Articles by Daniel Pratt

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  Salvation Boulevard

  George Ratliff

  PUBLISHED Nov 5, 2012

  Because religion is such a globally ubiquitous hot-button topic, delving into extremist territory, it's depiction on film tends to skew eit...

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  People's Park

  Libbie Cohn & J.P. Sniadecki

  PUBLISHED Nov 3, 2012

  China has long been a focus of politically-charged documentaries that attempt to expose the communist regime and its rampant human rights v...

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  How to Survive a Plague

  David France

  PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2012

  It's incredible to think that as recently as the '90s, contracting HIV was a death sentence, yet here we are in the 21st Century and North...

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  Hellbound?

  Kevin Miller

  PUBLISHED Oct 25, 2012

  To paraphrase George Carlin, Christianity-based religion has convinced people that there's a man that lives in the sky that watches everyth...

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  Gerhard Richter Painting

  Corinna Belz

  PUBLISHED Oct 19, 2012

  There's something uniquely fascinating about capturing the essence of an artist by watching them create. Corinna Belz's documentary, Gerhar...

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  Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel

  Lisa Immordino Vreeland, Bent-Jorgen Perlmutt & Frédéric Tcheng

  PUBLISHED Oct 18, 2012

  It is remarkable that a woman known for her unattractive face could go on to become a glamour icon of the 20th Century, yet that is precise...

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  Canary in the Mine

  Danielle Heifa

  PUBLISHED Oct 12, 2012

  Generally speaking, documentaries are intended to observe and document without prejudice, allowing the topic and its subjects to flow organ...

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  Stories We Tell

  Sarah Polley

  PUBLISHED Oct 11, 2012

  Canadian director Sarah Polley is known for tackling themes that inspire introspection, whether in Away From Her, where she dealt with the...