Documentary

Val

By Leigh Singer

Part playful scrap book, part poignant confessional, this documentary self-portrait reveals plenty about its subject.

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El Father Plays Himself

By Matt Turner

This rich meta-documentary follows a father and son on a deeply personal filmmaking journey into the Amazon jungle.

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Pray Away

By Emily Maskell

This devastating documentary exposes the shocking truth of one of the world’s largest gay conversion therapy schemes.

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The Sparks Brothers

By Ed Gibbs

Edgar Wright’s tribute to two of his musical heroes is an exhilarating look back over a unique pop career.

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The Witches of the Orient

By Kambole Campbell

This riveting sports documentary tells the stranger-than-fiction story of the famed Japanese women’s volleyball team.

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Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

By Leila Latif

Questlove’s rhapsodic documentary revives the long-forgotten 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival, aka ‘Black Woodstock’.

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The Truffle Hunters

By Jake Cunningham

This charming documentary pays tribute to a group of elderly foragers and their trust canine companions.

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WITCH: We Intend to Cause Havoc

By Josh Slater-Williams

A charming and insightful docu-journey to rediscover one of the great pioneers of the ‘Zamrock’ movement.

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Last Man Standing

By Thomas Hobbs

Nick Broomfield rakes over the coals of the Biggie vs 2Pac saga but doesn’t find anything particularly new.

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The Filmmaker’s House

By Anton Bitel

Marc Isaacs’ docu-fiction hybrid has fun subverting the sit-com format, but feels glib and exploitative.

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The Reason I Jump

By Matthew Mulcahy

This documentary adaptation of Naoki Higashida’s memoir is an immersive sensory exploration of non-verbal autism.

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Gunda

By Matt Turner

Victor Kossakovsky’s documentary captures the daily rhythms of its porcine star’s life on the farm.

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Ahead of the Curve

By Laura Venning

This engaging documentary celebrates the work of an iconic lesbian publication and its fearsome creator.

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State Funeral

By Ed Gibbs

This captivating time capsule of the Soviet Union circa 1953 is a staggering feat of archive documentary.

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The Human Factor

By Adam Woodward

The inside story of America’s futile attempts to broker peace in the Middle East makes for fascinating viewing.

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Some Kind of Heaven

By Aimee Knight

This poignant documentary throws open the pearly gates of Florida’s largest retirement village.

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Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street

By Zosha Millman

Fuzzy feels abound in this entertaining if slight documentary about the creation of the iconic kids’ TV show.

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