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This Oscar Nominated Director Is Making a Doc About the Inequalities the COVID-19 Pandemic Has Amplified

Erika Ramirez — Fri, 24 Apr 2020 15:36:19 +0000

There’s no better time than the present to document (cautiously) how the Coronavirus (COVID-19) is impacting communities of color, and there’s no one better suited to do so then us. Brazilian filmmaker Petra Costa is urging us to join her in documenting “this urgent moment in which the #COVID19 pandemic brings to surface our deepest

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Film Festivals Like True/False Show Why Pushes For Diversity Need to Look Beyond Numbers

Monica Castillo — Mon, 16 Mar 2020 15:51:34 +0000

For years, I heard critics rave about the True/False Film Festival in Columbia, Missouri. Last week I finally made the pilgrimage, and the 4-day festival dedicated to the art of nonfiction was indeed as good as many had promised. The festival inspired me to think not just about the daring, boundary-pushing movies I caught in

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20 Latina-Directed Films to Stream During Women’s History Month

Manuel Betancourt — Fri, 06 Mar 2020 16:54:20 +0000

There are many statistics we could deploy here to remind you of the systemic ways female directors in general and Latina filmmakers in particular are undervalued and under-appreciated around the world. But for Women’s History Month, we figured it’d be more productive to celebrate instead the work of talented Latinas around the globe who are

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TRAILER: ‘The Edge of Democracy’ Is a Chilling Look at Brazil’s Growing Political Crisis

Kristen Lopez — Mon, 17 Jun 2019 22:14:17 +0000

Brazilian director Petra Costa‘s new documentary The Edge of Democracy looks to give audiences a crash course in Brazilian politics, as well as show the growing divide in the country. As Costa herself says, “Brazilian democracy and I are almost the same age.” At just nineteen, we see a smiling Costa cast her ballot in the

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