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Winter 2023

Winter 2023

The Winter 2023 issue of Documentary magazine focuses on the reverberations from Getting Real '22, including new provocations building off of conversations started at our biennial conference, attendee reports, and the publication of all three inspiring keynote talks.

Anand Patwardhan speaking at Getting Real 2022

 

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Features
From Victoria Linares Villegas It Runs in the Family. Courtesy of True/False. Hand holding a black and white photo in focus of three people in front of a large statue and building.
Feature
The Missing Link in Documentary Ethics: The Viewer
By Victor Guimarães
documentary magazineGetting RealEthics
Photograph of a room filled with multiple people seated and clapping in applause. The focus is on Chris Boeckmann, Getting Real '22 Programmer, who is wearing brown pants and a light olive green long-sleeved button-up, sitting in front of a black backdrop.
Feature
Reflections of a First-Time Attendee
By Mariana Sanson
documentary magazineGetting Real
From Sir David Attenborough’s Our Planet. Photo: Huw Cordey/Netflix/Silverback. Among green trees hangs a light brown monkey.
Feature
Reflections on Images of Violence
By Natalia Almada
documentary magazine
Still image from Nanfu Wang’s "Hooligan Sparrow." Ye Haiyan, a fair complexioned adult with black hair, stands at the beach wearing a black dress with blue, green, and white designs. She is holding a sign with simplified Chinese characters.
Feature
How I Got Here (Nanfu Wang GR '22 keynote)
By Nanfu Wang
documentary magazineGetting RealKeynote
Two people sitting in chairs. Person on left is holding a microphone up to their face, wearing a floral skirt, black sweater, and black shoes. Person on right is holding a microphone down with a big smile, wearing a black and white polka dot skirt with a black sweater and black heels.
Feature
The Discomfort of Change (Erika Dilday GR '22 keynote)
By
documentary magazineGetting Real
two people sitting in chairs on a stage. one person, dark brown skin, black glasses, black hair, dressed in all black, the other is fair skin complexion, with white hair, dress in all black
Feature
A Declaration of Independence (Anand Patwardhan GR '22 keynote)
By Anand Patwardhan
magazineGetting RealKeynote
Columns
Black and white photo of a naked baby running on the beach. Adult person is laying in the sand on stomach wearing a baseball cap, swimsuit, and sunglasses.
Column
Playback: Su Friedrich's 'Sink or Swim'
By Angelo Madsen Minax
documentary magazinePlaybackSu Friedrich
An article titled Purple Fame on the left with an image of Prince on the right, outlined in black and purple amidst an orange background.
Column
Legal FAQ
By Steven Beer, Ariadne Panagopoulou, and Robert Maslonka
documentary magazineLegal FAQ
Column | Winter 2023
Fast Foreword, The Editor's Column, Winter 2023
By Tom White
Fast Foreword