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When adrenaline draws you in. Reflections on film and skydiving in the aftermath of Argentina’s ‘dirty war’

I am currently wrapping up an essay film, Falling, about my fraught relationship with Pepe and his brother, two retired Argentine military officers whom I met during my…

Post date 7th May 2025
Post author By Eva van Roekel
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In Name Of Tradition – Documentary Film

Kameel Ahmady

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Post date 16th April 2022
Post author By Kameel ahmady
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Ken Burns, an anthropological portrait of an artist and the edge

CultureBy – Grant McCracken

[This essay first appeared in Medium. It has been lightly edited for presentation here.] In the world of documentary filmmaking, it feels like there’s the era “Before Ken…

Post date 18th May 2017
Post author By Grant
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