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Phumlani Pikoli and the art of quitting school to make it

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Writer, skater and filmmaker Phumlani Pikoli says his artistic intention was ‘to play’
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Review: ‘A New Country’ portrays the lingering aftertaste of a bittersweet freedom

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Taking its cues from the dimming of the hope suggested by rainbowism, ‘A New Country’ attempts to articulate the depths of betrayal South Africans feel
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Review: The documentary ‘Clebs’ is an allegory for the human condition

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‘Clebs’, which documents more than 750 dogs at a sanctuary in Morocco, provides some timely symbolism as it points to human truths
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Review: ‘Planet of the Humans’ is a mess. You should watch it

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The new documentary on the future of our planet, executive produced by Michael Moore, fails on a number of fronts. But believers in green growth could still learn from it.
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​Mars mix might be TV’s future

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Tomorrow’s television viewing could be a mashup of documentary meets fiction meets mockumentary.
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Holocaust director hails jihadi doccie

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Documentary depicts life among jihadi groups
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Mary Ellen Mark, champion of ‘people on the edges’, dies

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Mark, whose unflinching portraits of child prostitutes, mental patients and the homeless made her a leading documentary photographer, has died at 75.
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‘Empire of dirt’: You can have it all

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Through his father Clive, Ben Stillerman delves into the relationship between the efforts we put into our work and our private lives.
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Talking to animals, one mosquito at a time

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Doctor Dolittle in the flesh: South African-born Anna Breytenbach explores the phenomenon of talking to animals in The Animal Communicator.
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Oppression across ?continents

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The TriContinental Human Rights Film Festival opens in Johannesburg this weekend, with its usual full slate of documentaries from around the world.
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No shortcut through the graveyard forest

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A striking new documentary delves into the lives of Israelis and Palestinians living together but apart.
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Encounters: Five of the best at the fest

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We choose some of the must-see documentaries showing as part of the Encounters festival.
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Jo’burg cast in new light, but old shadows abide

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"Jeppe on a Friday" is a compelling documentary filmed in one day by eight female filmmakers.
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Unholy conquest of the ‘eternal capital’

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The narrative of filmmaker Mohammed Alatar’s disturbing 'Jerusalem: The East Side Story' begins predictably in 1947 with the division of Palestine.
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Reminding us of the miracle of South Africa’s transition

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Miracle Rising, a documentary tracing South Africa's difficult path to freedom and democracy, premieres on Sunday. Aneesa Fazel was at the preview.
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