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EVENTS
DER50: Tim Asch Symposium at USC
In November 2018, the USC School of Cinematic Arts at the University of Southern California held a day-long symposium on the work of Timothy Asch, an event which also helped celebrate DER’s 50th anniversary.
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EVENTS
The Cinema of Patience: Reflecting on N!ai, the Story of a !Kung Woman
As part of DER’s 50th Anniversary celebrations, the Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology at Harvard University hosted a film screening & panel discussion on N!ai, the Story of a !Kung Woman.
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FILMMAKER INTERVIEWS
The Camera as Guest: A Conversation with Tala Hadid on House in the Fields
We caught with up with filmmaker Tala Hadid to discuss her film House in the Fields before its New York premiere at the Margaret Mead Film Festival.
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NEWS
Yanomamö Films Preservation Update
The first 2K digital scans of the remastered Yanomamö films have come back from the lab and we couldn’t wait to share them with you. Check out a sneak preview of the work in progress!
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NEWS
DER Featured in WBUR's The ARTery
A recent feature in WBUR’S The ARTery takes a look back at 50 years of DER’s history and reflects on the influence its founders have had on documentary cinema.
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Survivors
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Polyphonic Lullabies of Kakheti
Hugo Zemp, Nona Lomidze -
Tajen
Robert Lemelson, Alessandra Pasquino -
Entretejido
Patricia Alvarez Astacio -
The Last Bonesetter
Adam Booher, Kathryn Oths -
House in the Fields
Tala Hadid -
Democrats
Camilla Nielsson -
Colours of the Alphabet
Alastair Cole, Nick Higgins -
Headhunt Revisited
Michele Westmorland -
Good Luck Soup
Matthew Hashiguchi -
The Redfern Story
Darlene Johnson -
Changa Revisited
Peter Biella, Leonard Kamerling -
Jazz Cosmopolitanism in Accra Series
Steven Feld -
Banjo Romantika
Shara K. Lange, Lee Bidgood -
A Snake Gives Birth to a Snake
Michael Lessac -
Out of the Maya Tombs
David Lebrun
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West of the Tracks
Wang Bing -
J.B. Jackson and the American Landscape
Janet Mendelsohn -
THE UPRISING OF ’34
George Stoney, Judith Helfand, Susanne Rostock -
MISSION HILL AND THE MIRACLE OF BOSTON
Richard Broadman -
Modest Scarring
Randy Bell -
ARGENTINIAN LESSON
Wojciech and Małgorzata Staroń -
HELLO PHOTO
Nina Davenport
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