Some years ago, Oscar-nominated documentary filmmakers Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady were asked what was more important to them: subject…
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This movie, co-directed by documentarian Justin Schein, who’s previously contributed to works about 9/11 and childhood depression, among other subjects,…
Read More »Reid Davenport is a brilliant filmmaker who has cerebral palsy and uses a wheelchair. He is part of what he…
Read More »In Petra Costa’s Oscar-nominated 2019 documentary, “The Edge of Democracy,” the filmmaker captured history in the making. While following the…
Read More »The murders in Moscow, Idaho, on November 13th, 2022, drew international attention due to the senseless manner in which they…
Read More »Gloria Steinem, Alice Walker, Susan Sontag, Anne Sexton, Billie Jean King, Shirley Chisholm, and Zora Neale Hurston are just some…
Read More »In an interview, Saul Bellow was asked whether he thought his younger friend Martin Amis had “the inventive genius of…
Read More »When Jayne Mansfield appeared as a guest on Groucho Marx’s show “Tell It to Groucho,” he said to her, “This…
Read More »“The Last Class” is an account of the final semester taught by economist, author, former labor secretary, and longtime Berkeley…
Read More »“It’s a bit like drawing up from a well…and, in a lot of ways, it’s like you’re drawing you from…
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