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Filmatic rebellion
CINEMA: Morgan Adamson's Enduring Images brings new life to the 1960s revolutionary film and reminds us of the need to fight the prevailing forms of representation.
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All talk: ethical diplomacy or bubble of complicity in Davos?
CAPITALISM: With a world at the crossroads, is the annual economic forum of elites a destination of tangible change or another chance to push a «global agenda»?
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On the dark side of the truth
TRUTH: A new book on documentary practices post-9/11 begins with an often-repeated (idealistic) blaming of the media for the election of Trump, but develops into a complex analysis of how digital culture shapes our political realities
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The man behind elections – and Fox News
MEDIA: Roger Ailes transformed America with Fox News. A born bully.
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The art of disruption in the world’s most closed regime
NORTH KOREA:Seven international artists travel to Pyongyang to participate in the hermit kingdom’s first arts symposium in a throughout provoking reminder how we are all products of cultural conditioning.
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Populism – a buzzword?
EDITORIAL: The term «populism» is so broad as to be basically meaningless. It can conjure the spectres of fascism, authoritarianism, nativism, racism, xenophobia, misogyny, homophobia and all the other bêtes noires of modern liberal democracy. And what about the documentaries on the populism?
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A pop doc out of the ordinary
BIOGRAPHY: «Why are you a problematic pop star? » director Stephen Loveridge asks M.I.A. in his documentary. The answers provided by the film point towards more than an uncompromising and sometimes challenging personality.
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One of the greatest leaders of the 20th century
RUSSIA: Meeting Gorbachev is an intimate and engaging portrait of the man who unwittingly prompted the collapse of the Soviet Union.
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Down the fake news rabbit hole
A new documentary examines the Trump campaign and the breadth of the influence of «fake news» exclusively through the eyes of Russian media sources.