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REVIEW: The ‘Shorts: Summer’ films of True/False showcases the beauty of diversity and unity

Chace Missouri • March 5, 2025
The annual ‘Shorts: Summer’ films at True/False capture diverse stories from filmmakers highlighting music and culture
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Buskers Last Stand marks the end of the 2025 True/False Film Fest

Chase Pray, Assistant News Editor • March 4, 2025
Musicians Kyren Penrose and Westin Archer performed alongside drona at the event
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REVIEW: ‘Abo Zaabal 89’ depicts intergenerational wounds left by political instability

Maya Bensaoud • March 4, 2025
The documentary illustrates how the scars of past violence continue to haunt families across generations
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REVIEW: ‘Make It Look Real’ invites the audience into a cozy studio amidst an unforgiving world

Boo May • March 4, 2025
Two photographers form a surprising friendship and an unsurprisingly lovely documentary
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Photo Story: Saturday Night Berlin Showcase rocks out at True/False Film Fest

Knox Mynatt • March 4, 2025
Bands from around the country visited Columbia to perform during the True/False Film Fest
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REVIEW: ‘Deaf President Now!’ is an important piece of disabled rights history

Ava McCluer • March 4, 2025
Nyle DiMarco and Davis Guggenheim’s documentary about the eight-day protest at Gallaudet University brought the audience to tears at the True/False Film Fest
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REVIEW: ‘Predators’ takes the idea of vigilantism and explores why ‘To Catch a Predator’ is so attention-grabbing 

Suzie Thomson • March 4, 2025
Director David Osit uses the film to ask the audience why they are so entertained by true crime and public humiliation
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REVIEW: ‘Requiem for a Tribe’ acts as a breathtaking reflection on one Iranian woman’s impossible inescapable uncertainty

Alex Gribb • March 4, 2025
Director Marjan Khosravi’s first full-length documentary follows Iranian matriarch Hajar Faramazi as she takes one last migration through the countryside
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REVIEW: ‘Sally’ paints an intimate portrait of an American pioneer

Faith Jacoby • March 3, 2025
“Sally” highlights the phenomenal life and career of astronaut and physicist Sally Ride, the first American woman in space
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VIDEO: True/False Film Fest Art Walk Showcases Variety of Artistic Ability

Myles Edgington, Ned Pickett, and Brooke Jurczyk • March 2, 2025

Throughout the runtime of True/False Film Fest, Sarah Nguyen, True/False's art installation curator, guides eventgoers through an art walk through downtown Columbia. The tour showcases a...

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REVIEW: Deeply personal, ‘The Silence of My Hands’ underscores the subtle fragilities of a long-distance relationship with intersectional advocacy

Ainsley Bryson • March 2, 2025
Filmmaker Manuel Acuña uses his personal relationship with the protagonists to invite the audience into the intimate struggles of an LGBTQ+ couple who are deaf
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REVIEW: ‘The Dating Game’ is a lighthearted yet introspective reflection on love and human connection

Sabrina Pan • March 2, 2025
Director Violet Du Feng delivers humor and sincerity in a documentary that examines dating in China following the one-child policy
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