Hundreds gathered on Friday inside Cooper Union’s Great Hall, a room steeped in American civic memory that once hosted ...

EXCLUSIVE: An iconic institution known for its five rings is encircling Oscar contender Champions of the Golden Valley.

Actor and activist Vida Samadzai (l), who made history as the first Afghan participant in a pageant at an international level in 30 years when she competed in the 2003 Miss Earth beauty pageant is ...

More than 25 years ago, Frozan Rahmani was an inquisitive, precocious teenage girl living in Kabul. She recalls listening to the radio every day after the first Taliban takeover — waiting in vain for ...

Documentarians occupy a strange social space in the cinema world. Like feature-narrative directors, they must establish trust with their stars, or subjects. But unlike actors, the subjects of docs ...

Two Alberta filmmakers are pushing ahead with hopes to deliver the world’s most secret marathon to the big screen. In the process, Kate McKenzie and Scott Townend hope to strike a blow for the rights ...

Julian Sher is an investigative journalist and documentarian. Julian Sher is no stranger to filming in dangerous circumstances. He’s directed documentaries on the Ku Klux Klan, the Hells Angels, ...

A scene from one of a batch of Afghan films saved from destruction at the hands of the Taliban in the 1990s. New documentary The Forbidden Reel explores the films and what they reveal about the ...

The latest protest against the unprecedented attack on women’s rights in Afghanistan made a stop in Kitchener on Sunday. A new Canadian documentary, “An Unfinished Journey,” was screened at the Apollo ...

U.S. Marine Maj. Bill Steuber, like most people in Afghanistan’s southern Helmand province, knew that local Afghan police were keeping young boys as sex slaves. The practice, known as bacha bazi, or ...

In a new documentary, Frozan Rahmani tells a story of courage and hope More than 25 years ago, Frozan Rahmani was an inquisitive, precocious teenage girl living in Kabul. She recalls listening to the ...

Showcase winner at the Vancouver International Film Festival, will be landing on the National Film Board (NFB) website for free streaming beginning Nov. 25.