Category: Documentaries
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Documentary “1946” Alleges The Word Homosexual Is in the Bible by Mistake – COOL HUNTING®
[ad_1] 1946: The Mistranslation That Shifted Culture, a new journalistic documentary by director Sharon “Rocky” Roggio, premieres this week at the DOC NYC festival. Within the film, a series of experts explain that the first inclusion of the word “homosexual” in the Bible—which happened in a 1946 update—was actually a mistranslation and the committee of […]
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BlackStar Film Festival Celebrates BIPOC Filmmakers – COOL HUNTING®
[ad_1] From three drive-in screenings (Be Water, The Forty-Year-Old Version and Miss Juneteenth) at Philadelphia’s Mann Center to the online presentation of more than 90 films and live panels, the BlackStar Film Festival returns for its ninth installment from 20 to 26 August. Founded by Maori Karmael Holmes as a platform for independent work by Black […]
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The Four-Day Online Architecture & Design Film Festival – COOL HUNTING®
[ad_1] Running from 17 to 20 May, the second edition of the Architecture & Design Film Festival (ADFF) presents four feature productions. Each screening will be preceded by live introductions from special guests and succeeded by Q+As with the director, two cherished components of the film festival that would have taken place had this commenced […]
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Clyfford Still” Documentary – COOL HUNTING®
[ad_1] Available online now, director Dennis Scholl’s comprehensive documentary on the abstract expressionist Clyfford Still, Lifeline: Clyfford Still, delves into the artist’s profound and prized works and his rather cryptic private life. Using the artist’s archival material; as well as his own video, audio and interviews with a handful of Still’s peers, critics, and family […]
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A History of Seating” Film by Heinz Bütler – COOL HUNTING®
[ad_1] Free to watch for the duration of quarantine, courtesy of the Vitra Design Museum, filmmaker Heinz Bütler’s 90-minute film Chair Times: A History of Seating – From 1800 to Today documents the chronological development of 125 iconic chairs. This timeline and the items within reveal far more than structural tinkering. “We are able to […]
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Link About It: This Week’s Picks
[ad_1] Mutant enzymes, an unseen film by a French New Wave icon, design-forward campers and more Mutant Enzyme Breaks Down Plastic in Hours New research published by French scientists in the journal Nature addresses their discovery and manipulation of a mutant bacterial enzyme that can break down PET plastic into raw materials in a matter […]
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Unseen Agnès Varda Documentary Available to Stream For Free – COOL HUNTING®
[ad_1] Beloved Belgian-born filmmaker and artist Agnès Varda’s previously unseen short film The Little Story of Gwen From French Brittany is streaming on YouTube (for free) thanks to American Cinematheque. Varda—who passed away last year—began shooting the film in 1996 when she met the subject, Gwen Deglise. The two became fast friends and Varda’s film […]
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Free Documentary on Hayao Miyazaki, Co-Founder of Studio Ghibli – COOL HUNTING®
[ad_1] A free, four-part documentary on Hayao Miyazaki—co-founder of the beloved and iconic Studio Ghibli—is now streaming, thanks to Japanese broadcaster NHK. 10 Years with Hayao Miyazaki first aired last year and delves into the animator, manga artist, filmmaker and author’s artistic process and personal life—with a focus on his relationship with his son Gorō, […]
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2020 Sundance Film Festival Movies To Watch At Home Now – COOL HUNTING®
[ad_1] Film festivals play a critical role in the independent cinema ecosystem—one that has been disrupted by necessary postponements and cancellations of some of 2020’s most important events. Thanks to Mailchimp and film distributor Oscilloscope, SXSW’s 2020 shorts can be watched online for free. Tribeca Film Festival currently screens shorts (many from alumni) through their “A Short Film […]
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BLUR Celebrates the Ever-Growing Canon of Black Cinema
[ad_1] Curated by Pyer Moss art director Anthony Konigbagbe, the exhibition BLUR is a muddling of forms and genres. From music videos and short films to documentaries and branded content, all are present (on show at the transitional gallery space at 98 Orchard), but none are prefaced with their intention. When films are assigned a genre, […]