Austerlitz
The new film from Sergei Loznitsa (Maidan, The Event) is a stark yet rich and complex portrait of tourists visiting the grounds of former Nazi extermination camps, and a sometimes sardonic study of the relationship (or the clash) between contemporary culture and the sanctity of the site.
Dog Valley
In 1988, two ex-convicts kidnapped, beat, raped, tortured and murdered Gordon Church, a gay college student from a rural Mormon community in southern Utah. Dog Valley explores the horrific events…
IMAX Dolphins and Whales: Tribes of the Ocean
This documentary goes to coral reefs of the Bahamas and the waters of the Kingdom of Tonga for a close encounter with the surviving tribes of the ocean: wild dolphins…
Reggie
One of sport’s first and most influential megastars, beloved baseball icon and 5-time World Series champion Reggie Jackson contemplates his legacy as a trailblazing Black athlete fighting for dignity, respect,…
Death Metal Angola
Following nearly 40 years of unrelenting war, peace and reconstruction are slowly arriving to Angola. Huambo, Angola’s second largest city, finds 55 children in the Okutiuka orphanage under the care…
Harlan County U.S.A.
This film documents the coal miners’ strike against the Brookside Mine of the Eastover Mining Company in Harlan County, Kentucky in June, 1973. Eastovers refusal to sign a contract (when…
Notre-Dame: Our Lady of Paris
This ABC documentary special provides a detailed look into the disastrous fire that ravaged Paris’ revered Notre-Dame Cathedral in 2019. Firsthand accounts of firefighters, clergy, local officials and those who…
The Hustle of @617MikeBiv
The Hustle of @617MikeBiv details the life of Michael L. Bivins. A kid from Roxbury’s Orchard Park Projects who dreamed of playing in the NBA, but due to his popularity…
Netizens
Cynthia Lowen’s powerful documentary Netizens highlights three women as each wages war against one of the internet’s most malevolent forces: prevalent and un-policed misogyny, harassment, and stalking. Directed at thousands…
The Big Wave Project: A Band of Brothers
The Big Wave Project is a masterful, award-winning documentary on the art of big wave riding from veteran Australian surf filmmaker Tim Bonython. For five years, Tim followed a tight-knit…
Travelin’ Band: Creedence Clearwater Revival at the Royal Albert Hall
Featuring never-before-seen concert footage and narration by Jeff Bridges, this documentary explores CCR’s humble origins and meteoric rise.
The All-Around Reduced Personality: Redupers
Edda Chiemnyjewski, a freelance press photographer and single mother living in 1970s West Berlin, is confronted with the fact that “a cook has no time for affairs of state”. She…
War Dog: A Soldier’s Best Friend
This poignant documentary explores the unbreakable bond between multi-purpose K9s and their handlers.