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Abenaki filmmaker Kim O'Bomsawin discusses her documentary Call Me Human (Je m'appelle humain) and telling the story of Joséphine Bacon and her friends. The …
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Frederick Wiseman's long career exploring the functions of American institutions continues with his recent City Hall. On this episode, we contrast it with Ex …
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The 2020 Festival du Nouveau Cinema showcased classics, like Les Ordres, and the latest in world cinema, from Undine to Caught in the Net to My Salinger …
Nathan Grossman's I Am Greta about teen climate activist Greta Thunberg tells the story of the girl behind the figurehead but fails to take an interest in what …
[Read more...] about I Am Greta is part of the problem it portrays
In this episode, we compare two political, but not didactic, documentaries, Jesse Moss and Amanda McBaine's new film Boy's State and Jean-François Caissy’s 2018 …
20 years after travel writer Bruce Chatwin’s death, Herzog’s new film Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin serves as both a celebration of Chatwin’s …
