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March 05, 2015

Celebrate Women’s History Month with These Docs

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March is Women's History Month, and, like a lot of people, we feel like women should be honored and celebrated every day of the year, but the idea behind an…...

Karess, Sam and volunteer on Election Day
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June 10, 2014

LGBTQ Pride: Movies That Rocked Their World [Updated]

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June is always LGBTQ Pride Month, and traditionally it's been both a time for reflection on gay history and struggles (originally created to commemorate the Stonewall riots of June 1969), along with…...

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April 14, 2014

Bill Siegel’s 12 Documentaries That Had Biggest Impact on Him

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Documentary filmmaker Bill Siegel, whose previous film (co-directed with Sam Green) The Weather Underground was nominated for an Oscar, returned to the world of American political activism and history with The…...

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January 09, 2014

A Look Back at the Films of Frederick Wiseman

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The television premiere of Frederick Wiseman's At Berkeley, his 42nd film, seemed an especially apt time to introduce viewers who may not be as familiar with the prolific documentarian's previous…...

Nutayunean tribe
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November 22, 2012

Celebrate Native American Heritage Month with 8 Documentaries

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November is Native American Heritage Month, but that wasn’t always the case. At one point, it was a single day to honor Native American history, and before that, there was…...

A Film Unfinished

An examination of outtakes from an infamous Nazi propaganda film exposes how the Reich manufactured scenes of life inside the Warsaw Ghetto before the brutal deportations and ultimate liquidation of the largest ghetto in Nazi-occupied Europe. Read More