Retrograde
Dir. Matthew Heineman
Retrograde takes place in early 2021 and captures the exact moment when the US troops exited Afghanistan, effectively leading to…
Gather
Dir. Sanjay Rawal
This insightful and uplifting documentary is about a growing movement within indigenous communities: obtaining food sovereignty by going back to…
The Truffle Hunters
Dir. Gregory Kershaw & Michael Dweck
With truffle being so expensive, you would think that the world would eventually figure out how to get this tasty…
Scheme Birds
Dir. Ellen Fiske & Ellinor Hallin
In Motherwell, you either “get locked up or knocked up,” or so says Gemma, a teenager on the cusp of…
Sabaya
Dir. Hogir Hirori
When it comes to depicting human rights violations, sometimes it’s more important to depict them as fast as you can,…
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…
The Kingmaker
Dir. Lauren Greenfield
There is no shortage of resources—be it books, films, articles, or interviews—about the atrocities Ferdinand Marcos unleashed on the Philippines.…
The Great Buster: A Celebration
Dir. Peter Bogdanovich
In his last film, American Serb film historian Peter Bogdanovich celebrates silver screen legend Buster Keaton. The subject alone is…
Science Fair
Dir. Cristina Costantini & Darren Foster
Science Fair is simultaneously a feel-good documentary and a feel-bad one: while inspiring and reassuring for all the brilliant young…
You Are Not Alone: Fighting the Wolf Pack
Dir. Almudena Carracedo & Robert Bahar
After the La Manada rape case in 2016, it was necessary to document this event, especially since the widespread national…
Jane
Dir. Brett Morgen & Joo Jin
Few lived a life as extraordinary as the late Jane Goodall had, and even fewer are captured with such tenderness…
Letter from Masanjia
Dir. Leon Lee
When thinking about buying something, it’s easy to only think about price and quality, but with many investigations around the…
Master of Dark Shadows
Dir. David Gregory
While cable television didn’t have the same prestige as movies for decades, nevertheless the format garnered some influence, even then,…
The Missing Picture
Dir. Rithy Panh
The medium of cinema has been used as a tool for revolution, but so too was it complicit in genocide.…
To Kill a Tiger
Dir. Nisha Pahuja
To Kill a Tiger should not be an easy watch. It’s about the gang rape of 13-year-old Kiran, a girl…
The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness
Dir. Mami Sunada
True to form, this documentary about the famed Japanese animation studio enjoys lingering in the ordinary day to day experience…
My Best Fiend
Dir. Werner Herzog
Sometimes, we meet people we don’t like, but in some way or another, we’re forced to keep dealing with them.…
All In This Tea
Dir. Gina Leibrecht & Les Blank
You don’t have to be a tea drinker to enjoy this warm film from documentary legend Les Blank. The passion…
Human Flow
Dir. Ai Weiwei & Weiwei Ai
Chinese artist Ai Weiwei directs his attention towards the ongoing refugee crisis, the biggest displacement of people since World War…