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Why documentaries will change the world

In recent years, documentaries detailing the most disturbing and crucial problems facing our world have been released for public viewing. Thanks to these documentaries, people are more aware of issues including but not limited ...

by Brandon Engel

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Timbuktu and the Northern Mali conflict

It not entirely an accident that Timbuktu is a colloquialism for any faraway place. The intricately complex conflict in Northern Mali is one that seems even more remote from our comprehension than other modern armed conflicts. ...

by Will Perry Evans

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Review: The Salt of the Earth

This month sees the UK release of The Salt of the Earth, the production from film-maker Wim Wenders (Buena Vista Social Club) that documents the life of Brazilian photojournalist Sebastião Salgado. Originally released in Frenc...

by Bryony Cottam

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An Artistic Glimpse Into Exiled Iranians’ Nostalgia For The Homeland

Many Iranians living in the diaspora are faced with nostalgia for a home country that they cannot return to because of the threat of persecution. Recent comments by moderate President Hassan Rouhani suggest that he believes Ir...

by Mahsa Alimardani

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Banksy The Diplomat

The anonymous British street artist Banksy’s one month ‘residence’ in New York City christened ‘Better Out than In’ is coming to a close. His (rumour says it’s a ‘he’) provocative pieces and persona have stirred...

by Raymond Wang

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What Does The World Really Think About Women?

A few weeks ago, UN women released a series of ads exposing the prevalent views on women. The 4 ads were photographs of women with Google search autocomplete of various phrases placed over their mouth. Speaking from hours of pr...

by Ozlem Unat

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Ohh, I Really Want To Marry That Guy That Whistled To Me From His Car

Thank you Hannah Price for doing what I always wanted to do: Capturing the act of men catcalling women on the streets. In her photography exhibition “City of Brotherly Love”, the African-Mexican-American photographe...

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WATCH: A Short History of the Highrise

The National Film board of Canada has collaborated with the The New York Times Archive Department to create four interactive short films about the history of the highrise and modern living. These great feats of engineering have...

by Nicky Armstrong

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PHOTOS: Life Inside Myanmar

Award-winning photographer Geoffrey Hiller first visited Myanmar in 1987; and he was ‘haunted’ by what he saw in the country: “After a frenetic trip, it wasn’t so much the monks and pagodas that haunted me, but th...

by Mong Palatino

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Why documentaries will change the world

Timbuktu and the Northern Mali conflict

Review: The Salt of the Earth

An Artistic Glimpse Into Exiled Iranians’ Nostalgia For The Homeland

Banksy The Diplomat

What Does The World Really Think About Women?

Ohh, I Really Want To Marry That Guy That Whistled To Me From His Car

WATCH: A Short History of the Highrise

PHOTOS: Life Inside Myanmar

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