for Keillor Construction. He told them there had been an accident in Dresden, where their father, Enne, and their oldest brother, Wiebrand,…
Like the Duggar family I grew up without a TV. Yet their lives, more than mine, have been deeply shaped by television. Over two million people watched each episode of 19 and Counting, a reality show that ran from 2008 to 2015 featuring Jim Bob, Michelle and their very large homeschooling Baptist family. Despite the…
Pray Away, a documentary recently released on Netflix, opens with Jeffrey McCall, a large and gentle man who drives through the rain to a strip mall where he stands under the portico and offers to pray for passersby while wielding a poster board with the words “TRANS 2 CHRIST” emblazoned across it in sticker letters….
“This camp changed the world, and nobody knows the story.” So begins co-director and narrator Jim LeBrecht in the opening scenes of Crip Camp. A critically lauded award-winning documentary film directed by LeBrecht and Nicole Newnham, Crip Camp tells the story of a summer camp and its impact on the disability revolution in the United…
On Nov. 2, CBC premiered Shut Him Down: The Rise of Jordan Peterson, a 44-minute point-of-view documentary focused on Peterson’s journey into the public spotlight. The film compacts more than 110 hours of “fly-on-the-wall moments” filmed with Peterson and those around him.
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