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  • IDFA Artistic Director and filmmaker Orwa Nyrabia is a Syrian man with a beard and short hair. He is wearing a black jacket and a sweater while addressing the in-person and virtual audience at IDFA 2020. There is a screen behind him. Photo: Coen Dijkstra. Courtesy of IDFA
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  • Alison Bechdel is a white woman with short hair black-rimmed glasses. She is wearing a black suit and is holding a marker to a wall of her comics. Image from Vivian Kleinman's ‘No Straight Lines: The Rise of Queer Comics’. Courtesy of Outfest.
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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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  • Bob Ross is white artist with a brown afro and a mostly grey beard. He is riding a bouncy alligator ride in a playground. He is wearing a white shirt and blue jeans. Image from Joshua Rofé’s ‘Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed.’ Courtesy of Netflix.
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  • Mohammed Arif, a boy from Ethiopia, lies on his back with eyes looking up at the sky. Image from Jessica Beshir's 'Faya Dayi.' Courtesy of Cinetic Media.
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    By Bedatri D. Choudhury

    Jessica Beshir's Documentary 'Faya Dayi' Sees Ethiopia In Black and White

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  • paper cutout of a hand holding a light bulb from the left, a hand holding money from the right; they are flanked by simple plane origamis at the diagonal corners.
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    Values-Based Fundraising For a More Equitable Documentary Community

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  • Richard "Rick" Ray Perez is a brown skinned-toned man, wearing a dark blue blazer, behind a patterned orange wall.
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    New IDA Executive Director Rick Perez Assesses the Global Documentary Narrative

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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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    The Healing Power of Black Documentary: Thoughts from the 10th Annual 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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  • 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
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