Documentary

They spent 10 years chasing a TV dream that never got made. That dream was “Manifesto!”—an unscripted series about real activists and disenfranchised communities. Trailer for “We Want the Airwaves” … Read more

John Paul DeJoria goes from being homeless in Los Angeles twice and running with motorcycle gangs to co-founding Paul Mitchell and Patrón. Trailer for “Good Fortune” You Can’t Make This … Read more

Roger Stone (Donald Trump’s flamboyant, Nixon-tattooed political hitman) lets a filmmaker follow him as the 2020 election spirals toward January 6. Emily Baker of MSN recommended this one. Trailer for … Read more

Imagine the opening of Saving Private Ryan—but stretched across a single mile of Ukrainian forest packed with mines, drones, and Russian troops. A frontline journalist follows a platoon step-by-step toward … Read more

Two French brothers helped invent movies…and this documentary lets you watch the moment cinema was born. I first found it through this post on Kottke.org…and they found it through this … Read more

If Monty Python started a church, marketed it like Apple in 1984, and accidentally predicted Reddit. JR “Bob” Dobbs & the Church of the SubGenius tells the story of how … Read more

What happens when a Catholic priest admits (on camera) to molesting dozens of children…and the Church still protected him for years? Trailer for “Deliver Us From Evil” You Can’t Make … Read more

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