Winter 2023

The Winter 2023 issue of Documentary magazine focuses on the reverberations from Getting Real '22, including new provocations building off of conversations started at our biennial conference, attendee reports, and the publication of all three inspiring keynote talks.

Anand Patwardhan speaking at Getting Real 2022

Winter 2023

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Features

From Victoria Linares Villegas It Runs in the Family. Courtesy of True/False. Hand holding a black and white photo in focus of three people in front of a large statue and building.

The Missing Link in Documentary Ethics: The Viewer

This year’s Getting Real conference was marked by...

By Victor Guimarães

Photograph of a room filled with multiple people seated and clapping in applause. The focus is on Chris Boeckmann, Getting Real '22 Programmer, who is wearing brown pants and a light olive green long-sleeved button-up, sitting in front of a black backdrop.

Reflections of a First-Time Attendee

In 2018, I received the “3 Days in Cannes” pass...

By Mariana Sanson

From Sir David Attenborough’s Our Planet. Photo: Huw Cordey/Netflix/Silverback. Among green trees hangs a light brown monkey.

Reflections on Images of Violence

Two articles that came out right after the Uvalde...

By Natalia Almada

Still image from Nanfu Wang’s "Hooligan Sparrow." Ye Haiyan, a fair complexioned adult with black hair, stands at the beach wearing a black dress with blue, green, and white designs. She is holding a sign with simplified Chinese characters.

How I Got Here (Nanfu Wang GR '22 keynote)

This keynote talk was delivered at Getting Real...

By Nanfu Wang

Two people sitting in chairs. Person on left is holding a microphone up to their face, wearing a floral skirt, black sweater, and black shoes. Person on right is holding a microphone down with a big smile, wearing a black and white polka dot skirt with a black sweater and black heels.

The Discomfort of Change (Erika Dilday GR '22 keynote)

This keynote talk was delivered at Getting Real...

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two people sitting in chairs on a stage. one person, dark brown skin, black glasses, black hair, dressed in all black, the other is fair skin complexion, with white hair, dress in all black

A Declaration of Independence (Anand Patwardhan GR '22 keynote)

Editor’s Note: Anand Patwardhan, renowned as one...

By Anand Patwardhan

Columns

Playback: Su Friedrich's 'Sink or Swim'

By Angelo Madsen Minax

By Steven Beer, Ariadne Panagopoulou, and Robert Maslonka

Fast Foreword, The Editor's Column, Winter 2023

By Tom White