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The Cyclic Nature of Struggle: Interview with 'Afghan Cycles' Director Sarah Menzies
For Afghan women, moving forward in a country that is moving backward is extraordinarily difficult. Sarah Menzies documents their pursuit of freedom and independence from the seats of their bicycles.
31 May 2018
'Half the Picture': A Consciousness Raising Discussion About Women in Film
Amy Adrion talks about her directorial debut, Half the Picture, society's fear of empowering women in film, and how that must be overcome.
29 May 2018
Chuck D on the Early Days of Sampling
In those early, free-wheeling days of hip-hop, the artists were waaaay ahead of the lawyers.
24 May 2018
"Break Your Own Dreams": Ebersole & Hughes on 'Mansfield 66/67'
P. David Ebersole and Todd Hughes delight in the slippery nature of truth in their documentary filmmaking. Like Jayne Mansfield herself, the moment you think you can pin them down, they've already danced away to another possibility.
11 May 2018
In Defense of Errol Morris's 'Standard Operating Procedure'
Morris knows how our own projections have been weaponized against both those in the Abu Ghraib photos and ourselves as the public consuming the photos, obfuscating the standard operating procedure of the title.
11 May 2018
Tribeca 2018: 'Rest in Power:Â The Trayvon Martin Story' and 'Call Her Ganda'
These two entries consider the hate crime murders of Trayvon Martin and Jennifer Laude, reinterpret their deaths within historic frameworks, and explore why their stories fade without meaningful changes in US civil rights laws.
23 Apr 2018
Daryle Lamont Jenkins of Antifa Doc 'Alt-Right: Age of Rage' Isn't Waiting for Approval
Jenkins, founder of One Peoples Project, tells PopMatters that contrary to the fear many Americans feel, it's actually life-affirming to talk about fascism and racism.
23 Apr 2018
Morgan Neville on the "Radical Kindness" of 'Mr. Rogers Neighborhood'
Eschewing nostalgia, filmmaker Neville of Won't You Be My Neighbor is far more interested in Fred Rogers' ideas than his biography.
20 Apr 2018
'Wild Wild Country' and the Inevitable Destruction of the American Frontier
This Netflix documentary is a master class in xenophobia, Orientalism, and hysteria, and Bill Callahan's "Drover" becomes the sound of the hammer of judgment coming down.
17 Apr 2018
Learn About Jimi Hendrix's Rise to Fame in This Clip From '27: Gone Too Soon' (premiere)
The rise of Jimi Hendrix from childhood trauma to superstar is chronicled in this clip from new documentary, 27: Gone Too Soon, about the 27 Club of Hendrix, Jones, Joplin, and Morrison.
21 Mar 2018
'Queerama' Brings Archived LGBT Brits Out of the Shadows
In this engaging patchwork of LGBT life in British film and TV, subjects were initially filmed from behind to protect their anonymity. But soon they stepped out of the shadows and faced the camera, undisguised.
21 Mar 2018
An Ageless Dance in '95 and 6 to Go'
This documentary about a Japanese Immigrant in America during and after WWII dances with history, memory, and friendship.
13 Mar 2018
Is Dave Chappelle's Humor Too Out of Touch for a Comeback?
In light of movements like Black Lives Matter and Me Too, Dave Chappelle's 2000 film, Killin' Them Softly may be even more relevant today. But how's his humor holding up?
07 Mar 2018
True/False Film Fest: 'Won't You Be My Neighbor?'
Director Morgan Neville cuts straight to the heart of matters with this moving biography of Fred Rogers.
07 Mar 2018
True/False Film Fest: 'Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami'
Director Sophie Fiennes mixes concert film with arresting cinéma vérité family portrait.
05 Mar 2018
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