Join us for the Documentary Audit Book Launch! September 19, 6PM at NYU's Michelson Theater, 721 Broadway. Register here to attend in person or on Zoom: tisch.nyu.edu/cinema-studi... With special guests Lakshmi Padmanabhan, Jordan Lord, and LaCharles Ward.

Book Event: THE DOCUMENTARY AUDIT

How does listening in documentary become a proxy for justice—and what other kinds of listening might be possible?

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Tomorrow is the first of two book launches for The Documentary Audit! Visible Evidence Conference Philadelphia Monday, August 4 | 9:00–10:45AM | Temple University City Center Room 222 With Respondents Paige Sarlin, Pavitra Sundar, Neta Alexander, and Tory Jeffay

It's here!! Just in time to share with folks at Goethe Universität, Frankfurt during my Mercator Fellowship! For anyone interested in how documentary forms ask audiences to listen in order to hold power to account -- order at cup.columbia.edu/.../the.../9... (use code CUP20 for 20% discount)

Out in June from Columbia University Press--THE DOCUMENTARY AUDIT. All of the information on the flier available on this website, where you can also order the book: cup.columbia.edu/.../the.../9... Cover description in comments

I wrote a book on how justice-driven documentaries teach us to listen—and how those listening habits can perpetuate injustice or bring about transformative change. Coming soon from Columbia UP, read more about it here: cup.columbia.edu/book/the-doc...

I recently got to attend a film festival at Sing Sing prison. Here are some thoughts on the visit—on how prisons use progressive programming to justify their existence and the difficulties of pursuing liberation through art within their punishing constraints.

Touch Visit: 2024 Sing Sing Film Festival

Access points: the first-ever documentary showcase held within a U.S. prison included a slate of competing films judged by an incarcerated jury

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