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Explore some of Art21’s award-winning films that have captured the hearts and minds of viewers all over the world. From Peabody and Hugo Awards to Vimeo Staff Picks and Webby Awards, Art21 has been honored for its film excellence for more than two decades. Notable highlights include Art21 films being official selections at Oscar-qualifying festivals, including the American Documentary Film Festival, Big Sky Documentary Film Festival, Blackstar Film Festival, DOC NYC, Flickers’ Rhode Island International Film Festival, Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, New Orleans Film Festival, and Sebastopol Documentary Film Festival.

 

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Art in the Twenty-First Century

The only series on television in the U.S. to focus exclusively on contemporary visual art and artists, Art in the Twenty-First Century is a Peabody Award-winning biennial program that follows artists at work as they transform inspiration into art.

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William Kentridge: Anything Is Possible

October 21, 2010

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Drake Carr's Favorite Thing

April 24, 2024

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Politics of Listening

Lawrence Abu Hamdan

February 7, 2024

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"Now and Forever"

Kerry James Marshall

December 6, 2023

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Miranda July in "Friends & Strangers"

October 20, 2023

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Linda Goode Bryant in “Friends & Strangers”

October 20, 2023

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Christine Sun Kim in “Friends & Strangers”

October 20, 2023

10:14
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Esteban Cabeza de Baca's Time Travels

September 20, 2023

13:58
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Painting from Life

Aliza Nisenbaum

August 2, 2023

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Anicka Yi in "Bodies of Knowledge"

June 23, 2023

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Guerrilla Girls in "Bodies of Knowledge"

June 23, 2023

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Tauba Auerbach in “Bodies of Knowledge”

June 23, 2023

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Hank Willis Thomas in "Bodies of Knowledge"

June 23, 2023

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Emotional Time

Sarah Sze

June 7, 2023

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Joiri Minaya’s Pattern Making

May 31, 2023

9:35
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Melting Boundaries

Shahzia Sikander

May 18, 2023

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Rose B. Simpson in “Everyday Icons”

April 7, 2023

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Daniel Lind-Ramos in “Everyday Icons”

April 7, 2023

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Shreds of Memory

Tau Lewis

February 1, 2023

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Systems & Structures

Charles Gaines

December 14, 2022

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What the Camera Cannot See

Richard Mosse

November 30, 2022

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生 / Shēng

Song Dong

October 26, 2022

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Rose Salane's Lost & Found

July 13, 2022

8:03
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Heidi Lau’s Spirit Vessels

June 1, 2022

12:19
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Never the Same

Richard Misrach

May 11, 2022

9:38
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Azikiwe Mohammed is a Guy Who Makes Stuff

March 23, 2022

7:53
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Tommy Kha's Bits & Pieces

March 9, 2022

8:00
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Salman Toor's Emerald Green

November 17, 2021

5:31
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Conversations with Noise

John Akomfrah

November 10, 2021

9:00
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Doreen Garner on Her Own Terms

November 3, 2021

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The Edge of Legibility

Kameelah Janan Rasheed

October 20, 2021

9:50
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Guadalupe Maravilla & the Sound of Healing

July 28, 2021

14:42
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Between the Earth and the Sky

Wangechi Mutu

July 21, 2021

8:30
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Adam Milner Takes Care of the Details

July 14, 2021

8:28
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Loie Hollowell's Transcendent Bodies

April 14, 2021

12:01
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Haunting the West

Michael Rakowitz

February 17, 2021

8:07
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An Open Horizon (or) the Stillness of a Wound

Firelei Báez

February 10, 2021

11:28
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The Freedom to Move

Shaun Leonardo

February 3, 2021

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"Light of Freedom"

Abigail DeVille

January 27, 2021

16:05
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John Akomfrah in "London"

September 18, 2020

12:23
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Anish Kapoor in "London"

September 18, 2020

8:57
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Infectious Beauty

Jes Fan

May 20, 2020

5:47
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Nathalie Djurberg & Hans Berg Share Their Feelings

April 29, 2020

7:16
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Bryan Zanisnik's Big Pivot

April 15, 2020

4:17
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Monument for the Living

Krzysztof Wodiczko

March 18, 2020

7:47
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In Between Languages

Meriem Bennani

March 5, 2020

8:48
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The Incredulity of Jacolby Satterwhite

February 5, 2020

9:43
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An Artist Walks into a Bar

Aki Sasamoto

September 18, 2019

7:10
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Jes Fan In Flux

May 15, 2019

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