A place to think deeply about movies
Documentary filmmakers consider why and how they tell non-fiction stories.
Sophy Romvari's deeply personal documentary short, Still Processing, is a triumph of personal cinema. Romvari discusses how to make a film that's both personal …
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Co-directors Aisling Chin-Yee and Chase Joynt on how their documentary No Ordinary Man corrects the narrative around Billy Tipton, a transgender jazz musician …
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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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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 film …
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Alla Kovgan discusses restaging and shooting dance excerpts for her 3D doc Cunningham, including creating the camera choreography and capturing the sound.I …
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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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