This is a heartbreaking look at generational addiction. Filmed over three years, the documentary follows a 26-year-old woman trying to break free from the same cycle of drugs, prison, and … Read more

He spent his life protecting Chile’s memory. Now he’s losing his own. This doc follows journalist Augusto Góngora and actress Paulina Urrutia as they fight Alzheimer’s together. I first heard … Read more

Who could make a 9½-hour documentary about the Holocaust without using a single second of archival footage? French filmmaker Claude Lanzmann did just that. JA lot of people are fans … Read more

Did you know that the fifth Beatle was a brother? Billy Preston! Shout-out to Andrew Chan at 4Columns, whose piece sent me down the Billy Preston rabbit hole. Trailer for … Read more

What happens when a legendary Black artist paints freedom onto the walls of Rikers Island—and the system tries to bury it? I first saw the story on Colossal, which highlighted … Read more

Two steel cables snap and eight people hang 900 feet above a rocky gorge in the Himilayas. And the last cable is fraying. I found out about this one on … Read more

In Alabama, inmates say this prison is built on violence, forced labor, and cover-ups. And they risk their lives to prove it. Hugh Scott from CinemaBlend​ listed this as one … Read more

It’s part sports doc, part coming-of-age story, and part post-war survival tale. Two teenage boys. One shattered Olympic track. And a country still trying to rebuild itself. Jason Kottke of … Read more