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Photograph of the Wondery panel at the Hot Docs Podcast Festival Showcase.

From Pitch to Finish: “Local Stories, Global Audiences” with Wondery at the Hot Docs Podcast Festival Showcase

Wed, 07/26/2023

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The Feedback: Arden Teresa Lewis' 'Leveling Lincoln'

Wed, 12/21/2022

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Zarifa Ghafari, an Afghan woman with black shoulder-length hair, wearing a black coat and a red patterned scarf and a surgical mask around her neck, is sitting in the back seat of a moving car, looking out the window. From Tamana Ayazi and Marcel Mettelsiefen’s In Her Hands. Courtesy of Netflix ©2022

Doc Star of the Month: Zarifa Ghafari, 'In Her Hands'

Tue, 11/15/2022

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Happy Oliveros (left) stands with his hands on his hips; he wears a royal blue shirt, a red baseball cap and sunglasses; Carlos O. González (right) wearing a royal blue jersey, LA Dodgers cap and white pants, winds up to pitch. Both men--nativHappy Oliveros (left) rests with his hands on his hips, while Carlos O. González (right) winds up to pitch. Both men are risking their life and exile pursuing MLB contracts, many of which will never transpire into anything tangible. Photo courtesy of ‘The Last Out’.

Doc Stars of the Month: Happy Oliveros, Carlos O. González and Victor Baró, 'The Last Out'

Tue, 10/18/2022

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A crosswalk shows a shadow of a man using an electric wheelchair as a person walks ahead. Photo courtesy of Reid Davenport.

Doc Star of the Month: Reid Davenport, 'I Didn't See You There'

Fri, 09/30/2022

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Margaret is a white woman wearing all black, filming Angela, a woman of color, wearing a black tank top and blue jeans. Behind-the-scenes shot from Margaret Byrne's 'Any Given Day.' Photo by Anjanli Pinto.

Doc Star of the Month: Margaret Byrne, 'Any Given Day'

Thu, 07/07/2022

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BeBe Zahara Benet is a Black drag queen preparing for a show in her dressing room in Minneapolis. She is wearing a very large brown wig and false eyelashes, while looking into a mirror. From Emily Branham’s ‘Being BeBe.’ Courtesy of the filmmaker.

Doc Star of the Month: Marshall Ngwa aka BeBe Zahara Benet, 'Being BeBe'

Wed, 06/22/2022

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Harry Chuck is an Asian American man with glasses, black hair and a blue shirt. Courtesy of ‘America Reframed’/World Channel

Doc Star of the Month: Harry Chuck, 'Chinatown Rising'

Thu, 05/26/2022

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AC Coppens, wearing a Black suit, speaks to the audience at the 2022 CPH: Conference while standing in front of a digital screen. Courtesy of CPH: Conference.

Shaping Change in the Documentary 'Golden Age': CPH:CONFERENCE 2022

Sat, 04/30/2022

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Jay Rosenblatt is a middle-aged white man seen here taking a selfie with Richard Silberg, a middle-aged white man with darker hair. From Jay Rosenblatt’s ‘When We Were Bullies.’ Courtesy of HBO.

Doc Star of the Month: Jay Rosenblatt, 'When We Were Bullies'

Tue, 03/29/2022

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Nelson Chamisa is a bald Zimbabwean male politician wearing a patterned brown shirt. He is addressing a crowd of people. Image from Camilla Nielsson’s ‘President.’ Photo by Henrik Bohn Ipsen. Courtesy of Greenwich Entertainment.

Doc Star of the Month: Nelson Chamisa, 'President'

Mon, 12/20/2021

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Colorful IDFA 2021 flags fluttering against a brownstone building in Amsterdam. Photo by Roos Trommelen. Courtesy of IDFA.

Post-Cold War Films and More at Amsterdam Documentary Festival

Fri, 12/17/2021

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Black-and-white archival footage of the Attica uprising. Image from Stanley Nelson and Traci Curry’s ‘Attica.’ Courtesy of Showtime.

Doc Star of the Month: Al Victory, 'Attica'

Fri, 11/05/2021

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Vivian Anderson is a Black woman sitting on a stoop in Columbia, South Carolina, with her hands folded against her chin. She is the founder of EveryBlackGirl, and is seen in Garrett Zevgetis’ ‘On These Grounds.’

Doc Star of the Month: Vivian Anderson, 'On These Grounds'

Thu, 09/30/2021

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An abstract rendering of an artificial intelligence entity amidst a gray composite of horizontal lines. From Tonje Hessen Schei’s 'iHuman,' produced by UpNorth Film.

The VOD Effect on Distribution: A Nordic-European View

Fri, 09/24/2021

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Denilson Garibo is a young man in a blue graduation gown. He is wearing a graduation hat and has a garland of white plastic flowers around his neck. He is surrounded by family members. From Peter Nicks' ‘Homeroom.’ Courtesy of Hulu

Doc Star of the Month: Denilson Garibo, 'Homeroom'

Thu, 08/12/2021

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Tine Fischer, a white woman with shoulder-length dirty-blond hair in a white shirt with Niklas Engstrøm, a white man with brown hair, beard, and black frame glasses. He is also wearing a white shirt. Courtesy of CPH:DOX.

Tine Fischer and Niklas Engstrom on CPH:DOX's Past, Present and Future

Sat, 07/31/2021

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An underwater color photograph from 1982 of Valerie Taylor, a white woman, wearing a chain mail suit being bitten on the arm by a shark. Her pants are red and the top is sparkly. Courtesy of Ron & Valerie Taylor.

Doc Star of the Month: Valerie Taylor, 'Playing with Sharks'

Mon, 07/26/2021

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Sarah Rose Huckman, a young transgender woman in skiing gear. Ski resort behind her. She is the protagonist of ‘Changing the Game’ (Directed by Michael Barnett)

Doc Star of the Month: Sarah Rose Huckman, 'Changing the Game'

Wed, 06/23/2021

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A group of policemen in riot gear and on horseback line up across a city street. From David Dufresne’s 'The Monopoly of Violence.' Courtesy of CPH:DOX

Sociopolitical Documentaries at CPH:DOX 2021: Is This What Democracy Looks Like?

Mon, 06/21/2021

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One Latino man, wearing a grey suit jacket, plays the violin, while the other, wearing a black suit jacket, watches and smiles.

Doc Stars of the Month: Aldo Lopez-Gavilan and Ilmar Gavilan, 'Los Hermanos'

Wed, 05/19/2021

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Philly DA Larry Krasner, wearing glasses, a dark suit and a blue-striped tie, sits at an office desk in front of a file cabinet.

Doc Star of the Month: Larry Krasner, 'Philly D.A.'

Wed, 04/14/2021

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Arlet is a brown-skinned Latina, and she is posing in front of a staircase.

Doc Star of the Month: Arlet Guallpa, COVID Diaries NYC

Wed, 03/10/2021

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Jan Oliver “Ollie” Lucks (left) and his fiance Zoe (right). They are lying in bed, starting at each other. Zoe is pointing her index finger at Ollie's nose.

Doc Star of the Month: Ollie Lucks, 'There Is No "I" in Threesome'

Wed, 02/10/2021

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Barbara Lochiatto, from Lance Oppenheim's 'Some Kind of Heaven,' a Magnolia Pictures release. Courtesy of Magnolia Pictures

Doc Star of the Month: Barbara Lochiatto, 'Some Kind of Heaven'

Wed, 01/13/2021

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Nanu Hogan, featured in Loira Limbal's 'Through the Night.' Courtesy of Long Shot Factory

Doc Stars of the Month: Nunu and Patrick Hogan, 'Through the Night'

Fri, 12/11/2020

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Doc Star of the Month: Joy Buolamwini, 'Coded Bias'

Wed, 11/18/2020

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Doc Star of the Month: Pete Souza, 'The Way I See It'

Sat, 09/19/2020

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Doc Star of the Month: Carla the Bounty Hunter, 'Love Fraud'

Sat, 08/29/2020

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Doc Star of the Month: Michael Martin, 'Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets'

Wed, 07/15/2020

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Doc Stars of the Month: Cheyenne Adriano and Mari Timans, 'Unsettled'

Thu, 06/25/2020

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Doc Star of the Month: Barbora Kysilkova, 'The Painter and the Thief'

Thu, 05/21/2020

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European Documentary Distributors Speculate on Post-Pandemic Market at Docudays UA

Wed, 05/20/2020

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Doc Star of the Month: Pat Henschel, 'A Secret Love'

Tue, 04/28/2020

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Science Is Culture at the Online CPH:CONFERENCE 2020

Sat, 04/18/2020

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CPH:DOX's Directors on Reinventing the Film Festival During the COVID-19 Chaos

Wed, 04/08/2020

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Doc Star of the Month: Cynthia Cooper, 'Women of Troy'

Tue, 03/17/2020

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Doc Star of the Month: Victoria Gonzalez, 'After Parkland'

Sat, 02/15/2020

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'The Edge of Democracy' Tracks Brazil's Slide to Fascism

Wed, 01/29/2020

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Doc Star of the Month: Yusuf Abdurahman, 'Accept the Call'

Thu, 01/23/2020

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Doc Star of the Month: Victor Rios, 'The Pushouts'

Thu, 12/19/2019

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Doc Star of the Month: Nicole Williamson, 'Made in Boise'

Fri, 10/25/2019

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Doc Star of the Month: Claudia Lacy, 'Always in Season'

Thu, 09/19/2019

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Better Science through Storytelling at CPH: DOX

Thu, 08/22/2019

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Doc Star of the Month: Mads Brugger, 'Cold Case Hammarskjold'

Thu, 08/15/2019

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Doc Star of the Month: David Carroll, 'The Great Hack'

Tue, 07/30/2019

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Doc Star of the Month: Raymond Braun, 'State of Pride'

Wed, 06/26/2019

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'Before Stonewall' Tracks the Pre-Movement Era

Mon, 06/24/2019

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Doc Stars of the Month: Trinea Gonczar & Amanda Thomashow, 'At the Heart of Gold'

Fri, 05/03/2019

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"#DocsSoWhite: The Path Forward" at Full Frame's 9th Annual A&E IndieFilms Speakeasy

Thu, 04/18/2019

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