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Documentary Magazine

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Fall 2021

Explore the Issue

What the past 20 months have unleashed underscores the urgency to center trauma and mental health in our ongoing conversations—and in the Fall 2021 issue of Documentary.

IDA-Supported Doc of the Week

The city of Lumpkin Water Tower looms over the empty Old Town streets
Directed by
Nicholas Manting Brewer

In this week's Doc of the Week, we explore the experience of one small town in rural Georgia, next-door to one of the largest immigration detention centers in the country, Stewart Detention center.