Emily Buder
The Tale Is a Powerful, Messy Story About Abuse
At this year’s Sundance, Jennifer Fox’s film stood out for its harrowing exploration of the director’s own experience as a teenage girl.
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The Absurdity of America’s Front Lawns
Michael Pollan exposes the strange institution of the suburban front lawn.
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‘Man-Killing Jobs’ and Environmental Racism
Residents of a steel mill town reckon with a history of discrimination and its resultant health crisis.
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The Logo Design Revolution
Before Ivan Chermayeff and Tom Geismar, logos were often literal representations of products.
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Meet Thousands of Twins in Twinsburg
Identical twins convene for an annual festival in Ohio.
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Meth-Addicted Mothers and Child Abuse
In Fresno, California, experts attribute a rising incidence of child abuse to the region’s alarming meth addiction rates.
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My Dead Dad’s Porno Tapes
A filmmaker seeks to better understand his emotionally distant late father through the belongings he left behind—including a stack of dirty movies.
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A Treacherous, Ill-Fated Expedition to Antarctica
Despite never successfully reaching the South Pole, Sir Ernest Shackleton’s observations on the continent resound.
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The Ocean’s Cosmic Lessons
In a little town in Oaxaca, the sea is said to teach humans how to live and die.
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A Surprising U.S.-Canada Border Dispute
250 years later, the two countries still can’t agree on who lays claim to Machias Seal Island.
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In a Second, the Entire World Shape-Shifts
A woman with a rare neurological disorder details the experience of being lost every day of her life.
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The Poetry of America’s Most Dangerous City
Kondwani Fidel relates his life experience through spoken-word poetry in this kinetic short documentary.
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Redneck Muslim
Can Shane Atkinson, a white man from Mississippi who converted to Islam, reconcile two seemingly incompatible identities?
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Secrets to a 90-Year Marriage
Karam and Kartari Chand are believed to have been in the world’s longest marriage.
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Life Is Suffering, and Everything Is Temporary
A Mexican immigrant shares poetic wisdom from working the fields and escaping poverty.
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‘My Past Has Caught Up to Me’
All his life, Justin managed to escape his own story—until now.
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Radical Acceptance
After becoming a double amputee, a man fears his life is over.
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Tourism to a Dying Ancient Culture
The native population of Easter Island grapples with the inexorable force of globalization.
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The Mayor of a Ghost Town
Take a tour with the self-described “undertaker” of an abandoned town in Death Valley.
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Who Milks America’s Cows?
In the U.S., dairy farming has been increasingly relegated to undocumented immigrants.
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Narrowly Escaping the Travel Ban
Fleeing violence in Somalia, a Muslim family finds refuge in the United States after a long period of separation.
