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An Essential Watchlist of Groundbreaking Black Documentaries

by Rooney Elmi June 24, 2020November 5, 2020

These films illustrate both the undeniable threat of white supremacist capitalist patriarchy and the incomparable strength of Blackness.  

The Best Films of the Decade

by Hyperallergic December 23, 2019June 29, 2020

The landscape of cinema has changed immeasurably in just 10 years. These 25 picks show how.

How the Decade’s Best Documentaries Chart Radical Changes in Filmmaking

by Robert Greene September 30, 2019November 4, 2019

The 2010s were a seismic time for nonfiction filmmaking. Director Robert Greene considers how the craft has evolved, and continues to evolve.

Millennial Cinema Without the Cheap Stereotypes

by Dana Reinoos July 31, 2019

We Can’t Even: Millennials on Film, a series of films at BAM about, by, and for millennials, is a rebuttal to the narratives that dominate the discourse around a generation’s priorities and perspectives.

Forensic Architecture’s Project at Whitney Biennial Reveals Museum Vice Chair’s Company May Be Complicit in War Crimes

by Hrag Vartanian and Jasmine Weber May 13, 2019May 14, 2019

The research group looks into the potential use of Sierra Bullets-manufactured bullets in Gaza, which prompted a response from the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights.

Laura Poitras’s Unimaginative Transition from the Screen to the Museum

by Julia Friedman April 25, 2016April 28, 2016

Laura Poitras is an excellent filmmaker.

‘Citizenfour’ Director Laura Poitras Sues US Government Over Harassment

by Laura C. Mallonee July 15, 2015

Citizenfour director Laura Poitras has filed a lawsuit against the US federal government for “Kafkaesque harassment” she says she’s endured in airports and border crossings because of her work.

Hotel Paranoia: An Embedded View of Edward Snowden

by Jane Cavalier November 17, 2014December 9, 2014

BERLIN — A spirit of “fearlessness and fuck-you” drove NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden to make his identity public, explains reporter Glenn Greenwald in Laura Poitras’s documentary, Citizenfour.

An Intimate Portrait of Edward Snowden

by Julia Friedman October 21, 2014December 29, 2014

Citizenfour, Laura Poitras’s documentary about Edward Snowden, premiered to a sold-out audience at the New York Film Festival on October 10.

Transmediale Festival Shuts Down NSA Imitators

by Ellen Pearlman February 19, 2014February 22, 2014

Julian Oliver and Danja Vasiliev, two artists participating in Berlin’s Transmediale 2014 (January 29–February 2), had an artwork summarily disabled at the festival last month because the piece uses the same technology as the National Security Agency (NSA) to hijack cell phone information.

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