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Subject

(Jennifer Tiexiera and Camilla Hall, 2022)

Q&A follows with codirector Camilla Hall and coproducers Jesse Friedman, Ahmed Hassan, and Margaret Ratliff 

Midwest Premiere

A man in a brown jacket stands in profile in front of a body of water. In the background are several boats. The man has dark, curly hair and a moustache

Documentaries can connect us to real people, but what happens after the cameras turn off? Find out from the codirector and participants of Subject.

Essential viewing for anyone interested in telling (or watching) true-life stories during this golden age of documentaries, Subject is sure to be the most talked about nonfiction film of the season. The film follows several “stars” of some of the most significant documentaries of the past few decades (Capturing the Friedmans, Hoop Dreams, Minding the Gap, The Square, The Staircase, and The Wolfpack) to discuss how participating in these projects changed their lives. Additionally, influential figures in the documentary world (including past Wex guests Kirsten Johnson, Bing Liu, and Sam Pollard) candidly discuss the ethics of presenting real people’s traumatic moments to wide audiences. The result is a thought-provoking, insightful, moving, and satisfying film that will fundamentally alter the way you watch documentaries. (97 mins., DCP)

Stay after the screening for a sure-to-be-lively conversation and Q&A featuring codirector Camilla Hall along with a number of the film’s coproducers and participants: Jesse Friedman from Capturing the Friedmans, Ahmed Hassan from The Square, and Margaret Ratliff from The Staircase. Due to a late-breaking change, Hall joins us virtually for the Q&A.

Camilla Hall, Jennifer Tiexiera, and Rita Baghdadi (in person October 28 with her film Sirens) founded Lady & Bird, a female-run documentary production company focused on stories from underrepresented voices.

See the complete Unorthodocs 22 lineup.

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Ahmed Hassan, Subject, image courtesy of The Film Collaborative.

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"Subject is a great place to start for getting at the heart of why audiences love the truth of documentary, and what that truth really means."
Kristen Lopez, IndieWire

Unorthodocs 2022 is organized by the Wexner Center for the Arts and curated by Chris Stults, Associate Curator of Film/Video. 

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