Tag Archives: Docuseries

As a filmmaker who has directed documentaries, and an academic who has taught theory classes about them, I watch programs that are labeled “non-fiction” with a wary and critical eye, aware of how audio-visual presentations can manipulate what we see, what we don’t see and how we see or don’t see events and claims presented […]

When the child abuse allegations against Woody Allen first came out, we (Amy & Devi) lived in an illegal sublet on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, just around the corner from Elaine’s, long since defunct, but once Allen’s favorite restaurant. Both fans of the director, we were mortified and disgusted to learn he’d left […]