Documentary

Film

Life and Death in the Highest Place on Earth

The Sherpa Strike that Closed Mount Everest — A new documentary looks at the dangerous, and often overlooked, role Sherpas play in helping wealthy western climbers conquer Everest.

Written by: Freddie Reynolds

Culture

Video: Meet Raja the King, India’s very own Elvis

The Pelvis of Kharagpur — Raja Danapat is India's self-proclaimed “twin brother” of Elvis. Now 75, he lives his life following the guiding light of the late Elvis Presley.

Written by: Alex King

Film

The father and son who keep New York's typewriters tapping

Family Business — The Gramercy Typewriter Company has kept NYC dancing on the keys since 1932. With a third generation at the helm, they have no plans to slow down.

Written by: HUCK HQ

Music

Words of indecipherable wisdom from the original Rastaman, Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry

Vision of Paradise — Reggae wouldn’t be reggae without Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry – unsung hero, wild preacher, original Rastaman. With biography-come-fairytale documentary Lee 'Scratch' Perry's Vision of Paradise released in February, here's the grandfather of dub's interview from Huck's Fiftieth Anniversary Special.

Written by: Rob Boffard

Culture

Video: The man who brought the internet to remote Nepal

Connecting the world, DIY-style — Hiking for Emails tells the story of Mahabir Pun, a Nepalese man who for six years trekked a two-day hike to the nearest village in order to check his emails. Realising there must be a simpler way to access the Internet, Mahabir began an incredible quest to bring the web to his remote community.

Written by: Adam White

Culture

The genius documentary filmmakers to watch out for in 2016

Winners of the MacArthur Foundation Documentary Film Grant — The Chicago-based foundation has funded 19 documentary films, with a particular focus on creative approaches to social and environmental issues. Huck looks at the sharp and energetic films that made this year's cut.

Written by: Josh Gabert-Doyon

Photography

Photographer Alec Soth on the importance of being a beginner

Playing Around, Trying Stuff Out — Huck editor Andrea Kurland catches up with great American documentarian Alec Soth about his impressive, constantly changing career, during his first UK retrospective at the Science Museum, London.

Written by: Andrea Kurland

Photography

Ukraine in turmoil, seen through the eyes of a young local photographer

Anastasia Vlasova: My Ukraine — Ukrainian photographer Anastasia Vlasova cut her teeth on the frontlines, covering her first protest when she was just seventeen. At twenty-two, she’s witnessed a revolution and the grief of war. But it’s the people she met - and loved - along the way that taught her the lesson of a lifetime.

Written by: Anastasia Vlasova

Photography

How a photographer captured a story of love and domestic abuse in Ohio

The ties that bind — A chance encounter with a couple at a fayre in Ohio became a story that never ends for documentary photographer Sara Naomi Lewkowicz.

Written by: Interview: Andrea Kurland

Photography

Albinism and identity in Puerto Rico

Adriana Monsalve: Clear as Black — When Adriana Monsalve set out to capture the nuances of albinism, she began to understand her own sense of identity.

Written by: Interview: Alex King

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