documentary

Sam Now is an award-worthy documentary filmed by one brother about the search for his half-brother’s mother who abandoned them suddenly 25 years ago.

These three Outfest Fusion documentaries stood out for how they question traditional thought and public expectations around their subjects.

Emergency NYC is a medical documentary following those on the front line of emergencies in New York City, from ambulance to hospital.

A Disturbance in the Force is a time capsule that exists so that the fandom won’t ever let Lucasfilm forget about the “Holiday Special.”

Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes is an important film, telling a story about how music and activism worked and continue to work hand in hand.

In NatGeo’s Restaurants At The End of The World, audiences get the chance to explore restaurants in remote locations, and it’s beautiful.

Tracy Droz Tragos discusses her documentary Plan C, screened at SXSW, and the fight for abortion access in the United States

You Were My First Boyfriend asks the question “What if you could rewrite your adolescence?” in this creative documentary reliving its creator’s past

Plan C chronicles the story of the titular organization and the grassroots network that continues to fight to expand access to abortion pills.

Pay Or Die Pay or Die shines as a piece that is deeply human, examining the U.S. insulin affordability crisis by way of three families.