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Ordinary world guitar chords4/25/2023 But her bravery comes at a price-one that puts her life in danger. Born and raised on the harsh streets of Magadan, a small town in Russia, 21-year-old Gena now stages radical public performance art that brings attention to LGBTQ+ harassment in her notoriously homophobic homeland. Sundance-backed filmmaker Agniia Galdanova brings us a fascinating and relevant portrait of Russian artist Gena Marvin, whose bold, surreal work has taken TikTok by storm and brought queer activism to Moscow. But what about when it’s used for something altogether more sinister? That’s the concept behind Sophie Compton and Reuben Hamlyn’s Another Body, which documents a college student’s fight for justice after discovering deepfake pornography of herself circulating on the internet. The rise of the scarily convincing, AI-led technology known as deepfakes-otherwise known as “the 21st century’s answer to Photoshopping”-is all well and good when it’s used for amusing viral videos of, say, Jim Carrey replacing Jack Nicholson in The Shining. Directed by brother/sister duo Pete and Rebecca Davis, Join or Die also features big names like Hillary Clinton and Pete Buttigieg. The legendary scientist behind the seminal “Bowling Alone” research, Putnam explores the concept of social capital and the dangers of its decline in this glossy doc, which looks at how a focus on community and “connections with other people” can make democracy work again. What’s the best way to fix America’s current democratic crisis? Joining a club, reckons Robert Putnam. It's called JOIN OR DIE, and it premieres a week from today: - Pete Davis □ MaJoin or Die Sporting glory meets political turmoil in this Afghanistan-set doc, which captures a pivotal moment in the country’s recent history through the lens of “buzkashi”: an ancient and celebrated national game in which teams of horse riders battle for control of-and to score goals with-a headless goat carcass.įor the past five years, my sister and I have been working on a feature documentary about American community and its relationship to the fate of American democracy. We’ve picked out a handful of documentary highlights from SXSW 2023 (taking place this month in Austin, Texas) that are sure to get festivalgoers talking and that, hopefully, will be popping up in theatres and on streaming platforms later this year… Credit: Blackbeard Media Riders on the Storm This year’s roster sees a number of bold new voices and celebrated documentarians tackling a broad range of topics: from the perilous rise to fame of an Afghan sporting superstar to the daring performance art of a Russian queer icon from the legendary creator of the first Black Barbie to Captain James T. Once again boasting an eclectic lineup that showcases a bevy of fascinating true-life tales from around the world, the docs class of 2023 is definitely one to keep an eye on. SXSW’s documentary program has fast become one of the Film & TV Festival’s most exciting strands, and this year is no exception.
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