Film-Forward

Documentary

Is That Black Enough for You?!? | New York Film Festival 2022

Why did the surge of Black-centered films from the late 1960s through the 1970s fade away?

The Fire That Took Her

Sometimes it’s enough for a film to be an unapologetic piece of advocacy journalism, as is the case with Patricia E. Gillespie’s absolutely heartbreaking documentary.

All That Breathes | NYFF 2022

A nature documentary that finds beauty within the debris of New Delhi as two brothers rescue injured black kites.

Sepa, Nuestro Señor de los Milagros

This brief, fascinating documentary about incarcerated men who have been all but forgotten by the rest of the world, has itself been lost since 1987.

Eternal Spring

First, and most simply, this documentary retells the 2002 hijacking of state-owned TV channels in Changchun, China, through animation.

The Picture Taker

Prolific photographer Ernest Withers chronicled the civil rights movement. He was also a longtime FBI informant.

Sirens

Meet Slave to Sirens, an all-female thrash metal band from Beirut, Lebanon,

Last Flight Home

Depicting the last days of her 92-year-old father, Ondi Timoner has a made a heartbreaking and profound documentary.

Taming the Garden

A disturbing documentary and cautionary tale about those with too much money.