Many would have seen the devastating account of the Brazillian slums and the juvenile violence breeding within them in Fernando Meirelles’ brilliant feature City of God (2002). However, a similar themed documentary film, Onibus 174 (2002) (aka Bus 174), does not get the same attention and credit as City of God. Released late in the [...]

As many of us walk around sporting T-shirts with an image of a figure with a military cap perched on his head (taken by Alberto Korda, it is one of the most widely circulated image in the world), very few of us actually know about Ernesto “Che” Guevara - the man who died a routine [...]

What happens when a determined film-maker of mixed Jewish and Arab (imagine!) descent embarks on a journey to capture the creation of a concrete fence in a part of the world, where already impenetrable walls of communal hatred, historical animosity and religious conflicts have been around for decades?
Simone Bitton, a young dynamic filmmaker, goes on [...]

Trust Kiarostami to try something offbeat and come out of it not only unscathed, but blow everyone away. Since ABC Africa is a documentary, comparing it with his other works would be like comparing apples to oranges, but it doesn’t mean that he hasn’t given it his usual golden touch.
Starting with a fax creeping out [...]