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STEAL THIS STORY, PLEASE! Trailer: The Journey of Amy Goodman and ‘Democracy Now!’ is Told in Award-Winning Documentary

M.J. O'Toole — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 20:41:54 +0000

How does one deliver reliable, sincere news in an age where truth is distorted and the press is under attack by an ethically compromised administration? Steal This Story, Please!, the newest documentary from Oscar-nominated and Emmy-winning directing duo Carl Deal […]

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TIFF Industry Conference Day 4 – Future of Film Festivals

Melanie Addington — Sun, 13 Sep 2020 22:56:56 +0000

A discussion about the future of film festivals was led by TIFF Doc Programmer Thom Powers with special guests Tine Fisher of CPH:Dox, one of the first festivals to go virtual in March; Tabitha Jackson of Sundance and Orwa Nyrbia of […]

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Danish Doc-Making Legend Jørgen Leth Has No Plans to Retire

Tue, 19 Nov 2019 17:54:08 +0000

As a longtime fan of CPH:DOX I was thrilled to be back in Copenhagen at the end of October for the annual Danish Film Institute’s DokDag conference. And while there (where I had the honor of delivering the international keynote […]

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Dharma’s A Bitch: Watching Errol Morris Respond to the Bannon Doc Backlash

Thu, 03 Jan 2019 18:40:45 +0000

“Should evil be allowed to talk?” is what the conversation around Errol Morris’s latest documentary American Dharma has devolved into – at least according to the filmmaker. For the record, Morris believes the point is moot. “They are gonna talk […]

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A Conversation with Shirley Abraham and Amit Madheshiya (THE CINEMA TRAVELLERS)

Mon, 24 Apr 2017 20:08:19 +0000

One of the standout films I caught at this year’s The 19th RiverRun International Film Festival (March 30-April 9) was Shirley Abraham and Amit Madheshiya’s The Cinema Travellers, at once a love letter to movie-going and a gorgeous portrait of a […]

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A Conversation with Everardo González (DROUGHT)

Fri, 24 Aug 2012 22:48:44 +0000

Mexican filmmaker Everardo González is emerging as one of the leading lights in Latin America’s thriving documentary scene. Drought (original title: Cuates de Australia), his fourth feature-length documentary, is having a stellar festival run, premiering at the prestigious IDFA in […]

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POSITION AMONG THE STARS

Pamela Cohn — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 16:00:25 +0000

Position concludes Helmrich’s in-depth and deeply moving portrait of the Sjamsuddin clan, a family that resides in the slums of the teeming, impossibly chaotic city of Jakarta.

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CPH:DOX 2009 – A Wrap-Up

Michael Tully — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:07:50 +0000

Trying to explain CPH:DOX isn’t as easy as it might seem. Though its full name is the Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival, a quick scan of the DOX:AWARD nominees makes you wonder if they’re kidding or not. In what universe […]

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BURMA VJ: REPORTING FROM A CLOSED COUNTRY

Michael Tully — Wed, 20 May 2009 13:22:58 +0000

(Burma VJ: Reporting From a Closed Country is being distributed by Oscilloscope Pictures. It opens at the Film Forum on Wednesday, May 20th, before expanding in the coming weeks and months. Visit the film’s official website to watch a trailer […]

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