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Docs about Animals

  • Luma is a female cow with black-and-white spots on her body. From Andrea Arnold’s ‘Cow.’ Courtesy of Kate Kirkwood. An IFC Films release.
    May 18, 2022

    Andrea Arnold's 'Cow': The Searing Romance and Reality of Nature

    Cow opens with its protagonist, Luma, mid-labor in a cattle barn where she delivers her newborn calf, Malu. The audience observes the beauty of
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  • A scene from 'Stray,' a Magnolia Pictures release. Photo courtesy of Magnolia Pictures.
    April 8, 2022

    Docs to Watch for National Pet Day

    On US National Pet Day (April 11), we celebrate the special members of our family who are there for us unconditionally. From the day-to-day
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  • Two underwater cameras amidst seaweeds. An underwater scene from ‘The Loneliest Whale,’ directed by Joshua Zeman. Courtesy of Bleecker Street.
    July 15, 2021

    The Challenges of Filming 'The Loneliest Whale' Documentary

    "You never forget your first time seeing a whale," director Joshua Zeman says in The Loneliest Whale: The Search for 52 . His was as a kid working on
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  • Zaylin, one of the dogs featured in Elizabeth Lo's 'Stray,' sits in the meridian of an Istanbul boulevard watching the cars pass by.
    March 3, 2021

    How Elizabeth Lo Filmed the Life of Street Dogs in 'Stray'

    Istanbul has a special relationship with their street dogs. It’s not merely tolerance; it’s collective care. Elizabeth Lo discovered this after the death of her childhood pet prompted her to examine how cultures around the world act towards the canine creatures with whom mankind has evolved. Thus was born Stray, a feature documentary that gets inside the life of one dog in particular, Zeytin, and shows how full of agency and rich with encounters her life is.
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  • Side portrait of a dog from Elizabeth Lo's 'Stray,' a Magnolia Pictures release. Courtesy of Magnolia Pictures
    January 19, 2021

    The Feedback: Elizabeth Lo's 'Stray'

    Stray , Elizabeth Lo’s feature debut, takes you inside the world of three street dogs in Istanbul. Zeytin, Nasar and little Kartal lead viewers into
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  • Nim Chimpsky is a chimpanzee wearing a knitted red top. Nim has his arms raised with hands behind his head.
    June 8, 2011

    When Animals Attract: Docmakers Study Relationships between Man and Beast

    The late philosopher/deconstructionist Jacques Derrida once referred to the animal species as the "ends of man...an existence that refuses to be
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  • In a scene from “Zoo,” a film based on a true story, John Paulsen plays Mr. Hands, who is embracing a brown horse.
    April 14, 2007

    The 'Zoo' Story: When a Horse Is More Than a Horse

    An interview with Robinson Devore, maker of 'Zoo.'
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