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FromNationalGeographicDocumentaryFilms,AcademyAward-winningdirectorCynthiaWade,award-winningdirectorSharonLieseandexecutiveproducerGiannisAntetokounmpo,THEFLAGMAKERSposesoneoftoday’smostpressingquestions:whoistheAmericanflagfor?Employee-ownedEderFlaginOakCreek,Wisconsin,sewsandshipsfivemillionAmericanflagsayear.Theflagmakers—locals,immigrantsandrefugees—stitchstarsandstripesastheywrestlewithidentityandbelonging.SewingmanagerRadica,aSerbianimmigrant,believeseveryflaghasasoul.Ali,awarsurvivorfromIraq,islearninghowtouseasewingmachineafterarrivingintheUnitedStatesjust90daysprior.Midwestern-bornBarb’sgenuinefriendshipswithherimmigrantco-workersbelieherstaunchlyconservativebeliefs.SugarRay,aBlackmanbornandraisedinMilwaukee,reflectsonhiscomplicatedrelationshipwiththiscountry.Eachconsiders:WhatdoestheAmericanflagrepresentinachangingnationandworld,andforwhom?THEFLAGMAKERSisanintimateglimpseintothepeoplewhosehandsmakeAmerica’smostrecognizableicon.ExecutiveProducersCarolynBernstein,RyanHarrington,GiannisAntetokounmpo,MarkGordon,BenForkner,PamelaRyckman,SylviaGolden,JennaSegal,JayneSherman,DeborahC.vanEceee

　　JamesBenning’sfirstfilmcalledTheUnitedStatesofAmericawasa1975tripacrossthecountry,capturingitsscenerythroughacarwindshield.Thissecondonealsocrisscrossesthenation,butwithoutacar,carvingitupinsteadintoaseriesofstaticshotsofjustundertwominutes,oneforeachstate,presentedalphabetically,fromHeronBay,AlabamatoKelly,Wyoming.Thenamesoftheplacesarenondescript,buttheimagesattachedtothemareanythingbut,immaculatelycomposedshotsoflandscape,cityscapeandthespacesinbetween.AswemovefromAtoZ,theimagescoalesceintoaportraitoftoday’sUSA,tracingoutitsfaultlinesalmostinpassing:fenced-offfacilities,ariverbedrunningdry,factoriesandrefineries,run-downstreetsandgasstations,acampunderabridge.Thepastistheretoo,seepingupthroughthesongsandspeechesthatsporadicallypiercethebackgroundnoiseorthemotifsthatevokeawholecareer;theclouds,trainsandcabinsarestand-insforfilms,notjuststates.Asalways,there’stimeformoreabstractthoughtstoo:eachimagemaystandforastate,butrepresentativityisslippery.Whichstateismorecinematicthantherestccc

　　AFlashofBeauty:BigfootRevealedpresentsinterviewsfromresearchersandeyewitnesses.ThefilmcovershistoricalaccountsofBigfoot,thesignificancewithintheindigenouscultures,andtheemotionalimpactofaBigfootexperienceaaa

ItfollowsSusanZalkindasshetriestopiecetogetherthetruthbehindthemurdersofErikWeissman,BrendanMessandRaphaelTekeninMassachusetts.