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Documentary filmmaker and social activist Lourdes Portillo dies at 80
Influential documentary filmmaker Lourdes Portillo, who used her art as social activism to illuminate the struggles of the working class, has died. The Mexico native, who made "The Devil Never Sleeps" in 1994, and received an Oscar-nomination for her 1985 film, "The Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo," died Saturday morning at her home in San Francisco, according to her friend and fellow filmmaker Soco Aguilar. Portillo, who had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer several months ago, was 80. "She...
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Dan Schneider: TV producer files legal case over documentary series
The TV producer says a docuseries falsely implied he "sexually abused children who worked on his shows".
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The New Yorker shares documentary short by Russellville native Andy Sarjahani
“The Smallest Power,” which premiered at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival in January, recounts a modest but inspiring act of courage amid political turmoil in Iran.