Word: hid
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Whatever the level of artistry or popular appeal, the documentary is no longer ashamed. "When Hoop Dreams came out in 1994," recalls director Steve James, "it hid the fact that it was a documentary." Sheila Nevins, who oversaw the excellent America Undercover series for HBO, concurs. "When we started," she says, "we used to try to not call our programs documentaries for fear the public would run away from it. Now we can't wait...
...make fire." Jurubu, a soft-spoken man with close-cropped gray hair, high cheekbones and deeply inset eyes, looks to the 30 or so villagers sitting in a circle around him for confirmation. They nod and grunt assent, and he proceeds to talk about the time their shy ancestors hid themselves from the outside world in Liang Bua, a high-ceilinged cavern scooped out of a limestone hill about a kilometer away. Again a chorus of agreement. "Tell how Paju left the cave and married one of the normal humans," calls out a voice from the crowd...
...Ontas says proudly, his broad smile revealing jagged teeth stained ox-blood red by betel nut. Another elder is introduced, who, as well as measuring only 135 cm tall, has a pelt of hair covering his arms and legs. "It was because we were so hairy that our ancestors hid in Liang Bua," says Jurubu. "They were embarrassed...
...days like these, when even the most devoted art lovers would flee the Fogg for the Charles’ banks, public art all around the square conveniently hatches from its snow-lodged locales, finally freed from the cold winds and eye-covering scarves that have hid them from sight since November...
...first government assault on the building began as an armored vehicle rammed its way through the two-story-high, ornately carved wooden doors. Courthouse workers and guests hid in terror as the outgunned M-19 guerrillas shot it out with the troops. Scores of people who had been trapped in the building escaped in the chaos...