2005 Fall The New Documentary Impulse


January 28, 2014

Kenneth Turan

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“The 3 Rooms Of Melancholia”

This award-winning, stunningly beautiful documentary reveals how the Chechen War has psychologically affected children in Russia and in Chechnya. Divided into three episodes or ‘rooms,’ the film is characterized by […]

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“The Burnt Theater”

In Cambodia artists are born into a family tradition of dancers, actors and singers and function as the entire nation’s collective source of creativity and imagination. Their strong will and […]

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“The Khmer Rouge Killing Machine”

In 1975-79, the Khmer Rouge waged a campaign of genocide on Cambodia’s population. 1.7 million Cambodians lost their lives to famine and murder as the urban population was forced into […]

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“The Fog of War”

The Fog of War is a 20th century fable, a story of an American dreamer who rose from humble origins to the heights of political power. Robert S. McNamara was […]

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“The Trials of Henry Kissinger”

Introduction and Q&A with Eugene Jarecki, Director Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, one of the most influential statesmen of modern times, Henry Kissinger seems assured of his place in […]

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“The Education of Shelby Knox”

Introduction and Q&A with Marion Lipschutz and Rose Rosenblatt, Directors; Special guest, Shelby Knox The Education of Shelby Knox is a coming of age story about a teenage girl who […]

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“Gunner Palace”

Gunner Palace is an intimate portrait of the fragmented, chaotic and stress-filled existence of American soldiers at war in Iraq. Four months after President Bush declared the end of “major […]

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“The Beauty Academy of Kabul”

Under the Taliban, women in Afghanistan were forced to become faceless. Covered by burqas, forbidden to show even a tiny patch of skin, they lived in an almost unbelievably oppressive […]

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Albert Maysles

Garrison Theatre, 7:30 p.m. LALEE’S KIN: THE LEGACY OF COTTON U.S.A., 2001, 90 min Introduction and Q&A with Albert Maysles, Director

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