November 5, 2021
Fifty years ago, an uprising at a prison facility in upstate New York changed the course of history. And yet today the word "Attica" might more
Social Justice Docs
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September 30, 2021Though abolishing the police is still viewed as a fringe idea here in America, what happened to a Black female student in South Carolina is exhibit A
January 8, 2021At 1:14 pm on October 2, 2018, Jamal Khashoggi entered the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul. He was never seen again. While his fiancée, Hatice Cengiz,
June 15, 2020Belly 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
December 10, 2019It is the documentary artform's responsibility to keep viewers informed and intrigued about the world at large. As such, documentaries have always
July 8, 2019Journalism works to hold the powerful accountable, whether it is public officials or private corporations, provoking a public reckoning with
January 18, 2019This 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, 2019Documentary 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, 2019Autumn 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, 2018Julia Reichert, a three-time Academy Award nominee, has spent more than 40 years giving voice to women, children, the working class and the heartland