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2005 will likely bring a couple of up-close documentaries about the war on the ground in Iraq and Afghanistan, a vastly important subject that the TV networks have done a half-hearted job of reporting. By providing images heretofore kept from the American public, the filmmakers will no doubt be applauded as well as vilified. (Even more so if a military draft has been reinstituted.)

With the election behind us, other hot spots will be allowed to regain our attention. Look for a few high-profile docs about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, adding to the mountain of films made in the region in the last decade.

On the domestic front, abortion, the war on drugs and the rights of immigrants are perennially popular topics for independent filmmakers. Taking center stage, no doubt, Michael Moore has a new film in the works about the U.S. healthcare system picturesquely entitled Sicko.

Regardless of when that film debuts or who wins the presidential election, Moore could find himself the center of attention come February 27. That’s the night of the Academy Awards broadcast, and the man who is most associated—for better or worse—with the “Year of the Political Documentary” may get a turn at the podium, accepting an Oscar for Fahrenheit 9/11.

Michael Fox is a San Francisco-based freelance journalist and film critic.