documentary Archives

Protocol: Bait/Switch

What is the protocol for dealing with civilians? What is the protocol for dealing with the police?

We tuned in on the wrong night.

[A] person’s labor is not indicative of their parenting.

In The Queer Syllabus, writers nominate works for a new canon of queer literature.

Rabeah Ghaffari discusses her debut novel, TO KEEP THE SUN ALIVE.

“I can tell my story with precautions; others strip away my armor and expose a beating heart.”

In 1979, my mother decided she wanted to join Bhagwan’s ashram in Pune, India.

[A]s with any documentary, every one of our stories eventually becomes a ghost story. On a long enough timeline, that is.

The story of Rajneeshpuram is told in a series of events and everything within it is true. But it is not real. It does not come alive.

Whose lives are visible? Whose pain is just? Whose grief is vocal? Such inquiry is not rhetorical.

"It was about showing people taking, or denying, responsibility."

Bowie is gone now. The Magic Shop, too. It’s all gone—New York City, too, in a way.