Film & Documentary
May 18, 2020
Letter from the editor:
If you can, please consider supporting our work by joining Hyperallergic's new membership program! Your contributions help ensure we can bring you stories like these. The COVID-19 pandemic is increasingly seeping into our entertainment landscape, with more artists creating in quarantine. We look at how TV hosts and YouTubers have been faring under these constraints, and Monica Castillo writes about how doctors and nurses have taken to TikTok to talk about the crisis.
Filmmakers Sierra Pettengill and Matt Wolf caught up about Wolf's new documentary Spaceship Earth. The film is about the Biosphere 2 experiment, in which a group of people lived under a very different kind of social distancing for years. Rounding things out, check out our takes on a few new releases, including the PBS series Asian Americans and a horrifying yet masterful Chilean stop-motion film—all now available for streaming.
Until we can see you at the movies again, stay safe.
The Timely Resonance of PBS’s Asian Americans
The new miniseries offers an informative overview of history through personal, often deeply emotional testimony.
Dan Schindel
Doctors and Nurses Cope With COVID on TikTok
As the pandemic continues, healthcare professionals use the social media app to share information, vent their frustrations, or just have some fun.
Monica Castillo
Entertainers Are Doing Their Best in Quarantine
Seeing what professionals do when forced to downgrade is an interesting case study in creativity under constraint.
Dan Schindel
What Happened When Eight People Were Sealed Inside a Self-Contained Ecosystem
Director Matt Wolf talks to Hyperallergic about his new documentary Spaceship Earth, which reconsiders the infamous Biosphere 2 experiment.
Sierra Pettengill
Indigenous Filmmakers Share Features, Shorts, and More Online
This weekend, the collective COUSIN presents film by directors they’ve commissioned new work from, including Colectivo Los Ingrávidos, seth cardinal dodginghorse, and more.
Dan Schindel
An Animated Horror Film Dredges a Disturbing Chilean History
The Wolf House is thick with layered references to Chile’s repression under Pinochet, but it’s not necessary to understand any of them to get the full brunt of its terrifying, intricately animated imagery.
Dan Schindel
A Transportive Film Series Spotlights Nancy Holt and Robert Smithson
The films created by the legendary artists move beyond pure documentation, adding layers of context and revealing insights into their respective practices.
Dessane Lopez Cassell
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