Kaleem Aftab
A New Documentary About African Refugees Was Filmed by a Refugee as He Fled to Europe
By giving an African refugee a camera, two filmmakers hoped to gain insight into the life of migrants from the perspective of migrants themselves. The result is the remarkable "Those Who Jump."
Making a Film Inside William Burroughs' Secretive Bunker on the Bowery
In Uncle Howard, Aaron Brookner embarks on a mission to reclaim the lost negative of his uncle's famed doc on William Burroughs with the help of Jim Jarmusch and other New York icons.
Inside the Carthage Film Festival After the Tunis Suicide Bombing
Despite a suicide bombing hours before and a national state of emergency, Africa's oldest film festival carried on.
New Documentary ‘Fresh Dressed’ Serves Up the Evolution of Street Style
The star-filled documentary is both a celebration of early hip-hop culture and an indictment of the brand capitalization that followed.
Director Rick Famuyiwa Flips Black Stereotypes with His John Hughes-Influenced ‘Dope'
We caught up at Cannes to chat about teen movies, nerdy menaces to society, and working with A$AP Rocky.