Claire has reviewed documentaries from Montreal for long enough to remember VHS screeners in padded envelopes. She writes about films on war, justice and human rights, and about what a camera owes the people in front of it.
The Hurricane Katrina documentary films that matter, from Spike Lee's four-act requiem to Trouble the Water, and how to watch them with the care they ask.
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Keep readingHow documentary makers can protect survivors of violence on camera: ongoing consent, the right to withdraw, disguise methods, secure footage and aftercare.
Keep readingSix documentaries about children and war, from Promises to For Sama, and the safeguards that should govern any film that asks a child to bear witness.
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