June 15, 2020
Belly of the Beast , Erika Cohn's follow-up to her multi-award-winning The Judge , tracks down a previously little-known story about enforced—and
Social Justice Docs
December 10, 2019
It is the documentary artform's responsibility to keep viewers informed and intrigued about the world at large. As such, documentaries have always
July 8, 2019
Journalism works to hold the powerful accountable, whether it is public officials or private corporations, provoking a public reckoning with
January 18, 2019
This Monday, we remember Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the legacy of the Civil Rights movement. Check out our curated list of documentary films and series on Dr. King and the civil rights era.
January 16, 2019
Documentary interviews Astra Taylor about her upcoming film What is Democracy?, a cinematic essay that asks that simple, yet profoundly complex, question. The film is essential viewing at this time because it both allows and forces us to grapple with the blindingly complex conundrums of governance.
January 8, 2019
Autumn has passed into winter in the San Francisco Bay Area. We notice this when it starts raining, but also when loads of documentaries slow to a
December 4, 2018
Julia Reichert, a three-time Academy Award nominee, has spent more than 40 years giving voice to women, children, the working class and the heartland
November 14, 2018
This year’s Courage Under Fire Award recipients, director Stephen Maing (High Tech, Low Life) and the whistleblowers of the NYPD 12 that he documented in his exquisite doc Crime + Punishment, may not at first glance seem as likely honorees as, say, journalists facing down the daily guns and bombs of the war-torn Middle East.
October 18, 2018
Alexandria Bombach's On Her Shoulders opens with a scrum of photographers. Everyone is trying to get the shot. Many are going for selfies. They want
August 22, 2018
Though heroic activists have been pushing for change in policing across the country in recent years, they've mostly sprung from those communities