Kokomo City
Dir. D. Smith
The idea of representation in movies is often limited to superficial gestures of putting on screen people who look a…
All That Breathes
Dir. Shaunak Sen
Though it doesn’t proceed like most animal/nature-centered documentaries that you’ve seen, the Oscar-nominated All That Breathes is instantly memorable in…
The Mole Agent
Dir. Maite Alberdi
Going deep undercover, integrating one’s self into a group without any suspicion, and passing out information to another party… That’s…
A House Made of Splinters
Dir. Simon Lereng Wilmont
Somewhere near the border between Russia and Ukraine lies a shelter for kids coming from unstable homes. Their parents, either…
The Central Park Five
Dir. David McMahon & Ken Burns
The Central Park Five is a harrowing documentation of the unseen narrative surrounding the 1989 Central Park Jogger case. Five…
Collective
Dir. Alexander Nanau
Following a group of journalists uncovering an entire architecture of institutional corruption in Romania, Collective makes for an inspiring watch—not…
Bill Cunningham New York
Dir. Richard Press
Doubling as a cartography of the ever-changing city, Bill Cunningham New York portrays the secluded pioneer of street fashion with…
Grizzly Man
Dir. Werner Herzog
Arguably Werner Herzog’s most renowned film, Grizzly Man is a thought-provoking documentary about Tim Treadwell, a man who, as the…