The Ukrainian journalist Mstyslav Chernov was in Mariupol, in the southeastern part of the country, when the Russian invasion began. The footage that he and his colleagues gathered there became “20 Days in Mariupol,” one of this year’s Oscar nominees for best documentary feature. Our critic Manohla Dargis talks about the impact the film had on her, and how Chernov’s filmmaking “closes the distance between you and what you are watching.”
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Manohla Dargis is the chief film critic of The New York Times.
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The photographer Evgeniy Maloletka picking his way through the aftermath of a Russian attack in Mariupol, Ukraine, on Feb. 24, 2022.Credit...Mstyslav Chernov/Associated Press
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Manohla Dargis is the chief film critic of The Times, which she joined in 2004. She has an M.A. in cinema studies from New York University, and her work has been anthologized in several books.More about Manohla Dargis
