She won Emmy and Peabody Awards for “The Loving Story,” about a Virginia couple’s successful challenge to a ban on interracial marriage.
Category: Documentary Films and Programs
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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.
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Nicholas Hitchon, Who Aged 7 Years at a Time in ‘Up’ Films, Dies at 65
He was one of the original children profiled in “Seven Up!,” a 1964 British documentary, and reappeared in subsequent installments for more than a half-century.
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The Best True Crime Podcasts and Documentaries to Stream Now
Four picks across television, film and podcast that will take American viewers and listeners to places with vastly different systems and understandings of justice.
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A Crash Course in the Elephant 6 Recording Co.
A new documentary explores the lo-fi psychedelic music made by bands including Apples in Stereo, the Olivia Tremor Control and Neutral Milk Hotel.
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‘Blue Box’ Review: Grappling With an Ancestor’s Impact
In this documentary, Michal Weits tries to process her ideas about her great-grandfather Joseph Weits, who was regarded as the father of Israeli forests.
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‘BS High’ Review: Greed and Football
A saga of high school football players taken advantage of by a dubious start-up is played for entertainment in this flawed documentary.
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‘Bella!’ Review: Taking the Fight to the Streets and the House
The jam-packed documentary “Bella!” hustles to chronicle the pioneering political career of the New York congresswoman Bella Abzug.
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‘Billion Dollar Heist’ Review: How to Rob a Bank, Digitally
This documentary chronicles a 2016 digital bank heist by pairing commentary from cybersecurity experts with a toolbox of visualization techniques.