In Praise of Arizona Katie Lee

One way to get to a sense of Katie Lee, the dynamic personality at the center of an eight-minute documentary short premiering this weekend at the 2016 Telluride Mountainfilm Festival, is to consider how she has been described by journalist and naturalist Craig Childs.

A Bible Verse and Some Casting Destiny

Florida indie drama 54:17, which premiered this weekend in Miami, arrives with several dynamic back-stories.

A River Diary and Anne Frank

It's a worthy documentary topic: the pollution of U.S. rivers and the recent efforts of the Save Maumee Grassroots Organization, a group that canoed from Fort Wayne to Toledo, Indiana to highlight the battle to keep the Maumee River clean. But how do you draw people in?

NFFTY Welcomes Back a Precocious Filmmaker

Scanning the list of filmmakers showcased in the May 1 screening event "Northwest Is Best," one name jumps out: Celia Jensen.

An Elvis-Worshipping Poet

New Zealand native David Cranstoun Welch, who now makes his home in New York, had a most colorful starting point for his documentary project The Book of Conrad.