documentary

When Forgery Isn’t a Crime

One of the world’s most prolific art forgers got caught. But he’ll never be prosecuted, because he donated all his fakes. 

Where Killers Are Heroes

“We killed happily,” a former Indonesian death-squad leader says as he re-enacts a murder in the astonishing documentary "The Act of Killing."

Five Things You Had To See Online This Week

The Wolfpack brothers do insanely good impressions of Batman and Joker to win the internet this week. Plus: little girl does a mean Aretha Franklin and robots fall down a lot. 

Five Things You Had to See Online This Week

Fifty Shades of Hutt, a "Total Eclipse of the Heart" explainer, and classical music's chest-baring heartthrob win the internet this week.

Onyeabor Mystery Persists in New Documentary

William Onyeabor is one of the most unique Nigerian performers of the &#8217;70s and &#8217;80s and also, very likely, the most mysterious. While we covered Onyeabor in our exploration of synthesizers in Africa, the new documentary Fantastic Man, directed by ...<a class="meta-nav" href="http://www.afropop.org/wp/16968/onyeabor-mystery-persists-in-new-documentary/"> Read more &#187;</a>

The Aristocrats