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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"The 1619 Project" becomes a six-part series

"The 1619 Project" becomes a six-part series

"The 1619 Project" adapts the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalism of Nikole Hannah-Jones into a six-part series on Hulu. Filmmaker Roger Ross Williams teams with The New York Times and Oprah Winfrey to ...

17 Helmi 20232min

"Nothing Lasts Forever" looks at the diamond industry

"Nothing Lasts Forever" looks at the diamond industry

"Nothing Lasts Forever" explores how the rise of synthetic diamonds is disrupting the longtime monopoly of the company De Beers. Filmmaker Jason Kohn interviews a wide range of industry insiders inclu...

10 Helmi 20232min

"Body Parts" explores how Hollywood treats sex

"Body Parts" explores how Hollywood treats sex

"Body Parts" explores Hollywood's complicated history of filming nudity and sexuality. We hear from actors such as Jane Fonda and Rose McGowan about their frequent experiences of being coerced into ex...

3 Helmi 20231min

New documentary "Roberta" profiles the soul singer

New documentary "Roberta" profiles the soul singer

"Roberta" chronicles how the singer of "Killing Me Softly" went from being a classically trained musician to a soul sensation. Director Antonino D'Ambrosio draws upon interviews with Roberta Flack and...

27 Tammi 20232min

Performing for inmates at Angola Prison

Performing for inmates at Angola Prison

"Angola Do You Hear Us?" follows Liza Jessie Peterson as she performs her one woman show, "The Peculiar Patriot" at Louisiana's Angola Prison. Filmmaker Cinque Northern captures how the event raises e...

20 Tammi 20231min

Remembering Linsanity in "38 at the Garden"

Remembering Linsanity in "38 at the Garden"

"38 at the Garden" looks back on Jeremy Lin's phenomenal scoring streak with the New York Knicks in 2012 and what it meant for Asian Americans. Filmmaker Frank Chi interviews Lin along with comedian H...

13 Tammi 20231min

"Bad Axe" profiles a restaurant during COVID

"Bad Axe" profiles a restaurant during COVID

In "Bad Axe," filmmaker David Siev documents his immigrant family running their restaurant during the 2020 challenges of COVID and a racial reckoning. When tensions rise, the family has to choose when...

6 Tammi 20231min

"Turn Every Page" Explores a Literary Relationship

"Turn Every Page" Explores a Literary Relationship

"Turn Every Page: The Adventures of Robert Caro and Robert Gottlieb" looks at the relationship between Lyndon Johnson's biographer and his editor. Filmmaker Lizzie Gottlieb brings a personal perspecti...

30 Joulu 20221min

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