Yulene Olaizola’s film tries to subvert the tropes of colonialist art about the Central American wilderness.
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The Summer’s Hottest Nonfiction Comes Together at AFI Docs
Like many film festivals, the DC-area event is going partially virtual this year, allowing people around the country to take part.
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Catch This Eclectic Anthology of Shorts By Emerging BIPOC Filmmakers
“Distribution is community-building. Without a community, your film has no life.”
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The Industry and Leisure of the World’s Largest Middle Class
Jessica Kingdon’s new film Ascension documents the factories, etiquette centers, and other contemporary curiosities of China.
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The Japanese Town That’s Been Fighting Industrial Pollution for Decades
MINAMATA Mandala, the latest documentary by veteran filmmaker Kazuo Hara, captures the resilience of people left behind by their government.
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50 Years of Films About Japan’s Downtrodden
Japan Society’s online retrospective Cinema of Struggle features eight movies from director Kazuo Hara and producer Sachiko Kobayashi.
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Romance Turns Deadly in Three Movies About Love Triangles
These indie thrillers revive classic noir tropes with fresh, distinct approaches.
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Raoul Peck’s Frustratingly Incomplete Treatise on Colonialism
For all its bluntness, Exterminate All the Brutes never once utters the words “rape” or “capitalism.”
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A ’70s PSA Depicts Life for the Elderly as a Funhouse Nightmare
The Lutheran Society had no idea what they were in for when they had zombie movie icon George Romero direct The Amusement Park, long lost but now restored.
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One of the Oldest Queer Film Festivals Returns for Pride
The Frameline Film Festival is bringing back its in-person events.
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Werner Herzog’s Vampires, Mirages, and War Recreations
Check out these highlights of Metrograph’s new series “Whole Lotta Herzog,” collecting 16 of the eccentric director’s films.
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Elena Is a Proud Celebration of Haitian Heritage in the Dominican Republic
Michèle Stephenson’s documentary short finds beauty in qualities of Haitian life which the Dominican government scorns.
