July 15, 2015
The AFI DOCS Interview: CODE’s Robin Hauser Reynolds
The pioneer computer programmers — those first to grasp that coded instructions were more important than the machines reading them — were mostly female. With computer science now touching almost every aspect of life, women are barely represented in a coding community urgently seeking more skilled workers. With humor and optimism, the AFI DOCS film CODE:...
July 15, 2015
AFI DOCS 2015 Sneak Peak: Watch Exclusive Clips
AFI DOCS starts June 17, 2015, and we can't wait for the festival to begin. Below is an early look at three of the many great documentaries screening this year. And remember, tickets and passes are on sale now. Buy yours today. Happy viewing and see you at AFI DOCS. FIRST AND 17: This film...
July 8, 2015
The AFI DOCS Interview: ALTHEA’s Rex Miller
In Rex Miller's AFI DOCS 2015 documentary ALTHEA, the filmmaker delves into the fascinating life of Althea Gibson, the first African-American athlete to cross the racial barriers of an elite sport defined by its tradition of white clothes and white people. We spoke to Miller about Gibson, one of the greatest tennis players who ever...
July 6, 2015
Documentary Filmmaker Stanley Nelson to be 2015 AFI DOCS Guggenheim Symposium Honoree
AFI is proud to announce that AFI DOCS will pay tribute to pioneering documentary filmmaker Stanley Nelson as its 2015 Charles Guggenheim Symposium honoree. The Symposium, which will include a discussion and Q&A with the filmmaker, will take place during the Washington, DC-area festival on June 19, 2015. The Washington Post film critic Ann Hornaday will moderate....
July 2, 2015
The AFI DOCS Interview: IN TRANSIT’s Lynn True and Nelson Walker
The documentary IN TRANSIT takes place aboard the Empire Builder, America’s busiest long-distance train route. The film captures a series of intimate vignettes on the train as passengers share their disparate stories as the moving landscape of America shifts behind them on their journey. IN TRANSIT is legendary documentary filmmaker Albert Maysles' (GREY GARDENS) last film. Maysles died...
July 1, 2015
The AFI DOCS Interview: TYKE ELEPHANT OUTLAW’s Susan Lambert and Stefan Moore
In 1994, the world watched as Tyke the circus elephant rampaged through Honolulu, Hawaii after mauling her trainer to death. Yet few who knew the animal’s history — and the inhumane treatment she received in the off-season — were shocked. Performing-animal abuse isn’t new and continues to make big waves. The film TYKE ELEPHANT OUTLAW...
June 22, 2015
Here are the AFI DOCS 2015 Audience Award Winners
AFI DOCS has concluded a successful five days in Washington, DC and Silver Spring, Maryland and we've just announced this year’s Audience Awards. The Award for Best Feature went to WHAT HAPPENED, MISS SIMONE? which was directed by Liz Garbus (THE FARM: ANGOLA, USA). Garbus offers access into legendary singer Nina Simone’s most intimate thoughts through...
July 5, 2014
The AFI FEST Interview: Nick Broomfield Talks TALES OF THE GRIM SLEEPER
In TALES OF THE GRIM SLEEPER, filmmaker Nick Broomfield (AILEEN: LIFE AND DEATH OF A SERIAL KILLER, KURT & COURTNEY) takes an in-depth look at the Grim Sleeper, a notorious serial killer who terrorized South Central Los Angeles for over 20 years. With the over 100 young women estimated to be victims of the Grim...
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