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  • Claude Motley, a middle-aged Black man, sits in front of a bookcase speaking to a woman who is sitting with her back to the camera. A BTS shot from Brad Lichtenstein’s ‘When Claude Got Shot.’ Courtesy of the filmmaker.
    Column
    By Patricia Thomson

    Crime & Punishment: The Sentencing Scene in 'When Claude Got Shot'

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  • Blue background with white text that reads fast foreword The Editor's Column.
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    By Tom White

    Fast Foreword: The Editor's Column, Spring 2022

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  • Thomas Allen Harris is a Black male filmmaker, seen here wearing a blue shirt, glasses, and a surgical mask. He is taking a selfie, and his students are visible in the background. Courtesy of Thomas Allen Harris.
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    By Juan Michael Porter II

    Thomas Allen Harris Launches Institute for Inclusive Storytelling at Yale

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  • Welsh actor Adam O'Brian is a white male lying on a bed, wearing a hooded jacket—playing Fredric Bourdin. From Bart Layton’s ‘The Imposter.’ Photo by Erik Wilson.
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    By Chico Colvard

    Playback: Bart Layton's 'The Imposter'

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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.
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    By Lauren Wissot

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

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  • Blue background with white text that reads fast foreword The Editor's Column.
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    By Tom White

    Fast Foreword: The Editor's Column, Winter 2022

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  • A white woman with shoulder-length red hair talks on a pay phone in a hallway of a correctional facility. From Jennifer Redfearn and Tim Metzger’s ‘Apart,’ which airs February 21 on ‘Independent Lens.’ Courtesy of the filmmakers.
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    By Patricia Thomson

    How To Begin a Documentary: Breaking Down the Opening Scene from 'Apart'

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  • Anthony Bourdain, a white man with white hair, a black short and tattoos on his arms, sits on a sidewalk, eating a bowl of noodles. From  Morgan Neville's  'Roadrunner.' Courtesy of CNN / Focus Features
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    By Katie Townsend

    Raising the Dead: Understanding Post-Mortem Rights of Publicity

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  • Marlon Riggs is a Black male filmmaker seen here in an archival black and white image from his film 'Tongues Untied.' He is wearing a leather vest and a hat. Courtesy of the Criterion Collection.
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    By Thomas Allen Harris

    Black, Bold and Queer: Celebrating the Legacy of Marlon Riggs

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  • Headshot of IDA Executive Director Rick Perez, a Latinx man with short back and grey hair, standing outside.
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    By Rick Pérez

    Notes from the Reel World, Winter 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.
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    By Lauren Wissot

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

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  • Blue image with text that reads fast foreword The Editor's Column.
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    Fast Foreword: The Editor's Column, Fall 2021

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