films
Hot Docs from Latin America: The latest harvest of films
June 19, 2019North America's premiere Hot Docs Festival in Toronto featured several new and intriguing documentaries from Latin America.
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‘The Edge of Democracy’ sheds light on Brazil teetering on the brink
June 17, 2019Unlike documentarians like Michael Moore, whose proletarian persona is a recurring part of his docs, Costa can’t keep up with her material.
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‘The Lavender Scare’ documents early LGBTQ resistance to McCarthyism
June 17, 2019The film helps to shine a light on this little-known chapter of American history, and serves as a timely reminder of the need for vigilance and social action.
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Review: “When They See Us”
June 7, 2019New York detectives beat five teen boys of color, starved them, and finally coerced them into giving false video testimony and written statements for a crime they didn’t commit.
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Chelsea Manning and Rohingya Muslims featured in new documentaries
May 29, 2019The film "XY Chelsea" is often tragic in tone, showing the pervasive surveillance ominously growing in the U.S.
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