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Ice on Fire (USA, 91 min.) Dir. Leila Connors Environmental docs can be like blockbusters in their habit of following tropes. There’s the visually stunning, dialogue-free documentation of our doom (Anthropocene), the
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Ryan Emacora and Jessica Johnson's Uneasy Panoramas kicks off Vertical Features' 2019 series.
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Anne Innis Dagg’s story is one of being smitten by giraffes. It’s also one of setbacks and comebacks. The Canadian zoologist has had a career as long and extraordinary as a giraffe’s
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