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Julia Child is a white chef with short brown wavy hair. Here she is standing in her kitchen holding a tray of pastry. She is wearing a blue shirt underneath another brown one, and is smiling. Image from Julie Cohen and Betsy West’s ‘Julia.’ Courtesy of TIFF.
Essential Doc Reads: Week of September 6, 2021
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Bob Ross is white artist with a brown afro and a mostly grey beard. He is riding a bouncy alligator ride in a playground. He is wearing a white shirt and blue jeans. Image from Joshua Rofé’s ‘Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed.’ Courtesy of Netflix.
Essential Doc Reads: Week of August 30 2021
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Caption: Janaé Bonsu is a young Black woman leading an activist gathering. She and her comrades are in yellow shirts that say “Say Her Name”. Image for Ashley O’Shay’s “Unapologetic”. Courtesy of David Magdael & Associates.
Essential Doc Reads: Week of August 16, 2021
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A group of people on the street holding up signs that read 'Free Britney.' It’s daytime and they are wearing masks. Image from 'Framing Britney Spears.' Courtesy of New York Times Op Docs.
Essential Doc Reads: Week of August 9, 2021
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Side profile of Amanda Knox, a white woman with short brown hair. She is wearing a leather jacket. Image from from Ron Blackhurst and Brian McGinn's 2016 film ‘Amanda Knox.’ Courtesy of Netflix.
Essential Doc Reads: Week of August 2, 2021
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A woman in a burqa, her face covered, standing with a child on her lap. There are people walking behind her. Image from Hogir Hirori’s 'Sabaya.' Courtesy of Susan Norget Film Promotion.
Essential Doc Reads: Week of July 28, 2021
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Hundreds of undistributed plastic bottles of water lying on the ground in Puerto Rico. Image from “Landfall,” directed by Cecilia Aldarondo. Photo by Pablo Alvarez-Mesa. Courtesy of POV
Essential Doc Reads: Week of July 19, 2021
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Profile of Anthony Bourdain, a white man in a jacket, against blue and white stationary airplanes. Still from Morgan Neville’s ‘Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain.’ Courtesy of Cinetic Media.
Essential Doc Reads: Week of July 12, 2021
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A cameraperson wearing a kilt filming a Bruce Lee statue in Hong Kong. From Mark Cousins’ ‘The Story of Film: An Odyssey’. Courtesy of Music Box Films.
Essential Doc Reads: Week of July 12, 2021
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Lydia Lunch, a white woman with black hair cut in bangs. She is wearing bright blue contact lenses and red lipstick. From Beth B’s ‘Lydia Lunch: The War is Never Over’. Courtesy of Kino Lorber.
Essential Doc Reads: Week of June 28, 2021
Essential Doc Reads is our curated selection of recent features and important news items about the documentary form and its processes, from around the
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