Lauren Saffa

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In the golden age of documentaries, who benefits? SUBJECT reveals the unintended consequences – good, bad, and complicated – of having your life shared on screen. Featuring the protagonists of acclaimed documentaries The Staircase, Hoop Dreams, The Wolfpack, Capturing the Friedmans, and The Square, as well as the filmmakers of Minding the Gap, Cameraperson, An Inconvenient Truth, and more.

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In the golden age of documentaries, who benefits? SUBJECT reveals the unintended consequences – good, bad, and complicated – of having your life shared on screen. Featuring the protagonists of acclaimed documentaries The Staircase, Hoop Dreams, The Wolfpack, Capturing the Friedmans, and The Square, as well as the filmmakers of Minding the Gap, Cameraperson, An Inconvenient Truth, and more.

The Great Imposter and Me

From 1979 till 1986, Barry Bremen, a Detroit area novelty goods salesman, became known in the sports world as the great imposter. Playfully seeking the spotlight, Bremen posed as a player in major league baseball, the NBA, the NFL, and as a PGA tour golfer, an NHL referee, and even a Dallas Cowboy Cheerleader. But years after he passed away, another secret of his was uncovered.

Blackfeet Boxing: Not Invisible

As the epidemic of missing and murdered Indigenous women epidemic affects tribal communities, a group of Blackfeet women tackle the threat head-on by practicing and training in self-defense.

Against the Odds

This is the journey of five Dota players and a coach, who, just two months before, had never played together. In 2018, OG were at rock-bottom, hit by painful departures and scrapping in qualifiers for Dota 2's TI8. Against the Odds is the fairytale of this broken team's shot at Gaming’s biggest prize.

Do You Trust this Computer?

Science fiction has long anticipated the rise of machine intelligence, and today a new generation of self-learning computers has begun to reshape every aspect of our lives. Will A.I. usher in an age of unprecedented potential, or prove to be our final invention?