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How a Billionaire Bought an Ecosystem
Taming the Garden is a meditation on constancy, change brought about by the will and wealth of one person, and complex ecosystems.
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Interview
Chilean Filmmaker Patricio Guzmán Talks Exile, Trauma, and Revolution
Guzmán sits with Hyperallergic for a conversation about the lost promise of Salvador Allende’s presidency, enduring personal and collective trauma, and the continued possibility for a new revolution.
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The Rhapsodic Elegance of Sultana of New York
Hadi Moussally’s short film "Sultana’s Reign" is a lovely portrait of queerness, Middle Easternness, and Palestinianness … a beautiful multitude.
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A Film Series Looks Back on US Labor Movements
The films in Labor Day on 16mm go beyond buzzwords and focus on educating audiences in the foundational history of labor movements in the US.
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Kokomo City’s Bawdy, Unflinching Feminist Message
D. Scott’s documentary on Black trans sex workers is as sunny as it is sobering, a film that refuses to moralize.
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The Filmmakers Who Recorded the Siege of Sarajevo
During the Bosnian War, somewhat astonishingly, numerous filmmakers in Sarajevo refused to put down their cameras.
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Citing Mold and Short Staffing, Alamo Cinema Workers Push to Unionize
“They insist on cutting every corner,” said Bridge Squitire, a server and trainer at the theater who helped organize the union drive.
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Can Memory Ever Be Eternal?
The Eternal Memory draws parallels between a Chilean couple’s struggle with Alzheimer’s and their country’s broader struggle to maintain its history.
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Experimental Gems at the Toronto International Film Festival
The festival has released the lineup for its Wavelengths section, focused on avant-garde and provocative film media, and its Classics program.
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How to Find a Public Restroom in New York
For all the character that the city has lost to gentrification, How To with John Wilson demonstrates how much delightful strangeness can still be found here.
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An Iranian-American Woman’s Quest to Reconnect With Her Heritage
In Brooklyn, a screening of the new documentary Joonam brought the city’s Iranian diaspora together in a celebration of art, culture, and identity.
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Maybe Some Artists Don't Make It For a Reason
Make Me Famous, a new documentary about East Village artist Edward Brezinski, does little to prove that its subject should have risen to the top.