In Coded Bias, Shalini Kantayya explores the bias inherent in facial recognition and surveillance, and the consequences that might entail for the …
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Explorations in Documentary
Documentary filmmakers consider why and how they tell non-fiction stories.
Mira Burt-Wintonick on Wintopia: “You need to make the film only you can make”
Wintopia director Mira Burt-Wintonick on how she worked out a personal approach to making a documentary eulogy to her father, filmmaker Peter Wintonick. The …
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Alla Kovgan on translating dance onscreen in Cunningham
Alla Kovgan discusses restaging and shooting dance excerpts for her 3D doc Cunningham, including creating the camera choreography and capturing the …
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Elsa Kremser and Levin Peter on Space Dogs
Directors Elsa Kremser and Levin Peter discuss their Locarno documentary Space Dogs, about today's Moscow street dogs and those of the past that were sent into …
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Klayman on filming Steve Bannon in The Brink: ‘Let him underestimate me and let me never underestimate him’
Alison Klayman discusses her new documentary, The Brink, a character study of Steve Bannon that spans a year. Steve Bannon in The Brink directed by Alison …
Waad Al-Kateab and Edward Watts on their doc For Sama
Besieged in Aleppo, Waad Al-Kateab kept filming. From her incredible archive, she assembled with British director Edward Watts the breathtaking and harrowing …
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