Observing the Observers: How I Judged Documentaries and Learned to Teach None

Observing the observers who make and show documentary this year, I feel compelled to report what I consider bad news: the might of corporate muscle is giving us more and more fine but expendable stuff: defanging possibilities and numbing us to the very differences that can most inspire, energize, mystify, and sustain us.
Published in POV, Spring/Summer 2021
Topics: Documentary | Reviews and Journalistic Writing | Works from 2021 |