March 25, 2020 4:14 pm

After wrapping her debut feature Represent, then seeing its world premiere at Cleveland International Film Festival cancelled due to the coronavirus, director and KTQ internship alum Hillary Bachelder began reflecting on both the immense toll and privilege required to sustain a career in the documentary film industry.
These issues have long been debated in the documentary community, and are now paramount as filmmakers try to understand an ever-shifting landscape. In what would have been the week of the world premiere of Represent, instead we invite you to read Hillary's essay in IndieWire: Privilege and Pandemic: How COVID-19 Reveals the Documentary Sustainability Crisis.
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