filmmaker, who is also this year’s Guest of Honor at IDFA, started the event

think it’s important to know that the person who’s organizing this festival is

of camaraderie and mutual admiration between the friends permeated the in-depth conversation, which touched on

a dark side to what we do, dark traditions, which falls within imperial history

do you undo that? How do you interrogate power? How do ask the audience to

American, it is terrifying to witness [the invasion of Iraq]

proposing to invade a country because we think they might do something

obscene contradiction, right? We’re occupying you but it’s really just to bring you

really hard to stomach,” commented Poitras when speaking about her sophomore feature, “My Country, My

question of belonging and loving your country, your society, the place where you come