Named after Akira Kurosawa's 1950 film, the Rashomon Effect is an enduring cultural metaphor that has transformed our understanding of truth, justice, and human memory.
This animated excerpt from documentary series "Queer for Fear" illuminates an 1872 letter of adoration sent to American poet Walt Whitman by a young British writer named Bram Stoker, years before he would find fame as the author of the novel "Dracula." The letter has since become the focus of much historical conjecture.
This animated excerpt from the documentary Jamala: Songs of Freedom (2024) Directed by Beth Mendelson, illustrates the plight of a single mother and her children during the Soviet expulsion of the Crimean Tatars at the end of World War II. Based on a story passed down through three generations and told by her great-granddaughter Susana.
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A lone wanderer finds enlightenment at the end of the road.