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A Live Archive: David Shadrack Smith Talks About Wrestling With the Unwieldy History of his Sundance-premiering ‘Public Access’
David Shadrack Smith talks about assembling a wild, unwieldy archive in his Sundance doc, Public Access
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“Not Just Art, But Also Play”: William David Caballero on ‘TheyDream’
In this interview, TheyDream director William David Caballero talks about his Sundance-premiering doc and his decade-long project of documenting his
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Searching in the Dark: Michał Marczak on Chronicling Grief in ‘Closure’
Michał Marczak discusses the custom rig, life changes, and moral complexity that shape his Sundance-premiering Closure
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View from inside a car, a white man with dark hair and glasses can be seen driving through the rearview mirror as he passes a sign that reads Treblinka
“We All Have a Role to Play:” Guillaume Ribot’s ‘All I Had Was Nothingness’ Reveals How Claude Lanzmann Made ‘Shoah’
Guillaume Ribot discusses transforming outtakes from Shoah and Claude Lanzmann’s writing into All I Had Was Nothingness
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Martina Radwan on the Years-Long Journey to ‘One Last Adventure: The Making of Stranger Things 5’
In this interview, Martina Radwan talks about how she let curiosity drive the filmmaking of One Last Adventure: The Making of Stranger Things 5
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“Drag is a Fertile Ground For Political Discussion”: Fil Ieropoulos On His Docu-Manifesto, ‘Avant-Drag! Radical Performers Re-Imagine Athens’
In this interview, Fil Ieropoulos discusses his documentary-cum-manifesto, Avant-Drag! Radical Performers Re-Imagine Athens
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Union Work for the 21st Century: Srđan Kovačević on ‘The Thing to Be Done’
In this interview, Srđan Kovačević discusses his Ljubljana-set observational documentary, The Thing to Be Done, about an office fighting for workers’
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No Safe Distance: How State Suppression of Documentaries Crosses Borders
As governments escalate transnational pressure campaigns, documentarians and programmers worldwide must choose between solidarity and safety
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Remembering Erich Roland, Renowned Cinematographer and Founder of DC Camera
A former collaborator pays tribute to the late cinematographer of Waiting for “Superman” and He Named Me Malala, who also founded DC Camera
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Building Consent: Brandon and Lance Kramer on ‘Holding Liat’
In this interview, the Kramer brothers discuss ethical challenges and considerations in Holding Liat and weaving consent into the fabric of their
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