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  • AMERICA REFRAMED UNFILTERED: Hero / Antihero – Who Is Arthur Chu?
    In the following America ReFramed UNFILTERED contribution, filmmaker Yu Gu discusses the cultural questions she wrestled with to disrupt the hero/villain framework.
    AMERICA REFRAMED 6 min read May 22, 2018 AMERICA REFRAMED: UNFILTERED Comments
  • AMERICA REFRAMED UNFILTERED: Finding Story Amidst Decay in Random Acts of Legacy
    In the following UNFILTERED blog post, filmmaker Ali Kazimi, of Random Acts of Legacy, discusses the road to the discovery and restoration of a rare cache of vintage footage.
    AMERICA REFRAMED 10 min read May 15, 2018 AMERICA REFRAMED: UNFILTERED Comments
  • AMERICA REFRAMED UNFILTERED: Creating Shadow Theater Re-enactments For Finding Kukan
    In the following America ReFramed UNFILTERED contribution, filmmaker Robin Lung discusses an artistic collaboration and the technique she employed to bring aspects of her subject’s story to life.
    AMERICA REFRAMED 5 min read May 9, 2018 AMERICA REFRAMED: UNFILTERED Comments
  • AMERICA REFRAMED UNFILTERED: The Moral Crisis of Mass Incarceration – MILWAUKEE 53206
    In the following America ReFramed UNFILTERED contribution, filmmaker Keith McQuirter discusses what he calls “The Moral Crisis of Mass Incarceration.”
    AMERICA REFRAMED 6 min read April 2, 2018 AMERICA REFRAMED: UNFILTERED Comments
  • AMERICA REFRAMED UNFILTERED: Watching the film with The Invisible Patients
    In the following UNFILTERED blog post, filmmaker Patrick O’Connor reflects on his experience wrestling with creative choices and finding peace with the decisions he made on The Invisible Patients.
    AMERICA REFRAMED 7 min read March 20, 2018 AMERICA REFRAMED: UNFILTERED Comments
  • AMERICA REFRAMED UNFILTERED: Confronting Inequality – On Screen and Off
    For Ahkeem is the coming-of-age story of Daje "Boonie" Shelton, a Black 17-year-old girl in North St. Louis. After a school fight lands Boonie in a court-supervised high school, she's determined to turn things around and build a better future for herself and her son. Through Daje's intimate experience in and out of school, For Ahkeem illuminates the challenges many Black teenagers face in America today. In this UNFILTERED blog post, Landon Van Soest, who co-directed the film with Jeremy S. Levine, examines the implications, challenges, and responsibilities of making a documentary film across race and class.
    AMERICA REFRAMED 5 min read February 14, 2018 AMERICA REFRAMED: UNFILTERED Documentary News Comments
  • AMERICA REFRAMED UNFILTERED: People Do Care
    In the following UNFILTERED blog post, the team behind Gentlemen of Vision share how audiences connect to authentic characters and heartfelt storytelling.
    AMERICA REFRAMED 3 min read January 31, 2018 AMERICA REFRAMED: UNFILTERED Documentary News Press Room Comments
  • AMERICA REFRAMED UNFILTERED: Visualizing an Oral History
    On a Knife Edge animator Michael Burton shares the process behind the film's animations.
    AMERICA REFRAMED 7 min read November 8, 2017 AMERICA REFRAMED: UNFILTERED Comments
  • AMERICA REFRAMED UNFILTERED: Inclusion Shouldn’t Be a Lottery
    In the following UNFILTERED blog post, 'Deej' director and producer, Robert Rooy shares what he is learning from the austistic comunity.
    AMERICA REFRAMED 7 min read October 16, 2017 AMERICA REFRAMED: UNFILTERED Documentary News Comments
  • AMERICA REFRAMED UNFILTERED: Aging in America — Who Cares for You?
    Filmmaker Deirdre Fishel asks all of us to consider elders with a desire to age at home with dignity and the plight of their low-income care workers who can't make ends meet.
    AMERICA REFRAMED 6 min read August 23, 2017 AMERICA REFRAMED: UNFILTERED Comments
  • AMERICA REFRAMED UNFILTERED: Journey to Justice
    Filmmaker Ben Wang reflects on the journey of making 'Breathin': The Eddy Zheng Story.'
    AMERICA REFRAMED 6 min read May 15, 2017 AMERICA REFRAMED: UNFILTERED Comments
  • AMERICA REFRAMED UNFILTERED: Beyond Black and White
    Filmmaker Matthew Hashiguchi recalls having wrestled with his feelings of being Asian and different when he was growing up.
    AMERICA REFRAMED 7 min read May 8, 2017 AMERICA REFRAMED: UNFILTERED Comments
  • AMERICA REFRAMED UNFILTERED: On Grief and Filmmaking
    Filmmaker Dinesh Das Sabu writes about facing depression and trauma in his family and his own life.
    AMERICA REFRAMED 6 min read May 1, 2017 AMERICA REFRAMED: UNFILTERED Comments
  • AMERICA REFRAMED UNFILTERED: Sometimes the Impossible Just Isn't
    How Tamar Rogoff and Daisy Wright's Enter The Faun became a case of art imitating life, imitating art.
    AMERICA REFRAMED 7 min read March 24, 2017 AMERICA REFRAMED: UNFILTERED Comments
  • AMERICA REFRAMED UNFILTERED: On Spirituality and Social Justice in 'Radical Grace'
    United by common bonds, the nuns' courageous work follows social teachings of justice, equality, and freedom from poverty and oppression.
    AMERICA REFRAMED 7 min read March 8, 2017 AMERICA REFRAMED: UNFILTERED Comments
  • AMERICA REFRAMED UNFILTERED: The 20-Year Journey Behind '70 Acres in Chicago: Cabrini Green'
    Director Ronit Bezalel credits the people that helped her stick to a story for 20 years.
    AMERICA REFRAMED 6 min read February 21, 2017 AMERICA REFRAMED: UNFILTERED Comments
  • AMERICA REFRAMED UNFILTERED: Reflections on David Felix Sutcliffe's 'Adama' from a 7th grade class
    David Felix Sutcliffe comments how Islamophobia has largely gone unchecked but sees hope for tolerance and understanding from insightful letters he read in response to his film.
    AMERICA REFRAMED 6 min read February 23, 2016 AMERICA REFRAMED: UNFILTERED Comments