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Explore the innovative and artistic strategies documentarians use to narrativize nonfiction stories on screen.
Raúl Paz-Pastrana’s 2019 documentary film Border South takes a De Certeauian view of migrants as ingeniously capable, tenacious, and agentive subjects whose …
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Ann Hui's July Rhapsody is a melodrama about marital discord with a light touch, where both partners explore other relationships.On the surface, Chinese …
Martha Coolidge's creative nonfiction film Not a Pretty Picture (1976) is hitting cinemas in a new 4K restoration from Janus Films, screening this week in NYC …
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Kleber Mendonça Filho’s creative nonfiction documentary Pictures of Ghosts is an ode to the public and private spaces where we live our lives and how they hold …
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The 2023 Mill Valley Film Festival showcases an eclectic mix of Oscar-bait and indie films from around the world, including The Promised Land, National Anthem, …
Piotr Pawlus and Tomasz Wolski's observational documentary film In Ukraine provides a glimpse of quotidian life in a war zone. We interview Tomasz Wolski about …
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