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Ellen Spiro

How Recent Documentary Films May Have Paved the Way to Embrace the Figure of Barack Obama

Penelope Andrew | Posted 05.28.2009 | Entertainment

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Penelope Andrew

To look at the escalating popularity of the documentary film is to enter an interesting, complicated, and collectively psychoanalytic exploration of the role of desire and dreams in a time of mass confusion.

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Body of War: An Interview with Phil Donahue

Brad Listi | Posted 12.12.2008 | Entertainment

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Brad Listi

Unflinching in its patriotism, Body of War insists on showing us the human costs of Iraq -- a side of the war that most of us never see.

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Ron Kovic and Tomas Young

Ellen Spiro | Posted 12.11.2008 | Entertainment

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Ellen Spiro

After the credits, Kovic wheeled to the front of the theatre and gave a spontaneous speech. It was one of those documentary moments that live forever.

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