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Skip Norman: A Radical Chronicler of Black American Life, Rediscovered

by David Cuevas
July 10, 2024
Essays/Features

Revisiting the life and work of Skip Norman, an overlooked filmmaker, cinematographer, photographer, and chronicler of Black experiences.

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Born to Be Wild: The Story of Steppenwolf Review – A Worthy Addition to the Rock Doc Canon

by Jason Gorber
July 8, 2024
Reviews

Born to Be Wild: The Story of Steppenwolf looks at the German roots and enduring influence of the iconic Canadian rock band.

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Review: ‘Ulrike Ottinger: Nomad from the Lake’

by Pat Mullen
March 1, 2018
Reviews

Ulrike Ottinger: Nomad from the Lake by die-hard fan Brigitte Kramer doesn’t hide its esteem for Ottinger while celebrating her career.

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Review: ‘My Wonderful West Berlin’

by Antastasia Akulinina
May 25, 2017
Festivals/Reviews

My Wonderful West Berlin (Mein wunderbares West-Berlin) (Germany, 97 min.) Dir. Jochen Hick   Paragraph 175 in the German Criminal Code made intimate acts between people of the same gender illegal and

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Review: ‘Machines’ and ‘Cold Valley’

by Jutta Brendemuhl
May 7, 2017
Reviews/RIDM

Machines and Cold Valley are part of a cluster of films at Hot Docs that fall into the sub genres of labour and environmental investigation. Cold Valley by the young German director

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Review: ‘Meuthen’s Party’

by Jutta Brendemuhl
April 26, 2017
Hot Docs/Reviews

Marc Eberhardt shows us the early warning signals. “Something is happening in Germany!” Meuthen proclaims. Feel free to read it as a threat.

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The Art of Process

by Melanie Sevcenko
April 1, 2011
Features

Gereon Wetzel’s films El Bulli: Cooking in Progress and How to Make a Book with Steidl deal with the experience–the total work of art–or the Gesamtkunstwerk.

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Kassel confidential

by Brenda Goldstein
September 1, 2008
Festivals

Kassel may never be a swan, but, you can’t call something with a 24-year history an accident; there is a sophisticated audience that keeps the festival running.

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