Articles – Features
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Could This Be the Year of the Documentary Best Picture Oscar Nominee?
No documentary has ever been nominated for the Best Picture Oscar. Could one of the films of 2020 break the ceiling?
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Paying It Forward
While directing #BLESSED for producer Cornelia Principe, Ali Weinstein took on the production of director Lulu Wei’s first feature There’s No Place Like This Place, Anyplace.
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Hasan Minhaj, Dave Chappelle and John Oliver tell the truth
Is wise-cracking the new documentary? Comics like Hasan Minhaj, Dave Chappelle and John Oliver confront contemporary politics through humour to find higher truths.
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Agnès Varda: Emotion Pictures
Reflections on the career of the late, great Agnès Varda with a guide to 12 essential films—plus a few extra!
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Black Lives Matter On Screen
Five films from the Criterion Channel’s collection highlight Black experiences.
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Unseen: Chronicles of a premiere that never happened
Filmmaker Giuio Gobbetti offers a personal account on premiering his film No Island Like Home just as COVID-19 hit.
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Radical Health: A Threat to a Nation
Mia Donovan discusses her new film Dope Is Death.
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History, Interrupted
The history of a history documentary about diplomat and diarist Charles Ritchie that didn’t get made, and why history can be a pain in the neck.
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Crimes of the State
A family relives its nightmare in Trevor Birney’s The Dakota Entrapment Tapes
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Sona Rising
In Shut Up Sona, filmmaker Deepti Gupta profiles one of India’s most popular and controversial singers.