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Issue 125

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Filming in Retrospect

by Gabrielle Brady Poh Lin Lee
August 3, 2026
Essays/Features

Gabrielle Brady and Poh Lin Lee discuss their collaborative process on the hybrid films The Wolves Always Come at Night and Island of the Hungry Ghosts.

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Filmmaker Shelley Saywell sits on stone steps in a garden. She is a white woman with shoulder-length blond hair. She is wearing a black shirt and blue jeans, and is looking directly at the camera.

Shelley Saywell Reflects on Love and Mortality

by Barri Cohen
July 21, 2026
Features/Interviews

Shelley Saywell looks back at her career in documentary and a formative love story that helped fuel her passion in her memoir If Only Love.

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Three soldiers pose in a classroom as they hold grenades and face the camera. They are white men without shirts and are wearing green army pants, helmets, and have rifles strapped to their backs. They are standing in a line and there is a chalkboard behind them.

Fault Lines & Frontiers: Mapping the Evolving Geography of European Documentary

by Davide Abbatescianni
July 13, 2026
Features/Industry

Surveying the state of documentary production in Europe, including a rise in co-productions, hybrid works, and single-issue films.

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What Is Jeff Wall Making?

by Daniel Glassman
July 3, 2026
Features/Photography

Two recent exhibitions by photographer Jeff Wall invite further reflection about the role of documentary and capturing life within a single frame.

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The Real State of the Union

by Tom White
June 24, 2026
Features/Industry

Surveying the state of U.S. documentary as producers, filmmakers, programmers, and broadcasters face a "new normal" in the age of Trump.

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Isn’t Documentary a Bulwark for Democracy?

by Julian Carrington
June 16, 2026
Industry

Conversations at European festivals highlight a documentary ecosystem in a time of structural change with streaming, AI, and new funding models.

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The New Patron Age

by Adam Benzine
May 26, 2026
Features/Industry

With documentary financing tightening, Canadian filmmakers are increasingly turning to wealthy benefactors to bridge the gap. What will this mean for creative autonomy, accountability, and the art form’s long-term health?

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Oysters, Lagoons and Environmental Resilience

by Nirris Nagendrarajah
May 6, 2026
Features/Hot Docs/Interviews

Concrete Turned to Sand directors Jessica Johnson and Ryan Ermacora discuss their process of documenting oyster farmers and intertidal life off Cortes Island, B.C.

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Kim Nguyen’s Kaleidoscopic Pursuit of Truth in Saigon Story

by Rachel Ho
May 2, 2026
Features/Hot Docs/Interviews

Saigon Story: Two Shootings in the Forest Kingdom explores iconic photo's legacy.

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Goodbye to the Wisest Man in Documentaries

by Marc Glassman
April 25, 2026
Features

Remembering Frederick Wiseman, the documentary filmmaker with a long career observing institutions, structures, and la comédie humaine.

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