A planned theatrical release of Melania, the high-profile documentary centered on the former first lady, has abruptly collapsed in South Africa just days before its global rollout. The sudden ...

The film — which follows Melania Trump over the 20 days leading up to her husband’s inauguration, as she prepares to transition back to the White House — is scheduled for a worldwide theatrical ...

Africa is producing some of the world’s most captivating documentaries, a genre that allows filmmakers to tell riveting stories that revisit the past while challenging the inequities of the present.

Considered the biggest and important platform of its kind for documentary films on the continent, the Encounters South African International Documentary Festival continues a tradition of spotlighting ...

South African filmmaker John Barker (“Umbrella Men”) will be following the fate of Africa’s soccer squads at this summer’s World Cup, as he preps a documentary that will look at the continent’s ...

Mining is generally considered a gendered and male-dominated profession. However, many African women now work in this fast-growing industry. In a WhatsApp interview with Global Voices, the filmmaker ...

Brook Sitgraves Turner said the film addresses a transition that African students face from being the majority to being judged for their skin color. (Ana Hunter / Daily Trojan) School of Cinematic ...

This thesis seeks to write a comprehensive history of documentary film in Africa, from the beginning of the cinema until the eve of independence in the late 1950s. It looks at documentary practice and ...

African filmmakers, based in Africa, can apply for grants to produce short documentary films. Documentary Africa (DocA) launches the Shoot Your Short initiative, which provides grants to support short ...

A documentary, ‘The Decolonisation of Africa’, has premiered at The Metropolitan Club, Lagos. Hosted by Accelerate Media Group, Executive Producer, Colette Otusheso explained the origin of the project ...

Melania, the mysterious and controversial documentary about the First Lady, has been pulled from South African theaters days before its global release. The film — which follows Melania Trump over the ...