The documentary Wapping: The Workers’ Story recounts a pivotal moment in UK labor history.
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A Documentary Lays Out the Boy Scouts Sex Abuse Scandal
Church and the Fourth Estate investigates one of the tens of thousands of cases of alleged sexual abuse within the BSA, as well as Scouting’s links to the LDS Church.
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Fake It ’Til You Make It: A Documentary Peels Back the Veneer of Online Influencers
The crew of Fake Famous generated followers for aspiring Instagram celebs, demonstrating the artifice of internet success.
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How a Legendary Boxing Arena Became a Lens for Los Angeles
“18th and Grand” chronicles the history of the world-renowned venue, beginning with its unveiling for the 1932 Olympics and early history in segregated Los Angeles.
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Exploring the Abandoned Spaces of the Internet
The web series Preserving Worlds asks us to consider the value of past-their-prime sites like Second Life.
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The Future Will Be Streamed to You
In 2021, every single blockbuster under the WarnerMedia umbrella will be going straight to HBO Max. How does this bode for the future of movie theaters?
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From High Scores to Classic Donkey Kong, these Docs Take On Video Games
From the creative process behind indie games to the surprisingly compelling fights for world-record scores, here are some great films to stream about gaming.
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“Looking for Hope and Clinging to Hope”: Short Films for Our Times
The Asian Art Museum shares with Hyperallergic some of the short films featured in its forthcoming exhibition “After Hope: Videos of Resistance.”
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SIN, a Gritty and Sublime Biopic of Michelangelo
Andrei Konchalovsky’s film depicts an artist full of ambition, paranoia, loathing, and regret.
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9to5 Strikes at a Missing Piece of Feminist History
In the late 1970s and early ’80s, women office workers banded together in a labor movement that sprouted up in 25 cities across the country.
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A Filmmaker Grapples with the Loss of Her Brothers Through Documentary
Currently streaming through MoMA, Sophy Romvari’s newest short Still Processing, exemplifies her tender approach to sensitive subjects.
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Filmmakers Team Up With SF Public Defenders to Broadcast Stories of Injustice
Defender, which launched online this week, tells the stories that get buried in the news.