Prompt: Make a Documentary

Prompt: Make a Documentary surveys the mounting influence of artificial intelligence on filmmaking, anchoring AI’s rise in cinema’s long arc of technological evolution. Tracing parallel milestones—from the advent of sound and color to the advent of digital visual effects—the film revisits defining moments in cinema to show that disruption has always been in cinema’s DNA, while probing whether AI marks a qualitatively different turning point. With perspectives from directors, scholars, and practitioners, the documentary examines the tension between innovation and integrity, the democratization of creative tools, and the ethical implications of automation in the arts. Ultimately, it asks whether artificial intelligence will empower the next generation of storytellers, or redefine what creativity itself means.