Tag: documentary
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COOKIE QUEENS (2026)
STORYLINE: It’s Girl Scout Cookie season, and four tenacious girls strive to be a top-selling “Cookie Queen,” navigating an $800 million business in which innocence and ambition collide. (IMDb) There’s the saying ‘money talks’, and in the the Oscar winning documentary, Inside Job (2010), it sounded off loud and clear. Cuba Gooding Jr…
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SUMMER TOUR (2025, Documentary)
STORYLINE: Young Jerry and Annie as they chase Dead and Company’s final 2023 tour in a questionable camper van, organizing their lives around the music with intensity. (IMDb) “I’m just travelin’, travelin’, travelin’, I’m just travelin’ on” – Dolly Parton, Travelen’ Thru from the film Transamerica (2005). In 1969 Jack Nicholson and Dennis Hopper…
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RETRO REWIND: INCIDENT AT OGLALA (1992, Documentary)
STORYLINE: On June 26, 1975, during a period of high tensions on the Pine Ridge reservation in South Dakota, two FBI agents were killed in a shootout with a group of Indians. Although several men were charged with killing the agents, only one, Leonard Peltier, was found guilty. This film describes the events surrounding the…
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STEAL THIS STORY, PLEASE (2025: documentary)
STORYLINE: Undeterred by armed soldiers, smooth-talking politicians, and riot police, journalist Amy Goodman has reported some of the most consequential stories of our time. Steal This Story, Please. is a gripping portrait of the trailblazer whose unwavering commitment to truth-telling spans three decades of turbulent history. From the front lines of global conflicts to the…
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EARTH’S GREATEST ENEMY (2025, documentary)
STORYLINE: Abby Martin reveals how the US military, as the world’s largest polluter, impacts the environment while operating with minimal accountability. (IMDb) There are all kinds of movies readily available about the environment, for viewers to watch. Wall E (2008) comes in the family friendly variety while 2004’s The Day After Tomorrow checks…
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PLACE YOUR SOUL ON YOUR HAND AND WALK (2025)
STORYLINE: Over fragile video calls, Palestinian photojournalist Fatma Hassona shares her life in Gaza with Iranian director Sepideh Farsi. They speak about religion, politics, and surviving under the ongoing violence of Israeli bombardments. A friendship grows between the women, each call a precious sign of life. Since October 7, 2023, at least 211 media workers…
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ENDLESS COOKIE (2025)
STORYLINE: Two half-brothers, one Indigenous and one white, embark on a journey through time and place. They travel from their remote home in Shamattawa to the vibrant urban landscape of the 1980s. (IMDb) Family is a part of life, for better or worse. It can be complicated, pleasant, or something you’d rather not talk…
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ANDRE IS AN IDIOT (2025: Documentary)
STORYLINE: Unexpected, irreverent, and definitely heartfelt, ANDRÉ IS AN IDIOT is a wildly life-affirming film about death and about the strange clarity that arrives when time suddenly becomes finite. When André Ricciardi, a self-proclaimed “idiot” for skipping the colonoscopy that could have saved him, learns he is dying, he turns his final chapter into an…
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NATCHEZ (2025, Documentary)
STORYLINE: A sharp look at the American South’s unreconciled history through Natchez, a Mississippi town that mixes antebellum tourism with a community deeply divided over its past. (IMDb) The interesting thing about documentary features is their ability to offer a variety of perspectives, on a variety of subjects. 2016’s Life Animated was an…
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COME SEE ME IN THE GOOD LIGHT (2025)
STORYLINE: Facing an incurable diagnosis, two poet lovers embark on a poignant yet unexpectedly humorous exploration of love, mortality, and life’s moments. (IMDb) All the arts have been well documented in a variety of documentaries. Heart of Darkness: A Filmmakers Apocalypse (1991) documents the chaos it took to make the classic Apocalypse Now. Turn…
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