With 28,900 butts in seats for 33 feature films and 25 shorts, the 20th edition of True/False celebrated independent non-fiction filmmaking from March 2th to 5th, 2023, in Columbia, Missouri. Some of...
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Vee Hua 華婷婷Back in-person for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic, the 13th Annual Seattle Asian American Film Festival (SAAFF) takes place in-person at Northwest Film Forum from February 23 to 26, 2023, and virtually from February 27 to March 5. This...
Self-taught experimental musician and interdisciplinary artist, Ruhail Qaisar (Ladakhi), has recently presented Fatima, a haunting debut full-length album released on Aisha Devi’s label imprint, Danse Noire. Paired with a beautiful 48-page...
Arami Ullón Interview: Nothing But the Sun Chronicles Colonization’s Damage to the Indigenous Ayoreo
Alison Jean SmithNothing But the Sun (2020), a searing documentary from Paraguayan-Swiss filmmaker Arami Ullón, explores the plight of the Ayoreo, an Indigenous group living with the aftermath of colonization. Translated from its Spanish title, Apenas el Sol, the...
L. FriedHave you wondered what Curb Your Enthusiasm would look like from the perspective of a 20-something-year-old girl? No, I’m not talking about Eighty-Sixed, the short webseries from 2017, by Larry David’s daughter, Cazzie David. Shiva Baby...
“By courageously looking, we defiantly declared: ‘Not only will I stare. I want my look to change reality.'” – bell hooks Launched in February 2021, Our Right to Gaze: Black Film Identities is a short film distribution and...
Hailing itself as Slamdance Film Festival’s “largest and most accessible festival yet,” Slamdance 2021 runs virtually from February 12th through 15th, and can be accessed with an impressively cheap $10 festival pass. With its long...
When Moroni Benally signs the paperwork to run for Navajo Nation president, he giggles. Moroni For President, a charming documentary profile of his 2014 campaign, captures the high stakes of the race to become the leader of the Navajo Nation, the...