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  • Actor Matthew Modine portrays William ‘Rick’ Singer, a white man in a grey-striped polo shirt, in ‘Operation Varsity Blues,’ a docudrama that was publicized as a documentary. Modine has grey hair and is talking on a cellphone while sitting. Courtesy of Netflix
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  • Two young Afro-German women photographed in low light. They have white traditional markings drawn on their faces. Image from Anna Zhukovets’ and Kokutekeleza Musebeni’s ‘Door of Return’. Courtesy of BlackStar Film Festival.
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  • Actor Eduardo San Juan Brena is a Mexican man with a beard dressed as the Conquistador, looking at his reflection in a handheld mirror. He has a metallic helmet and armor, and is wearing a red and brown costume. Image from Rodrigo Reyes’ '499.' Photo by Alejandro Mejia, AMC.
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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.
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  • A young Chinese woman recording herself on an iPhone, holding a sneaker. There is a ring light in front of her. Image from Jessica Kingdon’s “Ascension.” Courtesy of Tribeca Festival
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    A Body of BIPOC Documentaries at Tribeca 2021

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  • Black-and-white image of a young Alvin Ailey. He is a Black man with short hair wearing white t-shirt. Behind him are three dancers. Image from Jamila Wignot’s “Ailey”. Courtesy of NEON.
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    Alvin Ailey Documentary: A Humanistic Portrait of a Godlike Man

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  • Naomi Osaka, a Black and Asian bi-racial woman, lying on her side and smiling. She is wearing a camo hat. A still from Garrett Bradley’s docu series ‘Naomi Osaka’, which was the opening night film at AFI Docs. Courtesy of Netflix.
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  • Seis monjas con sus hábitos blancos de pie en tierra, el océano a su alrededor. Del filme 'Landfall' por Cecilia Aldarondo. Cortesía de Cecilia Aldarondo
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    Pa'encima: El cine documental en la Isla de Puerto Rico

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  • Caty Borum Chattoo, a white woman standing behind a podium, presenting the 2018 State of the Documentary Field Report. A presentation screen behind her. Courtesy of CMSI
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  • Black and white photo of two young Black men lying on a mat. (l. to r.) Mohammed Arif and Ibrahim Mohammed, two boys from Harar, Ethiopia, as seen in Faya Dayi, directed by Jessica Beshir. Courtesy of Merkhana Films.
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  • A collage of members of the LGBTQ roundtable with a rainbow gradient on the bottom. From left to right: PJ Raval, Kim Yutani, Yvonne Welbon, Jess Search, Yance Ford, Lindsey Dryden, Set Hernandez Rongkilyo, Viridiana Lieberman, and Sam Feder. Courtesy of those listed
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    Uncovering Satyajit Ray's Documentaries

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