Criterion Channel's collections of films about Black experiences have a number of docs and hybrids worth exploring, including Symbiopsychtaxiplasm and Urban Rashomon.
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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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To celebrate the 80th anniversary of the National Film Board of Canada, eight POV writers share their picks for the top ten films in the history of the NFB. From documentary features,
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If there’s a bucket list of documentaries everyone needs to see to understand the art form, Paris is Burning deserves a spot in the canon. Jennie Livingston’s film took audiences inside
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“The mystery in Kane is largely fake…” — Pauline Kael, Raising Kane, 1971, on the “shallow masterpiece” Citizen Kane. “We Hanky Panky men have always been with you.” — Orson Welles, F for Fake. F
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Barbara Kopple's Harlan County, USA set the standard for other fictional films about class struggles and the populist documentary films of Michael Moore.
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This is the story of a voice, its documentary roots, its skilful theatricality, and its impact on the culture and technology. How Canadian actor Douglas Rain gave his voice to 2001: A
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If you’ve seen Frederick Wiseman’s Titicut Follies, you’ve met Jim. And probably never forgotten him.
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