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=== Writings and documentary shorts === Morris has also written long-form journalism, exploring different areas of interest and published on ''The New York Times'' website.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/category/errol-morris/ |title=The New York Times |access-date=2010-08-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100817052951/http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/category/errol-morris/ |archive-date=2010-08-17 |url-status=dead }}</ref> A collection of these essays, titled ''Believing is Seeing: Observations on the Mysteries of Photography,'' was published by Penguin Press on September 1, 2011. In November 2011, Morris premiered a documentary short titled "The Umbrella Man"—featuring [[Josiah Thompson|Josiah "Tink" Thompson]]—about the Kennedy assassination on ''The New York Times'' website.<ref>{{cite news|title=The Umbrella Man|url=https://www.nytimes.com/video/2011/11/21/opinion/100000001183275/the-umbrella-man.html|access-date=28 September 2013|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=21 November 2011|author=Errol Morris}}</ref> In 2012, Morris published his second book, ''[[A Wilderness of Error|A Wilderness of Error: The Trials of Jeffrey MacDonald]]'', about [[Jeffrey MacDonald]], the [[Green Berets|Green Beret]] physician convicted of killing his wife and two daughters on February 17, 1970. Morris first became interested in the case in the early 1990s and believes that MacDonald is not guilty after undertaking extensive research.<ref>{{cite news|title=A Jury Said Jeffrey MacDonald Killed His Wife and Kids. So Did '60 Minutes' and a Bestseller. 40 Years Later, Errol Morris Counters With 500 Pages of Awkward Questions.|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jesse-kornbluth/a-jury-said-jeffrey-macdo_b_1852292.html|access-date=28 September 2013|newspaper=[[The Huffington Post]]|date=4 September 2012|author=Jesse Kornbluth}}</ref> Morris explained in a July 2013 interview, prior to the reopening of the case: "What happened here is wrong. It's wrong to convict a man under these circumstances. And if I can help correct that, I will be a happy camper."<ref name="Fast">{{cite web |author=FastTheLatestNews |date=12 July 2013 |title=The controversial case of Dr. Jeffrey MacDonald |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yd7ltZIqFs |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/5yd7ltZIqFs |archive-date=2021-12-11 |access-date=28 September 2013 |work=[[YouTube]] |publisher=Google, Inc |format=Video upload}}{{cbignore}}</ref> He now states that he does not believe that Macdonald is guilty, but thinks it possible that Macdonald is guilty.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Miller|first=Laura|date=2020-10-03|title=Errol Morris Responds to the Wilderness of Error Finale|url=https://slate.com/culture/2020/10/wilderness-of-error-finale-ending-errol-morris-interview.html|access-date=2020-10-30|website=Slate Magazine|language=en}}</ref>
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