documentaries

Jazz, politics, continents collide in Oscar-nominated 'Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat'

5:40pm February 27, 2025

by Bilal Qureshi

Johan Grimonprez's film charts both the hopes and the tragedies of Africa's freedom movements in the shadow of the Cold War, as the Soviet Union and the U.S. jockey for influence in the "new world."

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Palestinian and Israeli filmmakers team up to create 'No Other Land'

11:03am January 31, 2025

This Oscar-nominated documentary, which tells the story of the Israeli military's demolition of Palestinian homes in the West Bank, was created by a team of two Palestinian and two Israeli filmmakers.

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From the HBO documentary Brandy Hellville & The Cult of Fast Fashion.

Arts

Three eye-opening documentaries you can stream right now

7:00am April 14, 2024

by Linda Holmes

In the streaming era it can be hard to keep track of all the new docs and docuseries. We recommend checking out: What Jennifer Did, Brandy Hellville & the Cult of Fast Fashion and The Synanon Fix.

Steve Martin in the Apple TV+ documentary STEVE!

Arts

New Steve Martin documentary spotlights a comedy legend with nothing left to prove

8:43am March 29, 2024

by Eric Deggans

Filmmaker Morgan Neville dives into a surprisingly enigmatic comic in his two-part Apple TV+ documentary.

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A new documentary examines the 'Star Wars Holiday Special' and asks: Why?

6:57pm December 09, 2023

by Linda Holmes

A new documentary called A Disturbance in the Force looks back on how the special happened and why it's been locked away ever since.

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Injured black kites at Wildlife Rescue, a clinic run by brothers Nadeem Shehzad and Muhammad Saud in Delhi. Over the past 12 years, they've treated nearly 26,000 of the raptors. The brothers are featured in a new prize-winning documentary, All That Breathes, opening in the U.S. this month and coming to HBO in 2023.

Health & Safety

Birds fall to Earth from Delhi's toxic skies. Two brothers are there to save them

12:26pm October 27, 2022

by Kamala Thiagarajan

Named the best documentary at Sundance and Cannes, All That Breathes explores the mission of two Muslim brothers: saving a raptor cut down by smog and deadly kite strings.