October 31, 2018
With the 2018 midterms on the horizon, we've curated a list of campaign documentaries to get you in the spirit before casting your ballot on Election
Docs about Politics
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July 10, 2018On July 1, Mexicans hit the polls to decide the country's new president amidst widespread violence, including violence against political candidates
July 10, 2018When the 2010 Citizens United Supreme Court decision opened the floodgates to money in political campaigns, New Jersey-based director Kimberly Reed
June 9, 2018Emmy and Peabody Award-winning filmmaker Eugene Jarecki is known for his journalistic political documentaries. A public intellectual on domestic and
May 16, 2018Filmmaker Greg Barker began working as a freelance journalist in news and international conflict for CNN, covering Yugoslavia and issues in the
April 27, 2018When filmmaker Dawn Porter was approached to produce and direct a new documentary about Robert F. Kennedy and his 1968 presidential campaign, she
December 20, 2017I've had more than a passing interest in the splash arrival this month of Steven Spielberg's movie The Post , starring Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks,
July 11, 2017August 2015—Guatemala City: On my iPhone are images from 800 feet looking down over tens of thousands of demonstrators on the street below, besieging
June 28, 2017Editor’s Note: Primary , the epochal vérité masterpiece from four of Drew Associates, captured the behind-the-scenes drama of candidate/US Senator
May 16, 2017Editor's Note: Some of the greatest documentaries of all time would be inconceivable without their protagonists to drive the stories and keep us