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A Night of Knowing Nothing

Maya Abdallah speaks into microphones during a press scrum. She is wearing a keffiyeh and a black hijab.

The Kids Are Alright: Student Protest in A Night of Knowing Nothing and The Encampments

by Nidhil Vohra
November 10, 2025
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Documentaries The Encampments and A Night of Knowing Nothing share the art of student protest with distinct methods.

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Coming Soon: POV Issue #124!

by POV Staff
July 17, 2025
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POV issue #124 (Fall/Winter 2025) is coming soon to readers and includes first looks at documentaries hitting the festival circuit this fall. Subscribe today to be among the first to read these

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Payal Kapadia Captures the Heart of Mumbai in All We Imagine as Light

by Pat Mullen
November 21, 2024
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An interview with All We Imagine as Light director Payal Kapadia about how her documentary eye informed her dramatic feature debut.

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Milisuthando Review: Radical Decolonial Cinema

by Pat Mullen
January 28, 2023
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Milisuthando is an engrossing essay film that probes South African apartheid, Blackness, and identity through a personal collage of archives and memories.

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Cinema Eye Honors Nominations Highlight Female Filmmakers

by Pat Mullen
November 10, 2022
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The Cinema Eye Honors nominations boost Fire of Love, The Territory, All the Beauty and the Bloodshed, A Night of Knowing Nothing, and more.

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Doc Highlights at 2022 ReFrame Film Festival

by Pat Mullen
January 27, 2022
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Highlights at the 2022 ReFrame Film Festival, which streams social justice documentaries across Canada Jan. 27 - Feb. 4.

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by Pat Mullen
January 17, 2022
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The 2022 ReFrame Film Festival runs virtually from Jan. 27 to Feb. 4.

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The Best Documentaries of 2021: A Year in Review

by Pat Mullen Marc Glassman
December 24, 2021
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Flee, Summer of Soul, and The Velvet Underground lead the picks for the best documentaries of 2021.

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zo reken, Looking for Horses Lead RIDM 2021 Winners (updated)

by Pat Mullen
November 21, 2021
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zo reken and Looking for Horses win the RIDM Grand Jury Prizes for national feature and international feature, respectively.

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November 9, 2021
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