This documentary tells the story of Pasang Lhamu Sherpa, the first Nepali woman to summit Earth’s highest mountain.
Category: Documentary Films and Programs
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‘June’ Review: More Than Johnny Cash’s Wife
A new documentary by Kristen Vaurio details the life and career of the singer-songwriter, who was a member of country music royalty.
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‘Apolonia, Apolonia’ Review: A Whole Life in Art
The painter Apolonia Sokol is the ostensible subject of a wide-ranging documentary about life itself.
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‘Artie Shaw: Time Is All You’ve Got’ Review: A Lens on a Jazz Luminary
Brigitte Berman’s dazzling 1985 look at the self-taught virtuoso clarinetist and bandleader is showing after a restoration.
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‘Down in the Delta’ at 25: When Maya Angelou Considered Reverse Migration
The memoirist’s sentimental film speaks to Black Americans returning to the South.
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‘Down in the Delta’ at 25: When Maya Angelou Considered Reverse Migration
The memoirist’s sentimental film speaks to Black Americans returning to the South.
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‘Occupied City’ Review: Mapping the Holocaust, Street by Street
In his four-and-half-hour documentary, the British director Steve McQueen charts the fate of Amsterdam’s Jewish population during the Nazi occupation.
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‘Barbie’ Makes a Strong Showing on Oscar Shortlists
The film is the equivalent of a semifinalist in the song, score and sound categories. “Killers of the Flower Moon” also landed on several lists.
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‘Immediate Family’ Review: Unpacking a Musical Kinship
The session musicians who helped create the soundtrack of 1970s pop step into the spotlight in the director Denny Tedesco’s documentary.
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‘Godard Cinema’ Review: A Convention-Defying Auteur
This documentary looks at the work of Jean-Luc Godard, who sought with each new work to confound assumptions about how movies could look and sound.
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‘Home Alone,’ ‘Fame,’ and Apollo 13’ Join National Film Registry
These movies, along with “Bamboozled” and “Home Alone,” are among 25 selected by the Librarian of Congress.