Documentaries by Abel Ferrara

Abel Ferrara’s documentary filmmaking channels the same mix of raw immediacy and heightened expressionism that drives his narrative work. From the vanishing traces of New York City’s downtown culture (THE PROJECTIONIST) to the gritty urban reality of Naples, Italy (NAPOLI, NAPOLI, NAPOLI), to the war-torn landscape of Ukraine in the aftermath of the Russian invasion (TURN IN THE WOUND), his nonfiction films blur the lines between observation, drama, and performance to provocative, hypnotic effect.