This documentary dives into the nation’s outrageous history of the policing of Black citizens by touching on the 2022 killing of Amir Locke.
Category: Documentary Films and Programs
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‘Aurora’s Sunrise’ Review: A Patchwork Record of the Armenian Genocide
This standout documentary combines archival footage and animated re-enactments to share one survivor’s memories.
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‘King Coal’ Review: A View From Appalachia
A coal miner’s daughter turned filmmaker profiles a region’s relationship with fossil fuel and presents a eulogy for a way of life.
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‘All Up in the Biz’ Review: Showtime’s Biz Markie Documentary
Biz Markie created hits like “Just a Friend” and influenced a wide range of rappers, many of whom remember him fondly in this Showtime documentary.
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‘The Eternal Memory’ Review: A Love That Lasts When Recollections Fade
This documentary from Maite Alberdi looks at how a couple faces one partner’s Alzheimer’s diagnosis.
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Rodriguez, Singer Whose Career Was Resurrected, Dies at 81
Two albums in the early 1970s went largely unnoticed in the United States, but not overseas. Then came the 2012 documentary “Searching for Sugar Man.”
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Jess Search, a Force in the Documentary Genre, Dies at 54
As one of the leaders of Doc Society, she supported countless filmmakers, with an emphasis on underrepresented groups and unconventional stories.
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‘Charm Circle’ Review: Welcome to Queens
In this tender and funny documentary, Nira Burstein films her parents in their house in Queens without making excuses about their unsettled lives.
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‘A Compassionate Spy’ Review: Back to the U.S.S.R.
The scientist and spy Theodore Hall is profiled in this warm, low-key documentary.
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Claire Simon Finds a New Subject: Herself
The French director Claire Simon was making a movie about a Paris hospital when she found out she had cancer. So she became a character in her own film.
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‘Our Body’ Review: Patience
The French director Claire Simon’s profoundly humane documentary focuses on patients in the gynecology ward of a Paris hospital.
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The Best True Crime to Stream Now
Four picks across television, documentary and podcast that do a lot more than rehash what we already know about notorious killers.