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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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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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Soundcloud Rappers Ride Out the Apocalypse in the Desert
The fact-and-fiction-bending documentary Crestone is an offbeat look at friendship and creativity.
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A Premature Celebration of the Ascension of Black Artists
Black Art, HBO's documentary on Black visual artists, unwittingly demonstrates what a community gives up when it strives toward the mainstream.
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Restored Short Films by and About Djibril Diop Mambéty, a Giant of African Cinema
Metrograph is streaming two shorts by the Senegalese director, as well as Laurence Gavron's documentary about his process.
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The Truth About the Black Panther Party, Beyond the History of Misinformation
A new biopic of Fred Hampton has put the Panthers back in the spotlight. Learn more about them with these documentaries.
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Michael Rakowitz's Recreations of Art Taken From Iraq
Hyperallergic has the exclusive premiere of Art21's Haunting the West, a short film about Rakowitz’s artistic efforts to end the marginalization of West Asian art and history.
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When a Con Artist Tried to Sell the "Car of the Future"
The HBO true crime miniseries The Lady and the Dale argues that it's just as important to highlight trans outlaws in addition to role models.
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Does Humanity Live in a Simulated Reality?
Rodney Ascher's A Glitch in the Matrix surveys people who suspect that the world around us is an illusion.
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Enlightening Documentaries About Language
These films explore Yiddish, sign language, and Noam Chomsky's linguistic theories.
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Interrogating the Past and Examining Resistance at the International Film Festival Rotterdam
Even with a tighter virtual program, IFFR is still setting the standard for this year’s arthouse film slate.
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A Loving Tribute to the Egg Cream, New York's Classic Drink
The short film Egg Cream explores the history of the Downtown Jewish concoction.