Truth
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Changing the world through documentary
MEDIA: Cultural anthropologist Sherry B. Ortner provides an easy-read introduction to the logic and visions behind Brave New Films, whose documentary production is non-profit and distributed through social and political networks with the articulated goal of mobilising resistance against capitalism, racism, and fascism.
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Scientifically proven fiction
LEGENDS: Does Shangri-La really exist? From the mountains of Tibet to global archives, filmmaker Mirka Duijn seeks the answers.
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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 documents that revealed the worldwide theft from the public purse
CORRUPTION: Alex Winter's behind-the-scenes story of how an international consortium of journalists broke the story of the Panama Papers plays like a compulsive thriller.
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A mesmerising portrayal of India’s extreme right
Covering more than a century of Indian history, Patwardhan weaves a story that exposes the roots of Hindu nationalism and the endless war against India’s «imaginary demons».