darianna cardilli • editor • filmmaker • storyteller

Let’s face it: documentaries are no longer "niche." Since 2020, documentaries have been the fastest-growing genre on streaming platforms....

At the end of August 2021, the images of frantic Afghanis crowding Kabul airport were a stark reminder of the despair with which people...

At 1:14 pm on October 2, 2018, Jamal Khashoggi entered the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul. He was never seen again. While his fiancée,...

“Above all, do no harm” is a maxim held sacred by doctors and medical students all over the world.

“I take half, and I leave half” is the wise refrain, often repeated by Hatidze Muratova, apiarist and central character in Honeyland, one...

Dayton, Ohio, is known as the birthplace of Orville Wright, and is also home to the National Museum of the US Airforce. Besides aviation,...

“Eagle, Houston. You are go for landing, over.” With this command, issued by Mission Control Center on July 20, 1969, the Apollo 11...

“Show me the money” was Cuba Gooding Jr.’s rallying call in Jerry Maguire back in the 90s. Today everyone seems intent on showing you the...

The days get shorter, the air gets crisper, the foliage turns red, screeners and invitations start pouring in, and your inbox is jammed...

If you’ve lived in the US or UK in the last twenty years, you’ve undoubtedly watched a World of Wonder show—most likely more than one, as...

Almost a decade ago, a charismatic, young, then-candidate, Barack Obama stirred and inspired the crowds with the phrase “Yes, We Can”....

With the arrival of summer, parents seek out family excursions that are fun, wholesome and educational. SeaWorld, with its plethora of...

“Man is by nature a political animal”, Aristotle famously wrote, but in reality, it takes a special breed of man to be a politician. This...

In this multimedia age, discovery of new art is rare. Discovering a new artist, posthumously, is even rarer. Yet that is what happened to...

K2: a brief, impersonal name given to a remote mountain on the border of China and Pakistan. Peaking at 8,611 meters, it is the second...

Beautiful icebergs. Pristine, dazzling white snow. Welcome to Antarctica. “I want to live in paradise,” we hear, as the geometric beauty...

“…O’er the land of the free, and the home of the brave” So concludes the American national anthem, sung proudly, earnestly and frequently...

“Numbers don’t lie” is the adage of business. This also applies to the film industry, with box office figures—posted on websites such as...

Creating happiness is hard work. Making something beautiful that brings joy to many, in reality entails, perhaps not blood, but certainly...

The economy. The mere mention of that word makes some eyes glaze over and ears tune out. It’s an umbrella term that conjures up images of...