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Arts Dec 16

In a new Billie Holiday documentary, friends fill in the missing notes

By Joshua Barajas

Arts Feb 04

How documentary ‘Honeyland’ has already made Oscar history

It’s the first film ever nominated for both best documentary and best international film.

By Jake Coyle, Associated Press

Arts May 18

3 documentaries the Duplass Brothers want you to watch now

Jay and Mark Duplass are known for making quirky, funny, empathetic films and television -- and almost always on their own terms. Here are three documentaries that influenced them.

By Elizabeth Flock

Arts May 04

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In ‘RBG,’ Ruth Bader Ginsburg looks back on a life spent working for equality

The documentary "RBG" is a look at perhaps the most unlikely rock star Washington has ever seen: Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Tracing her roots, education and career, it's her early and continuing fight for gender equality that winds…

Nation Feb 22

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Documentary tells tiny bank’s David vs. Goliath story in 2008 financial crisis aftermath

Only one bank was indicted in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis, and it was a very small one. The Oscar-nominated documentary "Abacus: Small Enough to Jail" tells the story of its prosecution for mortgage fraud and its ultimate…

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Oct 20

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Ai Weiwei captures the global refugee crisis in ‘Human Flow’

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International artist and political activist Ai Weiwei has long mixed art and protest, gravity and playfulness. Now he's turned his creative powers to the global refugee crisis with a new documentary called "Human Flow," which opens nationwide on Friday. Jeffrey…

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Feb 23

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Out of Syria’s devastation, ‘The White Helmets’ offer moments of hope

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The daily destruction of Syria's civil war is at once shocking and now strangely familiar. The Oscar-nominated documentary short “The White Helmets” aims to get beyond the numbness of the conflict by showing real first responders working to rescue victims…

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Feb 16

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Why revisiting the Black Panther revolution resonates today

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A new documentary on Independent Lens traces the influence of the Black Panthers on U.S. politics and culture in the 1960s. Stanley Nelson, director of "The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution," joins Jeffrey Brown to discuss the film and…

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Jan 07

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‘Making a Murderer’ interrogates fairness of justice system

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"Making a Murderer," a new true crime documentary on Netflix, tells the story of Steven Avery, a man exonerated of a sexual assault after serving 18 years in prison, only to be charged and convicted of murder. Presenting recorded police…

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May 15

Vietnam War reenactors go full metal in the woods of Oregon

By Victoria Fleischer

Deep in the woods of western Oregon, a group of men trudges through mud and rain, wearing full army fatigues and using slang not overheard since the Nixon administration. The men are reenacting the Vietnam War and award-winning filmmakers Mike…

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