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Grappling with “Insider” and “Outsider” Documentary Filmmaking: Sally Rubin on hillbilly

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By Wendy Dent, Scott Macaulay Verified, Nick Dawson Verified, Lauren Wissot Verified
| Filmmaker Magazine Verified
hillbilly From The Beverly Hillbillies to Buckwild, and from Coal Miner’s Daughter to Deliverance, the face of Appalachia has long been defined (and stereotyped and exploited) by the Hollywood eye. And in the wake of the 2016 presidential election the caricaturing continued, this time at the hands (and pens) of the press corps on the other coastal liberal side. Enter native Appalachian documentarians Sally Rubin (Deep Down) and Ashley York (Tig) to remedy historical wrongs.
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Three Faces of Evil: Top Scary Political Docs of 2018

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By Wendy Dent, Stewart Nusbaumer, Taylor Hess Verified, Aaron Hillis
| Filmmaker Magazine Verified
If there was one theme that dominated the landscape on the doc fest circuit this year it was politics — and not just that of the Trump administration or the Kremlin (though those subjects were well represented). Filmmakers around the globe seemed to be in obsessive pursuit, trying to find some rational explanations for the irrational hell that’s been going on.
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TIFF 2018 Critic’s Notebook 5: Her Smell, Rojo, A Faithful Man

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By Michael Murie, Wendy Dent, Nicholas Rombes, Nick Dawson Verified
| Filmmaker Magazine Verified
Her Smell World premieres x3, appraised in greater haste (and mercifully smaller word counts) than usual, starting with this morning’s viewing. I woke up to a slew of tweets saying that the first half of Alex Ross Perry’s Her Smellis an impossibly testing experience that dares audiences to walk out; now that I’ve seen it, it appears people have a remarkably low tolerance for abrasion.
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