Her short film Quiet As It’s Kept captures the essence of Morrison’s first novel with the same foreboding precision.
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The Trailblazing Black Model Who Changed the Fashion Industry
To say that Bethann Hardison has contributed to racial progress in one of the world’s most whitewashed realms is an understatement. But a new documentary about her life might have gone a step too far.
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An Open-Air Film Festival Puts the Lens on Housing Insecurity
In NYC’s Lower East Side, the Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space will screen films documenting community-led actions to combat the housing crisis.
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How a Billionaire Bought an Ecosystem
Taming the Garden is a meditation on constancy, change brought about by the will and wealth of one person, and complex ecosystems.
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Chilean Filmmaker Patricio Guzmán Talks Exile, Trauma, and Revolution
Guzmán sits with Hyperallergic for a conversation about the lost promise of Salvador Allende’s presidency, enduring personal and collective trauma, and the continued possibility for a new revolution.
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The Rhapsodic Elegance of Sultana of New York
Hadi Moussally’s short film “Sultana’s Reign” is a lovely portrait of queerness, Middle Easternness, and Palestinianness … a beautiful multitude.
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A Film Series Looks Back on US Labor Movements
The films in Labor Day on 16mm go beyond buzzwords and focus on educating audiences in the foundational history of labor movements in the US.
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Kokomo City’s Bawdy, Unflinching Feminist Message
D. Scott’s documentary on Black trans sex workers is as sunny as it is sobering, a film that refuses to moralize.
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The Filmmakers Who Recorded the Siege of Sarajevo
During the Bosnian War, somewhat astonishingly, numerous filmmakers in Sarajevo refused to put down their cameras.
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Citing Mold and Short Staffing, Alamo Cinema Workers Push to Unionize
“They insist on cutting every corner,” said Bridge Squitire, a server and trainer at the theater who helped organize the union drive.
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Can Memory Ever Be Eternal?
The Eternal Memory draws parallels between a Chilean couple’s struggle with Alzheimer’s and their country’s broader struggle to maintain its history.
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Experimental Gems at the Toronto International Film Festival
The festival has released the lineup for its Wavelengths section, focused on avant-garde and provocative film media, and its Classics program.
