This is part of an ongoing research agenda geared toward understanding the increasingly central role of data in our public and civic lives.
Research by American University provides case studies and best practices for cities to leverage games like Pokémon GO to achieve local goals
A quick snapshot of the documentaries and discussions at AFI Docs held in Washington DC in June 2018.
Picture Courtesy of Sundance Film Festival A documentary festival can feel like an exercise in resisting hopelessness. Films on refugees, cruel research experiments, income inequality, murder —...
Toby Shimin, editor for This Is Home; Penelope Falk, the editor for STEP; Carla Gutierrez, editor for RBG; George O’Donnell, editor for Jackie Robinson When I looked at the schedule for the Full...
Courtesy Sundance Institute The documentary This is Home: A Refugee Story follows four Syrian families as they maneuver through the hurdles of creating their new lives in the US. The film begins...
Photo Sourced from Sundance Institute Stephen Maing’s Crime + Punishment is a brow-raising, blood-boiling, and deeply intriguing documentary about the brave officers of the NYPD who have spoken...
David Kellman, Eddy Galland, and Bobby Shafran in “Three Identical Stangers”Photo sourced from Sundance Institute One of my favorite films screened at Full Frame Documentary Film Festival 2018...
Director Bing Liu with Full Frame Festival 2018 Student Fellows Sunshine Yang and Amelia Tyson. What do you do when you find that what your friend is doing is questionable? Or when you really want...
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