In the documentary Who We Are: Chronicle of Racism in America, ACLU Deputy Legal Director Jeffrey Robinson guides us through the history of racism in America …
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HotDocs Review: One of Ours explores identity under colonialism
Jasmine Mathurin's One of Ours is the story of Josiah Wilson, a Black twentysomething born in Haiti where he was adopted by a pair of Canadians — a white mother …
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Daughter of a Lost Bird Review: An Indigenous woman reconnects with her birth mother
In Daughter of a Lost Bird, Brooke Swaney sensitively documents an Indigenous woman reconnecting with her birth mother and coming to terms with how colonial …
The Third Wife Review: A beautiful and bleak portrayal of patriarchy
Ash Mayfair's The Third Wife tells the story of a teenage girl whose family marries her off in nineteenth-century Vietnam. The film is now available on …
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Berlinale Review: A girl wakes up to misogyny inSummer Blur
Han Shuai's feature debut, Summer Blur, follows thirteen-year-old Guo in a hot summer in Wuhan where everyone seems to be exploiting women. Read the rest of …
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Berlinale Review: Alice Diop documents the Paris suburbs in Nous
Alice Diop's documentary Nous is a portrait of Paris, told through intimate vignettes of citizens living in the suburbs. Check out all our Berlinale …
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