There seems to be a minor theme emerging in certain circles of documentary filmmaking recently, of women making films about young girls doing remarkable things (maybe this is just because I just ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Danish director Berit Madsen’s first documentary feature spends a few years in the company of its titular figure, a provincial ...

Danish director Berit Madsen premiered her documentary, "Sepideh: Reaching for the Stars," at the Sundance Film Festival this week, coinciding with the film's release on iTunes. The film follows young ...

Danish director Berit Madsen didn’t set out to tell a story about feminism in Iran. She just met a pretty amazing 14-year-old girl who wanted to learn about the stars, and hoped to do justice to her ...

Sepideh takes us inside a place where young girls are discouraged from envisioning a world outside of their own, but do so anyway. Berit Madsen’s debut film is a love story first and a documentary ...