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Power Traces the History of Policing in the US
Following the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests, filmmaker Yance Ford was struck by the question: “What, exactly, do the police exist to do?”
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A Glimpse Into Pompeii’s Terrifying Final Moments
In the last episode of PBS’s new docuseries, archaeologists discover remarkable graffiti and shrine offerings that bring the ancient city — and its extinction — into view.
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Five Video Essays to Close Out May
Plus, a tool set to make your own video essays.
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A Cacophony of Battle Cries at Cannes Film Festival
Documentaries at this year’s edition hone in on conflicts from Russia’s war in Ukraine to Indigenous land struggles in the Amazon.
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Can Archaeologists Locate Pompeii’s Survivors?
The second episode of Pompeii: The New Dig follows the search for those who escaped Mount Vesuvius’s lethal eruption.
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New Docuseries Digs Up Pompeii's Lost Histories
Pompeii: The New Dig on PBS follows a group of archaeologists involved in the largest excavation at the ancient site in a generation.
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Man Ray’s Beguiling and Bemusing Filmscapes
Man Ray’s Return to Reason film series anticipated the extent to which the motion picture would inform how we curate and call up memory.
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A Japanese Reality Show’s Dark Legacy
Livestreaming, confessional monologues, and subjects’ willingness to let mass audiences surveil them all started here.
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Half a Century of American Culture Through the Lens of One Photographer
James Hamilton’s career conveniently mirrors the changing fortunes of journalism as an industry.
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The Strange Intimacy of Unregulated Sperm Donations
With Spermworld Lance Oppenheim deconstructs the subculture of unregulated sperm donations to reveal how they reflect universal experiences.
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A Caribbean Film Festival in Miami Confronts a World in Crisis
The Third Horizon festival, opening May 9, has championed radical and anticolonial filmmakers since its inception.
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At Age 78, Actor John Lithgow Goes Back to Art School
Art Happens Here With John Lithgow, a one-hour PBS special premiering tonight, follows the thespian as he explores various creative forms at four LA art centers.