The trials of late-in-life romance and a photographer’s chronicle of Black life under South African apartheid anchor the 15th edition of DOC NYC.
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The Illusive Films of Sergei Parajanov
Each of the director’s films adapts a folktale, short story, or novel, or pays tribute to a historical figure — but never in a straightforward way.
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The Woman Who Launched the Japanese #MeToo Movement Tells Her Story
“I wanted to question power,” Shiori Ito told Hyperallergic regarding her new documentary. “The system was always the focus.
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A Deeply Personal Investigation Into Canada’s Residential Schools
Co-directors Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie discuss the making of their documentary Sugarcane, told from the perspective of Indigenous survivors.
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A Peek Into This Year’s BlackStar Film Festival Lineup
The annual festival returns for its 13th edition this August, kicking off with Shatara Michelle Ford’s Black, queer roadtrip film inspired by Paris, Texas.
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The Revisions That Make Us Human
Revising Reality argues that the world as we know it is our creative output so our memories cannot help but be continually edited.
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Su Friedrich’s Life in Moving Images
“I always had the feeling that there isn’t just a single thing to do,” the artist told Hyperallergic. “I enjoy mixing text and images, real life and invented scenarios.”
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Power Traces the History of Policing in the US
Following the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests, filmmaker Yance Ford was struck by the question: “What, exactly, do the police exist to do?”
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Benshi Performers Pass Along a Way of Thinking
Ichirō Kataoka and Kumiko Ōmori tell Hyperallergic about the modern-day conventions and challenges of the Japanese art of narrating silent films.
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Queer Cinema for Palestine Pushes Back Against Israel’s “Pinkwashing”
The event, running now through December 10, first launched in 2021 as an alternative to the government-sponsored Tel Aviv International LGBT Film Festival.
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Frederick Wiseman’s Bucket List Included Making a Restaurant Doc
“Filming in a kitchen is like working with a ballet or theater company,” the filmmaker told Hyperallergic in an interview for the release of his new film Menus-Plaisirs Les Troisgros.
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AI Protections Prove Polarizing Among SAG Members
The strike has ended, but not everyone is satisfied with the tentative contract’s stipulations for the use of artificial intelligence in film and TV.