There's a crisis happening in the documentary film genre. What once was a forum for observational nonfiction and exploratory journalism has devolved into a parade of propaganda and agitprop. Every week I get pitches in my email inbox for "documentaries" that are just thinly disguised screeds for or against particular political issues or figures. Just in the last few days there were two different ones purporting to be scientific assessments of the mental capacity/sanity of the two major party presidential candidates.
Indy Film Fest -- In the Water
Indy Film Fest -- In the Water
Indy Film Fest -- In the Water
There's a crisis happening in the documentary film genre. What once was a forum for observational nonfiction and exploratory journalism has devolved into a parade of propaganda and agitprop. Every week I get pitches in my email inbox for "documentaries" that are just thinly disguised screeds for or against particular political issues or figures. Just in the last few days there were two different ones purporting to be scientific assessments of the mental capacity/sanity of the two major party presidential candidates.