The GOOD DOCS Blog – Page 22

Jul 06, 2020

Sarah Feinbloom, filmmaker and founder of Good Docs, captures how theology and identity transform in her follow-up documentary WHAT DO YOU BELIEVE NOW?

It began with her film What Do You Believe?. Nearly two decades later, Feinbloom embarked on a venture: a follow-up film in which she observes how young people are making space for their spirituality where traditional religion does not fit....

Jun 24, 2020

Almudena Carracedo & Robert Bahar on the journey toward justice and the epic struggle of victims of Spain’s 40-year dictatorship under Franco to organize a groundbreaking international lawsuit in their Peabody Award Winning film THE SILENCE OF OTHERS

Filmed over six years, The Silence of Others reveals the epic struggle of victims of Spain’s 40-year dictatorship under General Franco, as they organize a groundbreaking international lawsuit and fight a “pact of forgetting” around the crimes they suffered. A...

Mar 28, 2020

ALWAYS IN SEASON filmmaker Jacqueline Olive on promoting justice and reconciliation through documentary film

GOOD DOCS spoke to Jacqueline Olive, director of Always in Season. The film was awarded the Special Jury Prize for Moral Urgency at Sundance, and explores the lingering impact of more than a century of lynching African Americans. Interview conducted...

Mar 23, 2020

Soledad O’Brien addresses the food insecurity crisis on college campuses in new film HUNGRY TO LEARN

Soledad O’Brien is an accomplished American broadcast journalist and documentarian. Her new film HUNGRY TO LEARN introduces the faces behind an American crisis — college students so strapped to pay tuition that they don’t have enough money to eat or...

Mar 09, 2020

Paul Espinosa discusses the impact of Ramon “Chunky” Sánchez on the Chicano/a Movement in his latest film SINGING OUR WAY TO FREEDOM

GOOD DOCS sat down with Paul Espinosa, an award-winning filmmaker who specializes in Latino films focused on the U.S.-Mexico border region. He has been producing films for over 40 years. His latest film SINGING OUR WAY TO FREEDOM chronicles the life and music...