Filmmaker Amber Fares discusses her documentary Speed Sisters, about Palestinian women who formed the "first all-women race car driving team in the Middle East." Several years after the film premiered, the story is more timely than ever.

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The Oscar nominations for documentary feature have sparked dissension in the nonfiction film community. By rewarding five international films, did the Academy's doc branch hurt American filmmakers, and unfairly punish documentaries with broad appeal? Three distinguished panelists join us for a vigorous debate: Lois Vossen, executive producer of Independent Lens, filmmaker Marjan Safinia, and former Documentary magazine editor Tom White.

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Doc filmmakers Maite Alberdi of 'The Eternal Memory' and Kaouther Ben Hania of 'Four Daughters' discuss earning the second Oscar nominations of their careers. Plus, we revisit our conversation from last fall with fellow Oscar nominees Moses Bwayo and Christopher Sharp, directors of 'Bobi Wine: The People's President.' 

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20 Days in Mariupol director Mstyslav Chernov and To Kill a Tiger director Nisha Pahuja join us to talk about earning Academy Award nominations for their urgent documentaries. Chernov’s film provides a harrowing look inside the siege of Mariupol in the early days of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, while Pahuja documents an Indian family’s fight for justice after their daughter becomes the victim of a brutal crime.

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Doc Talk co-hosts John Ridley and Matt Carey react to the Oscar nominations for documentary feature, drilling down on major snubs of American Symphony and Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie. Plus, Matt reports from the field at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival, interviewing Best Director winners Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie of Sugarcane, Kerry Washington, EP of Audience Award winner Daughters, and Will & Harper's Will Ferrell and Harper Steele, and more.

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Director Scott Cummings discusses his highly cinematic documentary 'Realm of Satan,' which premiered at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival. The film, made in collaboration with the Church of Satan, immerses viewers in a world of people who manifestly do not worship the Devil (or believe Satan is real) but do embrace the carnal, the temporal, and the indulgent.

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Programmers Basil Tsiokos and Sudeep Sharma discuss the documentary lineup for the 2024 Sundance Film Festival, including films about Frida Kahlo, Christopher Reeve, and a road trip movie with Will Ferrell and his friend Harper Steele, who came out as trans. And they talk about whether Sundance will see a resurgence of doc sales after last year’s sluggish acquisition market. 

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Directors Ben Proudfoot and Kris Bowers explore a hidden corner of Los Angeles in their Oscar-shortlisted short documentary ‘The Last Repair Shop,’ a place where dedicated professionals keep tens of thousands of musical instruments in perfect working order for the city’s public-school students. They share stories of these unsung technicians, and the kids whose lives are transformed by gaining access to free -- and freely-repaired -- instruments from sousaphones to saxes.  

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Co-hosts John Ridley and Matt Carey react to the announcement of the Oscar documentary feature shortlist, parsing the snubs, surprises, and biggest takeaways.

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Director Amy Schatz and executive producers John Legend and Mike Jackson discuss their inspiring documentary 'Stand Up & Shout: Songs From a Philly High School,' about an innovative public school program where kids learn to write and record their own music.

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