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Arts Movies & TV

Truth and Consequences: Documentaries and the Art of Manipulation

On the veracity of documentary filmmaking.

Blair McClendon The Drift Sep 2021 20min Permalink

Movies & TV

Does Who You Are at 7 Determine Who You Are at 63?

In 1964, with “Seven Up!” Michael Apted stumbled into making what has become the most profound documentary series in the history of cinema. Fifty-five years later, the project is reaching its conclusion.

Gideon Lewis-Kraus New York Times Magazine Dec 2019 35min Permalink

Science

How Many of Your Memories Are Fake?

How our memories become contaminated by inaccuracies.

Erika Hayasaki The Atlantic Nov 2013 10min Permalink