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Solace and Solidarity on the Factory Floor

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By S.D. “Sabrì” Hodell, Rachel Riederer Verified, Jennifer Wilson Verified, Nick Serpe Verified
| Dissent Magazine Verified
Solace and Solidarity on the Factory Floor Wang Bing’s Youth is an epic work of people’s history writ small. ▪ Fall 2025 Still from Youth (Homecoming) (Courtesy of Icarus Films) Early in Wang Bing’s 2023–24 documentary series, Youth, a brawl breaks out between two young factory workers. What starts as sophomoric workplace clowning, a distraction from the rigor of labor, ends up close to blows.
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A Veterinarian’s Soothing Compassion, in “The Passing”

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By Patrick Bresnan, Ivete Lucas, Rachel Riederer Verified
| The New Yorker Verified
During the COVID-19 shutdown, the filmmakers Patrick Bresnan and Ivete Lucas started spending more time with their neighbors. Across the street lived Michael Mullen, a local veterinarian who had become known for his compassionate euthanasia practice. Bresnan and Lucas learned that his practice was based on making house calls, and that he had developed an approach to putting down pets that made the process easier for both the animals and the humans involved.
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In the Shadow of King Coal

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By Sarah Jones, Rachel Riederer Verified, Nick Serpe Verified
| Dissent Magazine Verified
In the Shadow of King Coal While the coal industry is in terminal decline, it still shapes the culture of central Appalachia. ▪ Fall 2024 Writer and director Elaine McMillion Sheldon begins her latest documentary, King Coal, with a funeral rite. A multigenerational, multiracial procession of people in black clothing walks slowly up a country road. All is quiet except for the sound of insects and a steady drum. Who are these mourners? Sheldon lets the mystery linger.
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