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Race matters at this year s IFFBoston

Race matters at this year’s IFFBoston Peter Keough © Lost Nation Pictures From A Reckoning in Boston. Unsurprisingly, many of the documentaries in the virtual 2021 IFFBoston (May 6-16) reflect the traumas of 2020 in particular the ugly surge in racism. Here are three that report on that phenomenon with painful clarity. James Rutenbeck’s “ A Reckoning in Boston” might be seen as a more pessimistic supplement to Frederick Wiseman’s “City Hall” (2020). Rutenbeck started his project five years ago with the intent of following students in Dorchester’s Clemente Course, a program that offers free classes in the humanities to those of limited means. But he soon realized his disadvantage as a privileged white man from an affluent suburb taking on a subject about which he had little knowledge.

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This year s IFFBoston shows the virtues of going virtual

This year’s IFFBoston shows the virtues of going virtual Ty Burr © Mass Distraction Media Mavis Staples and Mahalia Jackson in Summer of Soul, the opening-night film at this year s Independent Film Festival of Boston. A virtual film festival is both a shame and a blessing: A shame because the coming together of live audiences and in-person filmmakers is an experience to treasure, a blessing because many more people can see the movies at home. For its 19th edition, Independent Film Festival Boston the largest festival in New England and one of the best curated – is going online-only from May 6 through May 16 at iffboston.org. If you’ve always wanted to go but have never quite managed to get there, here’s your chance.

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