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  • Lewis Erskine (1957-2021) is a middle-aged Black man with short dreads. He is wearing a grey t-shirt and black rimmed glasses. Image courtesy of Jean Tsien
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    By Bedatri D. Choudhury

    Tributes for the Savant of Swing: Remembering Lewis Erskine (1957-2021)

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  • A group of Indigenous Moroccan school children sit at their desks in a classroom. From Mohamed El Boudi’s 'School of Hope', courtesy of Hot Docs.
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    Hot Docs 2021: Can You Feel the Digital Heat?

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  • An outdoor nighttime screening: the audience sits on a grassy hill
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    By Coley Gray

    True/False: Two for One, or Two Halves Make a Whole?

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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.
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    By Lauren Wissot

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

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    Recording Phone Calls for a Documentary; Postmortem Right of Publicity

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    Fake Filmmakers: When the FBI Impersonates Documentarians

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    By Sandra Ignagni

    In Their Own Words: A Compact and Accessible Digital Guide to the Masters of Nonfiction Filmmaking

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  • notes from the reel world
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    By Brenda Robinson

    Notes From The Reel World, Spring 2021

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    Fast Foreword: The Editor's Column, Spring 2021

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  • NORMAL GETS US NOWHERE
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    By Bhawin Suchak

    After the Pandemic, Can a More Racially Just, Equitable Documentary Field Emerge?

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  • A light-skinned man wearing mask is sitting behind two large cinecameras on tripod, filming a Latino woman in the kitchen.
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    By TOM GIANAKOPOULOS

    How Columbia Journalism School Coped with COVID

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