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Feature: short documentaries of Sergei Loznitsa

Mritunjay Sharma profiles Sergei Loznitsa’s documentary film career

Review: Life, Animated

A young autistic boy manages to understand the world through Disney films

Documentary picks of the week

Our must-see documentaries this week

Review: Yage Is Our Life

An insightful and poignant look into the effect that the commericialistion of yage is having on the indigenous people of Putumayo, Colombia

Can nature documentaries promote conservation?

Nature documentaries have always valued themselves on being educational and entertaining — but are they teaching us anything?

Review: Kate Plays Christine

Kate Plays Christine explores the ethics of our fascination with tragedy and death

Feature: Monsters and the Femme fatale

Chilling Netflix documentary Amanda Knox exhibits the blatant persecution of women who have sex

Review: Sembene!

A documentary about the African culture and society, the arts, filmmaking and of course… the man himself

Feature: Louis Theroux; A force to be reckoned with

With the release of My Scientology Movie approaching, we look back at Theroux’s career as documentary film maker and talk about his latest work, Savile

“It’s better to burn out than fade away…”

Cassie Hyde pontificates on a recent slew of “rock ‘n’ roll suicide” documentaries

Turner Prize 2014 Artists: Duncan Campbell

In the run up to the Turner Prize being announced on December 1st, The Mancunion Arts & Culture brings you introductions to the four 2014 nominees

Cornerhouse Pick of the Week: How to Survive a Plague

Tom Bruce reviews this powerful documentary that should be on everyone’s watch list

Manchester’s got Wood: University hires TV historian

World renowned historian, Michael Wood, has made over a hundred documentaries and will teach at The University of Manchester from September

Column: Shut Up and Make a Documentary

LCD Soundsystem’s legacy might yet extend beyond their music.