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Tag: film essay

The Road to Triumph: Civil Rights and Marjoun and the Flying Headscarf

Film
By Susan Youssef | March 5, 2021
By Susan Youssef | March 5, 2021

The Road to Triumph: Civil Rights and Marjoun and the Flying Headscarf

As Marjoun and the Flying Headscarf vies for Oscar contention, director Susan Youssef charts how Islamophobia has impacted her creative career.

The Puppy with the One Blue Eye: A Documentary Filmmaker’s Dilemma

Film
By Elizabeth Lo | March 4, 2021
By Elizabeth Lo | March 4, 2021

The Puppy with the One Blue Eye: A Documentary Filmmaker’s Dilemma

Elizabeth Lo, whose debut documentary feature Stray is out tomorrow, on the most difficult situation she faced making the film.

Dangerous Business: On Loving Elaine May and Ishtar

Film
By Mark Cira | March 3, 2021
By Mark Cira | March 3, 2021

Dangerous Business: On Loving Elaine May and Ishtar

Canadian filmmaker Mark Cira traces his long, complicated relationship with May's famously derided comedy back to his anarchist teen years.

Of Duct Tape, Dreams and a Guy in Walpole

Film
By Dante Bellini | March 2, 2021
By Dante Bellini | March 2, 2021

Of Duct Tape, Dreams and a Guy in Walpole

Dante Bellini, director of Ken Burns: Here & There, on how the documentary icon helped him make a late-career leap to filmmaking.

The Girls of Kaali Khuhi

Film
By Terrie Samundra | March 1, 2021
By Terrie Samundra | March 1, 2021

The Girls of Kaali Khuhi

When writer-director Terrie Samundra made her feature debut, she ignored the age-old adage about not working with children and animals ...

A Man Doing the Most Basic Thing, Breathing

Film
By David Shapiro | February 26, 2021
By David Shapiro | February 26, 2021

A Man Doing the Most Basic Thing, Breathing

Filmmaker and artist David Shapiro shares journal entries from the making of his latest project, Untitled Pizza Movie, which is out this week.

What It’s Like Releasing a Racially Charged Movie about a Chinese Immigrant During COVID-19

Film
By Li Dong | February 24, 2021
By Li Dong | February 24, 2021

What It’s Like Releasing a Racially Charged Movie about a Chinese Immigrant During COVID-19

Asian-Canadian writer-director Li Dong, whose debut feature, Stealing School, is out this week on VOD, gives his take on the current moment.

How Making Trans in Trumpland Changed My Perception of the Transgender Experience

Film
By Tony Zosherafatain | February 23, 2021
By Tony Zosherafatain | February 23, 2021

How Making Trans in Trumpland Changed My Perception of the Transgender Experience

Iranian-American trans filmmaker Tony Zosherafatain on how his perspective shifted while making his timely new docuseries for Topic.

On the Virtues of Cinematic Failure

Film
By Ben Hozie | February 22, 2021
By Ben Hozie | February 22, 2021

On the Virtues of Cinematic Failure

PVT Chat's writer-director Ben Hozie on what he learned making his first two features, neither of which have ever seen the light of day.

What I Learned From Being Geralt of Rivia

Film
By Marnie Ellen Hertzler | February 18, 2021
By Marnie Ellen Hertzler | February 18, 2021

What I Learned From Being Geralt of Rivia

Crestone director Marnie Ellen Hertzler on the best movie she saw in 2020 — The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, a video game from 2015.

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