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Winner of Best South African Documentary at the Durban International Film Festival and heading to DOC NYC for its international premiere, From Dust We Spin takes audiences inside Spinning, a uniquely South African motorsport born of apartheid-era defiance. Join director Julia Jansch and featured subject and narrator Ricky Weaver for a Critics Choice Association conversation about grief, belonging, mentorship and the freedom found in motion.

Critics Choice Association Board Member Carla Renata sits down with Ben Kjar, subject of the feature documentary Standout: The Ben Kjar Story, as well as director Tanner Christensen and producer/director of photography T.C. Christensen, ASC. They discuss the extraordinary true story of a boy who spent years wishing he could blend in, only to discover that the very thing that made him stand out would give him the power to make a difference.

Critics Choice Association Member Carla Renata caught up with Dana Nachman and Freddie Nole to discuss their inspiring new short documentary, The Second Life of Freddie Nole, winner of 4 Audience awards and the Social Impact Award from Indy Shorts.

CCA member Tim Cogshell sits down with the subject of the film Luis Valdez, writer/director/producer David Alvarado, and producer Everett Katigbak to talk about writing a fictional narrator into a documentary, rescuing 80,000 feet of endangered El Teatro Campesino film, and putting the father of Chicano theater on the big screen.