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I Dreamed His Name Review: A Personal, If Muddled, Elegy for the Disappeared

by Alexander Mooney
May 3, 2025
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A daughter goes searching for her father, who vanished 30 years prior amid Colombia's history of forced disappearances in I Dreamed His Name.

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An Indian man and his elderly mother stand in a poppy field. The flowers have not yet bloomed. He has his hand on his chest while speaking to her.

I, Poppy Review: A Mother, a Son, and a History of Corruption

by Jason Gorber
May 2, 2025
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I, Poppy examines a field of historic injustice and corruption in India through one family's struggle.

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Neshoma Review: Letters from Wartime

by Marc Glassman
May 2, 2025
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Fictional letters craft stories of Jewish life during wartime as Neshoma examines Dutch lives lost during the Holocaust.

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An aging Iranian family poses for a portrait. Two elderly parents sit on screen left with the father in a wheelchair and the mother seated beside her daughter and son-in-law. The son stands behind the father with his arms crossed.

Heritage Review: Finding Beauty in Sacrifice

by Rachel Ho
May 2, 2025
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Heritage, a portrait of two Iranian siblings caring for their ailing parents, makes the ordinary extraordinary.

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The Secret Lives of My Three Men Review: A Family Act

by Barbara Goslawski
May 2, 2025
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A filmmaker explores layers of family history and Brazilian history through performance, vérité documentary, photos, and animation in The Secret Lives of My Three Men.

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Sasha Wortzel Talks River of Grass and Dreaming of Marjory Stoneman Douglas

by Pat Mullen
May 1, 2025
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An interview with Sasha Wortzel about her documentary River of Grass and bringing the work of Marjory Stoneman Douglas to screen in this lyrical essay.

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Unwelcomed Review: Documenting a Chilly Reception for Venezuelan Migrants

by Jason Gorber
April 30, 2025
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Unwelcomed shares the plight of Venezuelans escaping to Chile with the promise of better prospects, only to find hostility from locals.

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King Matt the First Review: The Family that Films Together, Grows Together

by Pat Mullen
April 29, 2025
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King Matt the First is a lyrical documentary with free-flowing examination of childhood innocence and what it means to watch your kids grow up.

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Walls – Akinni Inuk Review: Empathy for Life

by Pat Mullen
April 26, 2025
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Filmmaker Nina Paninnguaq Skydsbjerg befriends Ruth, a Greelandic woman serving an indeterminate prison sentence, in Walls – Akinni Inuk.

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Streets Loud with Echoes Review: Activists Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan

by Jason Gorber
May 1, 2024
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The death of figure skater Denis Ten sparks a wave of protests against corruption in Kazakhstan in Streets Loud with Echoes.

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Ross McElwee tells us about #Remake, a planned adaptation of #ShermansMarch, and revisiting images of family and friends so many years later. 

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Emphasis on co-production? Outdated broadcast mode Emphasis on co-production? Outdated broadcast models failing filmmakers and audiences?

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Inspired by the release of Ross McElwee's Remake, Inspired by the release of Ross McElwee's Remake, here are some "real movies" (😉) based on documentaries. 

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