Over the years, documentaries about celebrities have proven to be the most popular films of the genre. But some filmmakers are facing unfamiliar territory when their families are involved.
"There were people that weren't going to speak to us because we were his daughters, so we weren't going to get the full other side of the picture," said Emily Kunstler."The people who had really antagonistic relationships with our father... they weren't necessarily going to want to sit down and have a heart-to-heart with us."
New York director David Siev intended to make a kind of love letter to his hometown, Bad Axe, Michigan. His Mexican-American mother and Cambodian refugee father created their slice of the American dream by building a successful restaurant there. At the start of the pandemic, Siev moved home. After he and his sisters attended a Black Lives Matter protest in the small, predominantly white town, the threatening social media posts and phone calls began.
"I needed everyone in the family on board and allow me to share our story," the director said."That's why it was so important for me to collaborate with my family and to keep my family involved every step of the process of making this documentary."
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