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documentaries

A truly international slate: your guide to the 2024 Oscar nominees for best documentary

Maverick Life

A truly international slate: your guide to the 2024 Oscar nominees for best documentary

By Phoebe Hart

‘Subject’: The ethical jungle of making films about real people

Maverick Life

‘Subject’: The ethical jungle of making films about real people

By Liani Maasdorp

The zama zama: Informal mining ‘unlike anything else in the world’

South Africa

The zama zama: Informal mining ‘unlike anything else in the world’

By Tamsin Metelerkamp

Shameela Seedat: Whispering truth to films

Magazine

Shameela Seedat: Whispering truth to films

By Joy Watson

Guarding the Burning World 2020

Magazine

Guarding the Burning World 2020

By Wisaal Abrahams

What the Health, Sense8 and Vaselinetjie

Maverick Life

What the Health, Sense8 and Vaselinetjie

By Antoinette Muller

Taboo, The End of the F***ing World and Derren Brown: Sacrifice

Maverick Life

Taboo, The End of the F***ing World and Derren Brown: Sacrifice

By Antoinette Muller

This Weekend We’re Watching: Comedy Lineup, Secrets of Her Majesty’s Secret Service and Frontier

Maverick Life

This Weekend We’re Watching: Comedy Lineup, Secrets of Her Majesty’s Secret Service and Frontier

By Antoinette Muller

This Weekend We’re Watching: King Lear, Oz and Stephen Fry in America

Maverick Life

This Weekend We’re Watching: King Lear, Oz and Stephen Fry in America

By Antoinette Muller

Weekend We’re Watching: Africa’s Great Civilizations, Afflicted and Million Pound Menu

Maverick Life

Weekend We’re Watching: Africa’s Great Civilizations, Afflicted and Million Pound Menu

By Antoinette Muller

This Weekend We’re Watching: Steak Revolution, Williams and Patrick Melrose

Maverick Life

This Weekend We’re Watching: Steak Revolution, Williams and Patrick Melrose

By Antoinette Muller

Reality vs manipulation: What indeed is true photojournalism?

Maverick Life

Reality vs manipulation: What indeed is true photojournalism?

By Greg Marinovich