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Made in 1977 for German public television, a rare look at Harun Farocki’s films for children. Harun Farocki's twin daughters, Lara and Anna were also shown in this documentary.
The poetics of repetition, as embodied by a South Brooklyn motel room. An experimental film by Sierra Pettengill, with poetry by Michael C. Peterson, for the Book Motel at MoMA P.S. 1.
Richard Jewell thinks quick, works fast, and saves hundreds, perhaps thousands, of lives after a domestic terrorist plants several pipe bombs and they explode during a concert, only to be falsely suspected of the crime by sloppy FBI work and sensational media coverage.
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