The New YorkerNational outrage and political backlash ensued after the tragic sinking of M.V. Sewol, which claimed the lives of more than three hundred passengers, most of whom were students on a school trip, five years ago. Yi Seung-jun's film "In the Absence," an Academy Award nominee for Best Short Subject Documentary, details the tragedy and aftermath.
What Went Wrong in the South Korean Ferry Disaster? | The New YorkerThe New Yorker2019-04-16 | National outrage and political backlash ensued after the tragic sinking of M.V. Sewol, which claimed the lives of more than three hundred passengers, most of whom were students on a school trip, five years ago. Yi Seung-jun's film "In the Absence," an Academy Award nominee for Best Short Subject Documentary, details the tragedy and aftermath.
What Went Wrong in the South Korean Ferry Disaster? | The New YorkerA Father-Daughter Swearing Lesson | “The F-Word” | The New YorkerThe New Yorker2024-05-22 | In Alex Cannon’s comedic short, starring Chris Gethard, a dad struggles to give an age-appropriate explanation of the expletive.
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http://bit.ly/newyorkeryoutubesubWeird Al Yankovic at The New Yorker Festival | The New YorkerThe New Yorker2024-05-10 | Andy Borowitz talks with "Weird Al" Yankovic at the 2023 New Yorker Festival.
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http://bit.ly/newyorkeryoutubesubLaughing in the Face of Dying Young | Cherry | The New Yorker DocumentaryThe New Yorker2024-05-08 | A young actor Marie-Lise Chouinard faces her terminal cancer diagnosis with grace and comedy, in Laurence Gagné-Frégeau’s short documentary.
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http://bit.ly/newyorkeryoutubesubA Martini Tour of New York City | The New YorkerThe New Yorker2024-04-26 | Gary Shteyngart's month of vermouth-rinsing and fat-washing.
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http://bit.ly/newyorkeryoutubesubA Workplace Flirtation and Confrontation in “Sparring Partner” | The New Yorker Screening RoomThe New Yorker2024-04-24 | In J. J. Kandel’s short film, written by Neil LaBute and featuring Cecily Strong and KeiLyn Durrel Jones, the lunch-break banter of a flirtatious pair of co-workers gives way to uncomfortable revelations.
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http://bit.ly/newyorkeryoutubesubJulio Torres on the Rocky Relationship That Drives Problemista | The New YorkerThe New Yorker2024-04-19 | The director dissects a key scene that establishes the dynamic between his character, who is embroiled in the U.S.’s immigration systems, and Tilda Swinton’s “temperamental art-world lady,” down to the meanings of their hair styles.
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http://bit.ly/newyorkeryoutubesubAn Iranian Woman Finds Her Might | The Smallest Power | The New Yorker DocumentaryThe New Yorker2024-04-17 | Both the director and the subject of this animated short discover their identities and a love of their nation.
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http://bit.ly/newyorkeryoutubesubA Portrait Of Upstate New Yorks Demolition Derby Community | The New Yorker DocumentaryThe New Yorker2024-04-10 | In Alec Sutherland's short documentary "Demolition", upstate New York's demolition derbies are a loud, brutal, deeply physical antidote to the isolation of digital life.
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http://bit.ly/newyorkeryoutubesubFlipping the Script on Trans Medical Encounters | The New Yorker DocumentaryThe New Yorker2024-03-27 | Noah Schamus and Brit Fryer’s short film offers a vision of how physicians and trans patients can meet one another on equal footing.
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http://bit.ly/newyorkeryoutubesubBlack Womens Embrace of Natural Hair Is About More than Style | Textures | The New YorkerThe New Yorker2024-03-20 | Lindsay Opoku-Acheampong's film "Textures," follows three Black women through the private and meaningful rituals of caring for their hair.
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http://bit.ly/newyorkeryoutubesubSpike Lee on Filmmaking, Funding, and Collaboration | The New Yorker FestivalThe New Yorker2024-03-15 | David Remnick speaks with Spike Lee at the 2023 New Yorker Festival, discussing his early career, favorite collaborators, and the film he promised a dying Academy Award-winner he'd make.
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http://bit.ly/newyorkeryoutubesubA Teen-Ager’s Quest to Manage His O.C.D. | Lost in My Mind | The New Yorker Screening RoomThe New Yorker2024-03-13 | In Charles Frank’s short film, a young man offers a candid look at life with O.C.D. and his experiences with exposure therapy.
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http://bit.ly/newyorkeryoutubesubRichard Brody on the Movies That Should’ve Been Nominated for Best Picture in 2024 | The New YorkerThe New Yorker2024-03-06 | The film critic explains how the Academy got it wrong with its 2024 Best Picture nominees—and the ten movies he’d nominate in their place.
00:00 Richard Brody's Oscar Snubs
00:12 All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt
00:44 Passages
01:34 Earth Mama
02:30 Ferrari
03:24 Bonus Short Film: Civic
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http://bit.ly/newyorkeryoutubesubThe Unmasking of the N.R.A.’s Wayne LaPierre | The New YorkerThe New Yorker2024-02-26 | Unseen footage from a series of African hunting trips shows handlers and staff managing almost every aspect of LaPierre’s performance so that, later, the material could be hammered into narratives of masculine heroism for an N.R.A.-sponsored television show.
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http://bit.ly/newyorkeryoutubesubA Ukrainian TikTok Influencer Shares Her Life As A Refugee | Following Valeria | The New YorkerThe New Yorker2024-02-21 | Nicola Fegg’s short documentary follows a young Ukrainian woman who becomes a social-media star and a refugee at the same time.
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http://bit.ly/newyorkeryoutubesubIs Trump Disqualified? Political Expert Explains the Trump v. Anderson Case | The New YorkerThe New Yorker2024-02-20 | Supreme Court heard this month, Trump v. Anderson, on the question of whether the Colorado Supreme Court had properly ruled that he was disqualified from running for President.
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http://bit.ly/newyorkeryoutubesubA Family Reunion with High Jinks and Catharsis | The New Yorker Screening RoomThe New Yorker2024-02-14 | In Karina Dandashi’s short film, a reunion between two cousins takes a chaotic turn when an ex-girlfriend enters the scene.
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http://bit.ly/newyorkeryoutubesubAn Artist Reinterprets Revolutionary Black Power | The New Yorker DocumentaryThe New Yorker2024-02-07 | Justin Fairweather’s short film “Roger J. Carter: Rebel Revolutionary” shows how the artist arrived at his innovative way of making portraits of Black figures.
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http://bit.ly/newyorkeryoutubesubRichard Kind on Making a Short Film About Making a Short Film | Proof of Concept | The New YorkerThe New Yorker2024-01-31 | Ellie Sachs and Max Cohn’s short film, “Proof of Concept,” offers a humorous meta-riff on the movie business and a tour of the Upper West Side.
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http://bit.ly/newyorkeryoutubesubBowling Without Sight | Friday Night Blind | The New Yorker DocumentaryThe New Yorker2024-01-24 | Scott Krahn and Robb Fischer’s short film follows a trio of friends who take part in a bowling league for people who are visually impaired.
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http://bit.ly/newyorkeryoutubesubHow Ava DuVernay Recreated A Historic Book Burning Scene In “Origin” | The New YorkerThe New Yorker2024-01-22 | The director breaks down a key scene in which she re-created a Nazi book burning from 1933, and explains its urgent connection to book-banning movements today.
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http://bit.ly/newyorkeryoutubesubThe Barber of Little Rock | 2024 Oscar-Nominated Documentary Short | The New Yorker DocumentaryThe New Yorker2024-01-10 | John Hoffman and Christine Turner’s short film follows Arlo Washington as he helps members of his community escape the hazards of banking while Black. "The Barber of Little Rock" is nominated for Best Documentary Short at the 96th Academy Awards.
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http://bit.ly/newyorkeryoutubesubMusic Critic Amanda Petrusich’s Best Albums of 2023 | The New YorkerThe New Yorker2023-12-18 | The pop-music critic discusses the best three albums of the year.
00:00 Amanda Petrusich’s Best Albums of 2023
00:07 "Again" by Oneohtrix Point Never
01:24 "Javelin" by Sufjan Stevens
03:14 "My Back Was a Bridge for You to Cross" by ANOHNI and the Johnsons
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http://bit.ly/newyorkeryoutubesubComing of Age While Confronting Arab Stereotypes | Simo | The New Yorker Screening RoomThe New Yorker2023-12-15 | An Egyptian teen-ager, living in the suburbs of Montreal with his brother and father, confronts the sting of racism at home, in the writer and director Aziz Zoromba’s film “Simo.”
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http://bit.ly/newyorkeryoutubesubFilm Critic Richard Brody’s Best Movies of 2023 | The New YorkerThe New Yorker2023-12-14 | The film critic discusses the best three films of 2023.
00:00 Richard Brody's Best Films of 2023
00:09 Barbie
01:21 Asteroid City
02:46 Killers of the Flower Moon
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http://bit.ly/newyorkeryoutubesubA Blind Teacher Using Echolocation to Navigate the World | Echo | The New Yorker DocumentaryThe New Yorker2023-12-13 | Ben Wolin and Michael Minahan’s documentary short follows Daniel Kish, who uses clicks and echos to listen his way through the world.
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http://bit.ly/newyorkeryoutubesubA Landmine Survivor’s Resilience | Carpenter | The New Yorker DocumentaryThe New Yorker2023-12-08 | Khalil Sahragard’s documentary short follows an amputee in Kurdistan who carves prosthetics for others who, like him, have lost limbs to munitions left over from the Iran-Iraq war.
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http://bit.ly/newyorkeryoutubesubErrol Morris on the Holocaust and Its Lessons | The New YorkerThe New Yorker2023-12-07 | The celebrated documentarian moderates a discussion with survivor Nina Gottlieb and director Daniel Lombroso about the award-winning film "Nina & Irena."
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http://bit.ly/newyorkeryoutubesubThe Euphoria of Cold-Water Immersion | Swimming Through | The New Yorker DocumentaryThe New Yorker2023-12-06 | In Samantha Sanders’s documentary short, a group of women find pandemic solace, in a death-defying ritual.
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http://bit.ly/newyorkeryoutubesubNavigating a City Without Street Addresses | Direcciones | The New Yorker DocumentaryThe New Yorker2023-12-05 | In Costa Rica, a centralized system for street addresses does not exist, so people use landmarks as reference points in giving out directions. A short documentary by María Luisa Santos and Carlo Nasisse attempts to figure out why.
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http://bit.ly/newyorkeryoutubesubA Courageous Assemblymans Stand for Reproductive Rights | Deciding Vote | The New YorkerThe New Yorker2023-11-29 | The lawmaker George Michaels casts a historic vote to legalize abortion which destroys his political career, in a short documentary directed by Jeremy Workman and Rob Lyons, with support from the actress Laura Linney.
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http://bit.ly/newyorkeryoutubesubBob and Don: A Love Story a short documentary by Judd Apatow | The New YorkerThe New Yorker2023-11-28 | Opposites make for great comedy in the life-long friendship of comedy legends Bob Newhart and Don Rickles by Judd Apatow.
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http://bit.ly/newyorkeryoutubesubOne Black Family’s Quest to Reclaim Their Name | Parker | The New Yorker DocumentaryThe New Yorker2023-11-20 | A Kansas City family reunites to do something that countless African Americans before them could not do—choose their own last name.
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http://bit.ly/newyorkeryoutubesubKnight of Fortune | 2024 Oscar-Nominated Live-Action Short | The New Yorker Screening RoomThe New Yorker2023-11-17 | In Lasse Lyskjær Noer’s short film, Karl has a chance encounter with a stranger who helps him open up about his grief. "Knight of Fortune" is nominated for Best Live-Action Short at the 96th Academy Awards.
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http://bit.ly/newyorkeryoutubesubA Holocaust Survivor Breaks Eighty Years of Silence | Nina & Irena | The New Yorker DocumentaryThe New Yorker2023-11-15 | In a documentary presented by Errol Morris and directed by Daniel Lombroso, a grandmother reckons with her sister’s sudden disappearance during the Second World War.
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http://bit.ly/newyorkeryoutubesubBaby Puffins Meet Their Unlikely Saviors | Puffling | The New Yorker DocumentaryThe New Yorker2023-11-08 | Icelandic teens are trading late-night parties for nocturnal rescues of young seabirds on a remote island.
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http://bit.ly/newyorkeryoutubesubThe Lives Lost During the U.S. Mission in Afghanistan | The Night Doctrine | The New YorkerThe New Yorker2023-11-03 | An Afghan journalist embarks on a journey to discover who killed her family thirty years ago, only to uncover the deaths of hundreds of civilians from an American-backed program, as documented in a film by Mauricio Rodríguez Pons and Almudena Toral.
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http://bit.ly/newyorkeryoutubesubNew York’s Best-Dressed Dogs Compete | The New YorkerThe New Yorker2023-11-02 | Zeph McDonough takes a tour through the Annual Great PUPkin Dog Costume Contest, and talks to its quirky participants.
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http://bit.ly/newyorkeryoutubesubA Blind Child’s Endless Imagination | The Unicorn in Snowpants Suddenly Ran Off | The New YorkerThe New Yorker2023-11-01 | In a short documentary by Philipp Schaeffer, three outgoing kids share the surreal worlds they’ve created.
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http://bit.ly/newyorkeryoutubesubThe Final Work of an Israeli Filmmaker Killed by Hamas | The Boy | The New Yorker Screening RoomThe New Yorker2023-10-27 | Yahav Winner's film captures the discordant reality of life along the Israel-Gaza border.
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http://bit.ly/newyorkeryoutubesubGen Z and the World of Financial Domination | Alpha Kings | The New Yorker DocumentaryThe New Yorker2023-10-25 | A group of young men forgo college to support themselves on OnlyFans as ‘masters,’ where thousands of clients consent to the kink and relinquish control over their finances, in a short documentary by Faye Tsakas and Enrique Pedráza-Botero.
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http://bit.ly/newyorkeryoutubesubA Caretaker’s Saintly Patience | Nauha | The New Yorker Screening RoomThe New Yorker2023-10-20 | In Pratham Khurana’s short film, a young home health aide provides comfort to a short-tempered patient nearing the end of his life.
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http://bit.ly/newyorkeryoutubesubThe Brutal Reality of China’s Fishermen | Squid Fleet | The New Yorker DocumentaryThe New Yorker2023-10-11 | In Ed Ou and Will N. Miller’s short documentary, crew members work tirelessly thousands of miles from shore to provide squid for the global food chain.
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http://bit.ly/newyorkeryoutubesubA Rock Star Takes the Stage at Nursing Homes | Goldie | The New Yorker DocumentaryThe New Yorker2023-10-04 | After his mother begins needing long-term care, a wild rock musician takes his performances to facilities like hers, in a short documentary by Billy Miossi.
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http://bit.ly/newyorkeryoutubesubWomen Speak Out After Mass Arrests in El Salvador | La Isla | The New Yorker DocumentaryThe New Yorker2023-09-27 | Families on a remote island in El Salvador face profound isolation and grief when thousands of men across the country are accused of gang affiliation, in a short documentary by Amada Torruella.
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http://bit.ly/newyorkeryoutubesubHow to Handle a Crisis Mid-Flight | Airhostess-737 | The New Yorker Screening RoomThe New Yorker2023-09-22 | In Thanasis Neofotistos’s short film, a flight attendant tries to keep it together as her new set of braces and a devastating secret threaten to unravel her.
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http://bit.ly/newyorkeryoutubesubA Ninety-Five-Year-Old Shares Her Secret to Happiness | Encarnación | The New Yorker DocumentaryThe New Yorker2023-09-20 | A great-aunt shares her wisdom on death, happiness, and the joys of playtime, in a film by David Javier Pisonero Tarantino.
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http://bit.ly/newyorkeryoutubesubWhen Ukrainian Artists Prepare for War | Liturgy of Anti-Tank Obstacles | The New Yorker DocumentaryThe New Yorker2023-09-13 | In Western Ukraine, sculptors who used to make religious statues retrain to fight the Russian invasion in a film by Dmytro Sukholytkyy Sobchuk.