Documentary of the Week

Documentary of the Week

Technology has made non-fiction film easier to make, more available and more popular than ever before. Here, WNYC selects the best documentaries as they come to screens of any size.

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"Little Richard: I Am Everything" celebrates a rock 'n' roll pioneer

"Little Richard: I Am Everything" celebrates a rock 'n' roll pioneer

"Little Richard: I Am Everything" brings a fresh perspective on the history of rock 'n' roll with insights from Mick Jagger and Billy Porter. Director Lisa Cortes explores what it meant to be Black an...

21 Huhti 20232min

From Clothing to Conservation in "Wild Life"

From Clothing to Conservation in "Wild Life"

"Wild Life" tells the love story of Doug and Kris Tompkins who gave up careers running North Face and Patagonia to devote themselves to conservation. Oscar-winning filmmaker E. Chai Vasarhelyi and Jim...

14 Huhti 20231min

Van Jones navigates controversy in "The First Step"

Van Jones navigates controversy in "The First Step"

In "The First Step," we follow progressive activist Van Jones as forges an unlikely alliance with Jared Kushner in the Trump administration to pass criminal justice reform. The film-making brothers, B...

7 Huhti 20231min

Revisiting the Iraq War in "The Army We Had"

Revisiting the Iraq War in "The Army We Had"

The American soldiers who were interviewed 20 years ago for the documentary "Gunner Palace" about the war in Iraq, look back on their experiences today in "The Army We Had." While many Americans may w...

31 Maalis 20231min

Who Was Nam June Paik?

Who Was Nam June Paik?

"Nam June Paik: Moon is the Oldest TV" profiles the ground-breaking video artist whose work in the 1970s and 80s anticipated numerous artistic and technological innovations that came afterward. Filmma...

24 Maalis 20231min

Nan Goldin vs the Sacklers in "All the Beauty and the Bloodshed"

Nan Goldin vs the Sacklers in "All the Beauty and the Bloodshed"

"All the Beauty and the Bloodshed" profiles the artist Nan Goldin and her fight to have the Sackler family held accountable for the opioid epidemic. Oscar-winning filmmaker Laura Poitras explores Gold...

17 Maalis 20231min

"Navalny" is a political thriller about an opponent of Vladimir Putin

"Navalny" is a political thriller about an opponent of Vladimir Putin

"Navalny" follows the Russian dissident Alexei Navalny as he investigates a Kremlin plot to assassinate him. Today, Navalny is in prison, but this film by Daniel Roher keeps his voice alive and is nom...

10 Maalis 20231min

Documenting trans lives in "Framing Agnes"

Documenting trans lives in "Framing Agnes"

"Framing Agnes" brings to life archival interviews with transgender men and women from the 1950s. Filmmaker Chase Joynt leads a team of trans collaborators including Zackary Drucker, Angelica Ross and...

3 Maalis 20231min

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