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  • Four Chinese dissidents--one woman and three men--dressed in suits, stand in New York City's Battery Park. From 1989 footage from the suspended project 'Tiananmen/China Today.' Courtesy of Christine Choy
    Online Feature
    By Helen Li

    'The Exiles' and How Resurrected Footage Tests the Balance of Memory

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  • An older man with glasses and gray hair wearing a plaid shirt and blazer stands outside a storefront. He points at the camera while talking. From Errol Morris' Vernon, Florida. Courtesy of Criterion Collection.
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    By Elizabeth Lo

    Playback: Errol Morris' 'Vernon, Florida'

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  • Mable Haddock is a Black woman with a brown headband and a black shirt; she is seated at a table at a conference. Courtesy of Sharon La Cruise.
    Online Feature
    By Bedatri D. Choudhury

    Remembering Mable Haddock: Fierce Advocate, Unforgettable Leader, Guardian of Collective Legacy

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  • A woman, with her back to the viewer, stands before a triptych of paintings of a World War II-era Japanese American family. From 'Emerging Radiance,' created by filmmaker Tani Ikeda and artist Michelle Kumata. Courtesy of Tribeca Festival.
    Online Feature
    By Bedatri D. Choudhury

    From AR to VR: A Documentary for Every Reality

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  • Notes From the Reel World, Rick Pérez
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    By Rick Pérez

    Notes from the Reel World, Summer 2022

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  • Kristal Bush, right, a Black woman with large earrings, and her nephew, Nyvae Scott, a Black teenager. Image from Lisa Riordan Seville and Zara Katz’s ‘A Woman on the Outside.’ Photo courtesy of the flmmakers
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    By Tom White

    The Feedback: Lisa Riordan Seville and Zara Katz's 'A Woman on the Outside'

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  • Alice Diop is a Senegalese-French woman wearing a multicolored jacket. She is sitting in a library, speaking to Pierre Bergounioux, an older white French male writer. They're both being filmed. From Alice Diop's 'Nous.' Photo by Sarah Blum. Courtesy of Mubi.
    Online Feature
    By Bedatri D. Choudhury

    'Not Just the Filmer Filming the Filmed': The Ethical Softness of Alice Diop's Documentaries

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  • The eyes of a Black male driver reflected in a car's rearview mirror. From Geeta Gandbhir and Sam Pollard’s 'Lowndes County and the Road to Black Power.' Courtesy of Tribeca Festival.
    Online Feature
    By Bedatri D. Choudhury

    Tribeca 2022: Cheerful, Creative Cacophony

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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.
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    By Lauren Wissot

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

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  • Jessica Devaney is a white woman with shoulder-length brown hair. She is wearing a rust jumpsuit and speaking into the mic at Doc 10's awards ceremony. Photo by Barry Brecheisen.
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    By Jessica Devaney

    Liberation Isn't Something That We Arrive At

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  • A Q&A after a 2017 screening of 'Jewel's Catch One' at QDoc, featuring, from left to right, Deb Kemp, C. Fitz, Jewel Thais Williams and Molly King. Courtesy of QDoc.
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    By Hansen Bursic

    Looking Back and Moving Forward: QDoc, America's Only LGBTQ+ Documentary Festival

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  • Cover Image of 'Kill the Documentary: A Letter to Filmmakers, Students, and Scholars' by Jill Godmilow. Columbia University Press, 2022.
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    By Cynthia Close

    'Kill the Documentary': Jill Godmilow's Manifesto Takes on the Nonfiction Form

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