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and I guess that's what caused me to doubt, not in the film itself, but if there was a correct way to talk about race. #hwa5 #thespectrumfallsapart

Conversation with White People on Race, with the nervous laughter, the shaky voices, when they struggled to find the "right" words, made that instability feel real. like the people talking seemed like they didn't know what they believed or how they were supposed to answer...

Smith’s truth was personal and human, & Brakhage’s was more like art. Smith teaches through language, & Brakhage through vision, but they are both real in a way. #hwa5 #smithandbrakhage

Watching Clint Smith and Stan Brakhage was different. Smith was asking to listen and feel, through his story, history, and emotion that brought truth. Brakhage’s Mothlight asked me to just look, literally no sound, just light and movement....

feeling. #hwa5 #thinking

5. Mothlight This is just hard to understand. It's made from moth wings and leaves so technically it is "real," but it feels more like something symbolic like its trying to show or say something. It is only nonfiction bc its an actual moth but the rest is just based off of...

#hwa5 #209spectrum

Now a documentary feels less like news and more like an emotion, something that teaches, provokes, or unsettles me. It’s not just what I am seeing or hearing, it’s what stays with me after it ends. #hwa5 #whatdocsdo

I used to think that documentaries are always filled with facts or interviews, but i realized that even texts and memories can be a part of it, showing that docs aren't always about narration, maybe its just feeling. #hwa5 #whatdocsdo

After watching all these docs, I realized a documentary isn’t just about showing “truth," it's about feeling it. Whether it’s a poem, a conversation, or even flashes of light, they all make us experience the truth in different ways. #hwa5 #whatdocsdo

It feels real but weird at the same time, coz we r reading someone else's "life: through a phone screen & the tone is gentle, nostalgic, and current, showing how technology stores our emotional lives. Im sure I would feel connected to my phone like this. #hwa5 #160characters

This doc feels intimate and emotional, bc it narrates a personal story through old text messages & showing love and loss through digital pieces. #hwa5 #160characters

160 charavters is what I always thought docs were like, the intimate feel with this serious voice-over. #hwa5 #shortdocwatchparty

There is no clear image, but I'm guessing it's just moth wings and leaves making something abstract which is kind of a weird truth coz to me it looks like it is showing life and death in motion #hwa5 #mothlight

There is literary no sound in this, which counters what I thought about how music makes things powerful. But in this ig it is powerful in its own way bc it looks natural. #hway #mothlight