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Documentary Industry Strives to ‘Meet the Moment’ Amid Pandemic, Social Unrest

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Christopher Vourlias A year marked by the coronavirus pandemic, economic turbulence, and widespread protest has given increased urgency to conversations about racism, social justice, and inequality.

That, in turn, is forcing the documentary world to rethink the traditional ways of doing business, according to industry leaders.“You can’t completely blow everything up, I don’t think.

We have to keep moving,” said Sundance Documentary Film Program director Carrie Lozano. “But it is a time to really look back at ourselves and say, ‘Why are we doing it this way?

Does this make any sense anymore?’”Lozano appeared at a virtual fireside chat at Hot Docs on Monday with IDFA artistic director Orwa Nyrabia to discuss how the documentary community can.

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