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A Tribute to a Filmmaker Who’s Chronicled Black Life, From Civil Rights to Post-Katrina New Orleans
Film at Lincoln Center is presenting works by editor, producer, director, and professor Sam Pollard.
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How Autistic People See the World, in Their Own Words
The Reason I Jump immerses viewers in the experiences of those on the spectrum.
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MoMA's Showcase of Movies That Will Soon Be Oscar-Nominated
Online this year, the Museum of Modern Art's Contenders program features all the best bets for the imminent film awards season.
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Check Out the Best Video Essays of 2020
Sight & Sound has released its annual poll of which essays different video makers loved most. Here are some of the highlights.
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True Crime From a Family's Point of View
Finding Yingying avoids exploiting a young woman's abduction and murder by handling her case with compassion and delicacy.
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The "End of Truth" Under the Trump Administration
The Bronx Documentary Center's latest exhibition examines the ongoing degradation of media standards in the US.
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A Portrait of Trans Masculinity in the Story of a Jazz Musician
The documentary No Ordinary Man is not just a biography of Billy Tipton, but also a critical lens on how culture has depicted trans men.
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The Limitations and Breakthroughs of Teaching Filmmaking Over Zoom
Robert Greene reflects on a year of remote documentary classes.
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A More Personal View of the Killing of Jamal Khashoggi
This year's second documentary about the Saudi Arabian journalist, The Dissident focuses more on his life story.
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50 Years of Urgent, Immersive Documentaries
The Maysles Documentary Center's online series Gimme 50 surveys work by Madeline Anderson, William Greaves, Chris Marker, and more
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Celebrating the Creativity, Comradery, and Activism of Japan's Queer Community
The documentary Queer Japan talks to LGBTQ+ people all over the country.
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The Spotless, Uncanny World of Cleaning YouTube
The "Clean with Me" video genre pits our deep need to connect against the pressures that come with sharing the intimacies of one’s life.