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A protagonist looks into a hand-held mirror in Lee Grant's 'What Sex Am I?" Courtesy of Criterion Channel
Screen Time: Week of January 3, 2022
Screen Time is your curated weekly guide to excellent documentaries and nonfiction programs that you can watch at home. Start your year with the
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Cast members of the Broadway musical 'Company' recording their album. From DA Pennebaker's ‘Original Cast Album: “Company"’. Courtesy of the Criterion Collection
Screen Time: Week of December 6, 2021
Screen Time is your curated weekly guide to excellent documentaries and nonfiction programs that you can watch at home. Like everyone else, the
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Rebecca is a elderly white woman flying a kite in Detroit, on a bucket list adventure. Image from Sian-Pierre Regis’ ‘Duty Free.’ Courtesy of PBS, Independent Lens.
Screen Time: Week of November 22, 2021
Screen Time is your curated weekly guide to excellent documentaries and nonfiction programs that you can watch at home. Sian-Pierre Regis’ Duty Free
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Brothers John and Art Cullen are two white men standing in a printing press, reviewing a hot-off-the-presses copy of 'The Storm Lake Times.' Image from Beth Levison and Jerry Risius’ ‘Storm Lake.’ Courtesy of 'Independent Lens'/PBS.
Screen Time: Week of November 8, 2021
Screen Time is your curated weekly guide to excellent documentaries and nonfiction programs that you can watch at home. It’s Noirvember! Kick off your
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Monica Del Carmen is a Mexican woman dressed as a cop sitting in a police car. From Alonso Ruizpalacios’ ‘A Cop Movie.’ Courtesy of Netflix.
Screen Time: Week of November 1, 2021
Screen Time is your curated weekly guide to excellent documentaries and nonfiction programs that you can watch at home. The National Film Board of
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Black-and-white image of a young Black girl listening to the radio with her eyes closed. From Garrett Bradley’s ‘America.’ Courtesy of Museum of Modern Art
Screen Time: Week of October, 25 2021
Screen Time is your curated weekly guide to excellent documentaries and nonfiction programs that you can watch at home. It’s the season for scary
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Filipino-American musician Arnel Pineda performing in a concert. He is wearing a black shirt and leather pants. Image from Ramona Diaz’s ‘Don't Stop Believin': Everyman's Journey.’ Courtesy of Amazon Prime.
Screen Time: Week of October 18, 2021
Screen Time is your curated weekly guide to excellent documentaries and nonfiction programs that you can watch at home. October is Filipino American
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Two female laundry workers are wearing floral aprons and standing against a wooden wall. From Lynne Sachs’ ‘The Washing Society.’ Courtesy of The Criterion Channel.
Screen Time: Week of September 27, 2021
Screen Time is your curated weekly guide to excellent documentaries and nonfiction programs that you can watch at home. At IDA, we deeply mourn the
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Chavela Vargas is a queer Latin American singer with grey hair. She is wearing a white shirt and is smiling. She is surrounded by trees and shrubs. Image from Catherine Gund and Daresha Kyi’s ‘Chavela.’ Courtesy of Alicia Elena Pérez Duarte, Aubin Pictures.
Screen Time: Week of September 20, 2021
Screen Time is your curated weekly guide to excellent documentaries and nonfiction programs that you can watch at home. To continue our celebration of
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Muhammad Ali, a Black boxer, on a visit to his old grammar school in Louisville, KY, in 1977. He is surrounded by young Black children who are hugging him. From ‘Muhammad Ali,’ a four-part documentary from Ken Burns, Sarah Burns and David McMahon. Photo by Michael Gaffney. Courtesy of PBS.
Screen Time: Week of September 13, 2021
Screen Time is your curated weekly guide to excellent documentaries and nonfiction programs that you can watch at home. Maya Cade, who works as an
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