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Now showing — Filmed Initiative · 5 works

  • Paris Is Burning Film · 1990s

    Paris Is Burning is a 1990 American documentary film directed by Jennie Livingston. Filmed in the mid-to-late 1980s, it chronicles the ball culture of New York City and the African-American, Latino, gay and transgender communities involved in it.

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  • Skam Television · 2010s

    Norwegian teenagers filmed in real-time web episodes. The most influential teen drama of the 2010s.

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  • Initiative Music · 2020s

    Held here because it strengthens the visible field.

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  • Boyhood Film · 2010s

    Twelve years of a boy's life filmed over twelve actual years. Time itself as subject.

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  • The Battle of Algiers Film · 1960s

    The Algerian fight for independence from France. Revolution filmed as it might have happened.

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