Jason Logan gathers acorns, old nails and even cigarette butts to make his specialty pigments.
Category: Documentary Films and Programs
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Best Movies of 2023
It was a terrific year for film, whether art house or mainstream, even if the main subject the movies wrestled with was deeply pessimistic.
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Best Movies of 2023
It was a terrific year for film, whether art house or mainstream, even if the main subject the movies wrestled with was deeply pessimistic.
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Three Great Documentaries to Stream
This month’s picks include two disturbing looks at domestic dysfunction, and — on a brighter note — a portrait of a brilliant Leonard Bernstein protégée.
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‘South to Black Power’ Review: A Great Migration in Reverse
In a new documentary, the opinion columnist Charles M. Blow calls for Black Americans to move to the South to gain political footholds.
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‘American Symphony’ Review: Intimate Harmony
This portrait of the musician Jon Batiste and the author Suleika Jaouad follows an artistic couple through ambition and adversity.
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‘Who We Become’ Review: Interrogating Identity and Injustice
Three young Filipino women self-document difficult conversations with their families and friends during the first year of the pandemic.
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‘Bad Press’ Review: Defending Journalism in the Muscogee (Creek) Nation
The battle to claw back press freedoms is the nerve-racking subject of this civic-minded documentary.
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Suleika Jaouad Revisits Bone Marrow Transplant in “American Symphony”
This month, writer Suleika Jaouad revisits her second bone marrow transplant in the documentary “American Symphony.”
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Beyoncé’s ‘Renaissance’ Film: 4 Takeaways From the Premiere
The star skipped the red carpet and slipped into the celebrity-filled screening on Saturday night. But the movie pulls back the curtain — a little.
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‘Against the Tide’ Review: Tales of the Sea
Sarvnik Kaur’s breathtaking documentary about Indigenous fishermen in Mumbai brings to life an ecosystem wrecked by corporate greed and climate change.
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‘Smoke Sauna Sisterhood’ Review: Women, Uninterrupted
In Anna Hints’s bewitching documentary, Estonian smoke saunas beget a sweaty purification process — one that’s revealed to be more than skin deep.