As always, the numbers behind AFI DOCS, the annual celebration of documentary filmmaking hosted by the American Film Institute, are impressive.
Running June 17-21, the festival will feature 59 films from 11 countries with 12 world premieres. Sixty-one percent of the films were directed by women.
Twenty-five percent of the films were helmed by people of color and 14 percent had LGBT directors. But this year, AFI DOCS will look quite different.