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Field of Vision is a filmmaker-driven visual journalism film unit co-created by Laura Poitras, AJ Schnack and Charlotte Cook that pairs filmmakers with developing and ongoing stories around the globe.

The Black Belt

Margaret Brown

A timely look at voting rights in Alabama’s Black Belt after the closure of 31 DMVs across the state.

Speaking is Difficult

AJ Schnack

Five years of an American crisis: Speaking is Difficult tells a cumulative history that is both unbearable and inevitable.

The Release

Stephen Maing

Former intelligence analyst Stephen Kim reflects on life after prison, in this follow up to the award-winning The Surrender.

The Surrender

Stephen Maing

Stephen Kim, a former state department analyst, struggles to understand events prior to his prosecution and his last days of freedom.

Like

Garrett Bradley

Through access inside the “click-farms” of Bangladesh, Like explores the industry that grows social media followings for celebrities and brands alike.

Concerned Student 1950

Adam Dietrich, Varun Bajaj, Kellan Marvin

A series of racist acts prompts three Mizzou students to pick up cameras and take us inside the student movement that brought down their college president.

Peace in the Valley

Michael Palmieri, Donal Mosher

Peace in the Valley follows the inhabitants of Eureka Springs, Arkansas as conflict unravels around a vote for LGBT rights.

Homeland is not a Series

Arabian Street Artists Heba Y. Amin, Caram Kapp, Don Karl aka Stone

A message from the Arabian Street Artists, the graffiti artists who made global headlines by hacking the HOMELAND set.

#ThisIsACoup – Episode Four: Surrender or Die

Theopi Skarlatos, Paul Mason

Despite a historic Twitter protest, an austerity deal is signed. In an exclusive interview, Alexis Tsipras explains how it went so wrong.

#ThisIsACoup – Episode Three: OXI – The Greek Word for “No”

Theopi Skarlatos, Paul Mason

The crunch is here. Another bank run is draining funds, while the state is almost out of cash. What will Alexis Tsipras do next?

#ThisIsACoup – Episode Two: To Pay or Not To Pay?

Theopi Skarlatos, Paul Mason

As the Greek people take to the streets, Greece defaults on its debt to the IMF and the “rupture” begins.

#ThisIsACoup – Episode One: “Angela, Suck Our Balls”

Theopi Skarlatos, Paul Mason

With extraordinary access to key politicians, journalist Paul Mason presents the story of Greece’s 2015 confrontation with the EU.

Eric & “Anna”

Kelly Duane de la Vega, Katie Galloway

A story of youth, dissent, love and betrayal in post 9/11 America, ERIC & “ANNA” is told primarily through FBI surveillance recordings.

Karollyne

Heloisa Passos

Karollyne, a woman who lives in Rio de Janeiro in an abandoned mansion with 12 dogs, is the subject of Heloisa Passos’ new film.

Birdie

Heloisa Passos

In Heloisa Passos’ film, Birdie, a homeless man in Rio de Janeiro who sells vegetables and naps in trees, gets into the minds of the street dogs he loves.

The Above

Kirsten Johnson

In Kirsten Johnson’s The Above, a U.S. military surveillance balloon floats on a tether high above Kabul.

Notes from the Border

Iva Radivojevic

The refugee crisis on the borders of Europe during the summer of 2015 is documented in Iva Radivojevic’s Notes from the Border.

God is an Artist

Dustin Guy Defa

In God is an Artist, Dustin Guy Defa explores contemporary Detroit through its growing street art and the recent headline-grabbing Satanic temple.

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