A documentary traces the efforts of Dr. Lonnie Thompson, a scientist who starting collecting evidence of global warming in the 1970s.
Category: Documentary Films and Programs
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Documentary on New York City’s 1970s Fiscal Crisis Wins Film Prize
A documentary about the city’s fiscal crisis of the 1970s, co-directed by the son of one of its saviors, wins the Library of Congress Lavine/Ken Burns Prize for Film.
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Talking Heads on the Return of ‘Stop Making Sense’
The 40th-anniversary restoration of a great concert film is a funk spectacle. It has also united the band, which split in 1991, to discuss a landmark achievement.
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‘The First Year’ Review: Allende’s Rule in Chile
The French-language version of a 1971 documentary by Patricio Guzmán is an extraordinary document of a nation in transition.
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‘Joyce Carol Oates’ Review: What’s She Thinking?
This generic documentary, subtitled “A Body in the Service of Mind,” is so fixated on canonizing its subject that it skirts around what makes her so intriguing: her peculiar and provocative ideas.
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‘Portrait of the Queen’ Review: Seeking Fresh Angles on a Familiar Face
This documentary attempts to give a unique look at Queen Elizabeth II by speaking to photographers who took portraits of her.
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‘Scout’s Honor’ Review: Uncovering a History of Abuse
This documentary, subtitled “The Secret Files of the Boy Scouts of America,” unveils the legacy organization’s habit of covering up cases of sexual abuse.
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Two Documentaries on School Integration Offer New Views of an Old Problem
Premiering in September, the films take very different looks at what has and hasn’t changed in the almost 70 years since Brown v. Board of Education.
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Nancy Buirski, Award-Winning Documentary Filmmaker, Dies at 78
She won Emmy and Peabody Awards for “The Loving Story,” about a Virginia couple’s successful challenge to a ban on interracial marriage.
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Overlooked No More: Chick Strand, Pioneering Experimental Filmmaker
Often turning her lens on women, she emerged as one of independent cinema’s fiercest proponents on the West Coast.
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‘We Kill for Love’ Review: Soft-Core Erotica of the VCR Years
This documentary explores a narrow genre of direct-to-VHS soft-core thrillers that found a niche with the advent of video rentals and home viewing.
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Documentaries to Stream Now: ‘Primary,’ ‘4 Little Girls’ and More
This month’s picks include a look back at a presidential primary, a remembrance of the victims of a hate crime and an intriguing visit to a Northwest Atlantic island.