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William Cheng

Headshot of adult of East Asian descent with medium-light skin; short hair; dark blue polo shirt; in front of grassy field

William Cheng is a writer, pianist, and gamer. He is a professor of music at Dartmouth College and a founding co-editor of the Music & Social Justice Series with the University of Michigan Press.

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A hand tenderly touches a plaque that reads: "Stephen / Henry Hilda."
Inherited Fictions: Renowned Editor Mary Stephen on Examining Her Surname in ‘Palimpsest’
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Dangerous Waters: Baby Ruth Villarama’s ‘Food Delivery: Fresh From the West Philippine Sea’ Finds Its Way Home After Suppression
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Doc’s Kingdom 2024: Sonic Diaries From Odemira
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On a cloth-covered couch on an outdoor porch, a woman holds a Halloween mask over her face.
Outgrowing Your Parent’s Politics: Lee Anne Schmitt on ‘Evidence’
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A candid shot of a woman in a khaki outfit with long brunette hair(Raganelli) standing next to a woman with a bowl cut(Agnes Varda) as they converse.
The Moment at Hand: Katja Raganelli’s Portraits of Trailblazing Female Directors
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Tracy Rector by Zorn B Taylor
IDA Member Spotlight: Tracy Rector
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A group of people prepare for a canoe trip.
Berkeley Film Foundation Announces 2025 Grant Recipients
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A large group of smiling people wearing Locarno merchandise pose in front of a festival banner.
Locarno 2025: Future Frequencies
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A woman wearing a vibrant red jacket sits regally in a chair.
First Against the Wall: Heiny Srour’s Militant Cinema of Women in Liberation Movements Persists
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In a white studio, a white man wearing a white jacket sits in a chair, behind a camera and lights.
The Mirror’s Edge: David Osit Discusses ‘Predators,’ an Appraisal of ‘To Catch a Predator’
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Three young people look at a book, while sitting in a classroom.
Venice 2025: Empires and Endings
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A woman with black hair stands in the middle of a plant shop.
Exclusive: Trailer From Min Sook Lee’s TIFF Honorable Mention ‘There Are No Words’
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Notes From the Reel World, Fall 2025
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Film still from The First 54 Years by director Avi Mograbi
Israeli Documentary Filmmakers Support International Boycott in Open Letter Condemning Gaza War
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Under an overcast sky, a volcano looms over the city of Naples.
“Finding the Right Distance”: Gianfranco Rosi Discusses His Venice Special Jury Prize-winner ‘Below the Clouds’
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Letter From the Editor, Fall 2025
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A red-tinted image of a young boy pointing a gun at the camera.
“Take These Documents and Squeeze Them”: Juanjo Pereira on Reconstructing a Paraguayan Film Archive for ‘Under the Flags, the Sun’
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Exclusive: Bitchitra Collective Selects Seven Filmmakers for 2025 Fellowship and Sriyanka Ray Grant
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Two white women sit at a booth.
Exclusive: BAVC Media Launches Results of Study on Magnetic Media Preservation Efforts
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How to Decode Fascist Systems Today: Michal Kosakowski on His Venice-Premiering ‘Holofiction’
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“True Memory Catalogs”: Federico Cammarata and Filippo Foscarini on their Venice-Premiering Doc Waking Hours
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In an interior room, a man with a camera films a woman, who is also holding a camera.
The Beautiful Mess of Seeing: A Reckoning With Authorship and Power in Collaborative Filmmaking
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In an abandoned-looking shell of a house, a man with a long white beard does some stretches.
Exclusive: Clip from Robb Moss’s Telluride-Premiering ‘The Bend in the River’
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“These Pieces of Time Had to Ricochet Off Each Other”: Robb Moss Discusses ‘The Bend in the River’
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CPH:DOX 2025: Current Events
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Six women stand against a brick wall.
Making a Production: PINKS
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A brunette woman dressed in black sits next to a man with a beard on a couch covered in various furs.
María Alejandra Rojas and Arturo Salazar’s Sonic Wonderland
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Objet Trouvé: Kamal Aljafari Discusses ‘With Hasan in Gaza’
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A firefighter wearing a yellow uniform looks at a burning field.
Minding the Gaps: How CPB’s Closure Fragments the U.S. Documentary Ecosystem
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A grid with some blacked out boxes is overlaid on a film still of a woman with her back to the camera.
“What They Had to Conceal”: Maryam Tafakory’s Archival Interventions Highlight the Erased
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In front of a wall with "CINEGAEL" painted on it stands a father and his son, with a camera on a tripod.
The Sea Is an Archivist: ‘Atlantean’ and the Communal Cinema of Bob Quinn
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A mountain rises in the distance of ruins.
“My Films Do Not Talk With Words”: Viktor Kossakovsky Discusses His Latest Nonhuman Subject in ‘Architecton’
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An image is shown twice, once in the bottom left hand corner of the frame and once taking up the frame's entirety. They both picture a man in a cowboy hat with a guitar on a desert road. The larger sized image has been digitally restored, and looks much smoother and cleaner.
Detail Versus Fidelity: CEO of AI Video Footage Enhancer Topaz Labs Strongly Advises “Against Forensic and Medical Uses”
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A woman in a room crowded with furniture plays with an infant in a highchair.
Sheffield DocFest 2025: Tender Shoots
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A group of people sit in a circle in a large dance studio.
“We Do Need Art in Order to Reach Each Other”: Tatyana Tenenbaum Reconfigures Choreographer Hadar Ahuvia’s Dance in ‘Everything You Have Is Yours’
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A person in safety gear and a mask looks at the camera, standing next to the door to a room where more people in the same gear are pictured inside.
Jeonju 2025: Small Sparks
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Snow tumbles over a cliff edge in Zion National Park.
The Explainer: Why Is Calm Content Taking Over TV and Digital Platforms?
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Five people sit on a bench, looking at an installation of videos featuring young Vietnamese children.
“You Can Cheat on Reality”: Emeline Courcier on Her Immersive Artwork ‘Burn From Absence’
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In a verdant landscape, a small house sits postioned between two men lying on their backs and looking up at the sky.
Karlovy Vary 2025: Holding the Line
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Disability Media Alliance Launches to Serve Disabled Nonfiction Storytellers Around the World
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A man with shoulder-length hair stands looking at the camera as the sun illuminates him.
“Thinking About Cinema Here Is a Revolutionary Act”: Giffoni Programmer Rosario Minervini Discusses Nurturing Young Audiences Through Doc Storytelling
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A line drawing of a woman holding a magnifying glass up to some documents, including one that reads "AI."
Legal FAQ: AI Tips for U.S. Documentary Filmmakers
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IDA Member Spotlight: Billy Shebar
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In a mirror, a woman holding a camera on her shoulder is reflected, squinting through the viewfinder and smiling brightly.
Remembering Joel DeMott
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A woman sits with her arms wrapped around her knees on a riverbank, back facing the camera. A man in profile films her, while another man looks over her shoulder.
“Their Story Deserved a Film”: Bipuljit Basu Discusses Collaboration in ‘Red Light to Limelight’
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Four people are pictured, curled up in grass inside what appears to be a greenhouse.
Exclusive: Clip from Paula Ďurinová’s ‘Action Item,’ Premiering at Karlovy Vary and FIDMarseille
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Alaa Minawi sits on a white box, with his ear pressed against a white wall in the center of a bare room.
“I Will Become My Own Institution”: Alaa Minawi Discusses His Immersive Installation ‘The Liminal’
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Three people, two men and a woman, are foregrounded speaking to each other. A busy factory assembly line is pictured behind them.
Probing Prosperity: Xinyan Yu and Max Duncan Discuss ‘Made in Ethiopia’
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Brown Girls Doc Mafia Announces Three 2025 Sustainable Artist Fellows
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A boat in vast, open water billows black smoke into the night sky.
Exclusive: Clip of Doctors Without Borders Mission From Sam Abbas’s ‘Europe’s New Faces’
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