Pauline Julier’s 60-minute documentary Way Beyond takes us inside CERN (European Organisation for Nuclear Research) to follow the planning process for the Future Circular Collider (FCC) projec
Essays
Visions du Réel Review: Captains of Za’atari
Ali El-Arabi’s Captains of Za’atari is a story of friendship and soccer between two Syrian refugees in Jordan.
Tomasz Wolski’s documentary 1970 mixes animation and archival
In his new documentary, 1970, Tomasz Wolski uses stop-motion animation and archival footage to illuminate telephone conversations between top communist officials during a crucial historical event.
Visions du Réel Review: My Place is Here is an inside look at COVID-19 in an Italian hospital
Set in March 2020, Italy, Michele Aiello’s My Place is Home offers a slice of life inside a hospital right after the worst stage of the pandemic.
HotDocs 2021 highlights, from Indigenous stories to animated histories
Seventh Row’s editors pick the must see films of HotDocs 2021, from Kímmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning Of Empathy to Archipelago.
HotDocs Review: Who We Are: Chronicle of Racism in America
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 through primary documents and site visits both personal and political.