Davi Pretto: Only the Fictions Can Heal Us
Talks to the director about his film Castanha and the blurred lines between fiction and reality.
Radka Franczak: Painting the Past in a New Russia
Ela Bittencourt talks to the director of Losing Sonia, a profile of an Orthodox nun and icon painter who reflects the changes in modern Russia.
The Driver’s Seat
On Mark Kendall’s documentary La Camioneta, doing business with Mexico’s drug cartels, and what old school buses have to do with self-determination.
Annie Eastman: Precarious Ground
Documentarian Annie Eastman tells the stories of families in Salvador’s palafitas—water slums built on piles of garbage—and confronts her outsider status.
Mai Iskander: After the Revolution
Mai Iskander, director of Words of Witness, talks with Ela Bittencourt about the reporting/activism dilemma, Egypt’s disappeared, and the rule of law under Morsi.
Biotechnology and Its Human Tragedies in India
Director Micha X. Peled's Bitter Seeds is a compelling portrait of families and biotechnology in modern India.
