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He is featured in a documentary titled "Killer Inside: The Mind of..." He was an ex-NFL tight-end for the New England Patriots.

Who is Aaron Hernandez?

100
Name for a "nonfictional motion-picture intended to 'document reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction, education or maintaining a historical record.'

What is a documentary?

100

This event occurs in the spring and celebrates the achievements of Douglass students and the end of the spring semester.

What is the Sacred Path Ceremony?

100

The extremely popular documentary that everyone bingewatched during the 2020 quarantine that was centered around the abuse of zoo animals.

What is Tiger King?

200

This true crime film explores the raw footage of the murders of Shannan Watts and her two children, Bella and Celeste.

What is American Murder: The Family Next Door?

200

A mode of documental film that focuses on social problems within the world, and uses verbal commentary or present exposition, and interprets the material that the viewer is watching.

What is expository mode?

200

She is the director of 13th and the drama series When They See Us. She is the first Black woman to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture and Best Documentary Feature.

Who is Ava DuVernay?

200

This living-learning community is home to Douglass STEM students and Douglass SEBS LLCs.

What is Woodbury Bunting-Cobb?

200

When in Rome... you call this god Jupiter.

Who is Zeus?

300

This suspenseful documentary features internet detectives that helped catch a Canadian killer from a Youtube video.

What is Don't F**k With Cats: Hunting An Internet Killer?

300

A mode of documental film in which the filmmaker acknowledges their presence in front of the camera, and gets rid of documented constructs and expectations; it challenges the impression of reality. 

What is reflexive mode?

300

This mentoring program is implemented into the Knowledge & Power curriculum to provide assistance to students completing their BOLD Action Plans and other resources.

What is the Barbara Voorhees Mentoring Program?

300

The U.S. state where Mount Rushmore is located in.

What is South Dakota?

400

This film explores the mysterious disappearance of a girl who vanished while on a family vacation in Portugal.

What is "The Disappearance of Madeleine McCann"?

400

This mode of documental film follows the person around to observe events that happen in their life, and how these events unfold. Also known as "fly on the wall."

What is observational mode?

400

Filmmaker Michael Moore directed this documentary centering the 1999 Columbine High School massacre and US gun violence and laws.

What is Bowling For Columbine?

400

This is one of the "sections" of the Douglass Experience. (multiple answers possible)

What is Knowledge & Power?

What is Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion?

What is Douglass Discovery?

What is Career Development?

What is Douglass Community Engagement?

400

The only country that borders both the Caspian Sea and the Persian Gulf.

What is Iran?
500

This documentary explains the suspicious death of Michael Peterson's wife, whether it was accidental or a crime.

What is "The Staircase"?

500

This mode of documental film engages the viewer in a story but exposes them to facts, and on the experiences of the filmmaker themself to a specific social group or point in history

What is performative mode?

500

This is the due date for the Barbara Voorhees Mentoring Program application for the Fall 2022 semester.

What is April 22, 2022?

500

A mode of documental film that involves an interview between the filmmaker and the subject. The documented has a level of influence over the footage and facts and introduces bias to the film.

What is participatory mode?

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