Apr 04 Watch 7:06 Documentary captures journalist’s gender transition while embedded with Taliban By Teresa Cebrián Aranda A new documentary now available on Amazon Prime and AppleTV offers an in-depth look at the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan. "Transition" follows Australian filmmaker Jordan Bryon as he undergoes a gender transition while embedded with a Taliban unit. Bryon and… Continue watching
Mar 10 ‘20 Days in Mariupol’ wins at Academy Awards where wars in Ukraine, Gaza cast shadow By Jake Coyle, Associated Press A year after “Navalny” won the same award, Mstyslav Chernov’s “20 Days in Mariupol,” a harrowing chronicle of the early days of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, won best documentary. The win, a first for The Associated Press and PBS’ “Frontline,”… Continue reading
Feb 15 Watch 7:29 ‘The Greatest Night in Pop’ reveals how music’s stars came together to make history By Amna Nawaz, Karina Cuevas In 1985, the biggest American pop stars all gathered in one Los Angeles studio, for one night only, to record "We Are the World," a song that raised tens of millions of dollars in humanitarian aid for Africa. Amna Nawaz… Continue watching
Nov 02 Watch 7:23 New documentary ‘26.2 to Life’ tells story of inmates who joined a prison running club By Mike Cerre Thousands of runners have been training for this Sunday’s New York City Marathon and one of them is representing a running club inside California’s San Quentin prison. The group is featured in the documentary “26.2 to Life” that is playing… Continue watching
Aug 12 Watch 8:03 New documentary explores mesmerizing, dangerous world of freediving By John Yang, Harry Zahn The extreme sport of freediving is growing in popularity and interest. A new Netflix documentary called “The Deepest Breath” goes inside the high-risk sport, following freedivers Alessia Zecchini and Stephen Keenan. Director Laura McGann joins John Yang to discuss the… Continue watching
Mar 26 Watch 6:48 ‘Below the Belt’ highlights uphill battle for endometriosis treatment By Ali Rogin Endometriosis affects one in 10 people with uteruses over the course of their lifetime. But despite its debilitating symptoms, it can take years for doctors to correctly diagnose the disease. Ali Rogin speaks with Shannon Cohn, the director of “Below… Continue watching
Dec 16 In a new Billie Holiday documentary, friends fill in the missing notes By Joshua Barajas “Billie,” wants to go beyond the black-and-white — and incomplete — narrative of self-destructive jazz artists. Continue reading
Feb 04 How documentary ‘Honeyland’ has already made Oscar history By Jake Coyle, Associated Press It’s the first film ever nominated for both best documentary and best international film. Continue reading
May 18 3 documentaries the Duplass Brothers want you to watch now By Elizabeth Flock 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. Continue reading
May 04 Watch 7:48 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… Continue watching