The Lavender Scare
By Kyle Mustain June 6, 2019
This much-needed history lesson gives an eye-opening look at a little-known period of discrimination.
This much-needed history lesson gives an eye-opening look at a little-known period of discrimination.
An intriguing, satisfying documentary about good intentions undermined by bad science.
Reality, performance, and protest amalgamate in a political and artistic gesture that defies notions of patrimony, marketing, and property in the art world.
A timely response to the persistence of Holocaust denial and the Polish government’s attempt to make it illegal to accuse that nation of complicity.
What motivated a former librarian to amass a personal archive of 70,000 VHS tapes that became a treasure trove?
A documentary on the auto executive, who is descibed here as an icon, a sex symbol, and the perfect figure for a Hollywood film.
Two of the more noteworthy documentaries at this year’s festival center on tragedy and spotlight ordinary people attempting to build something positive in honor of those they have lost.
Among the entries are films focusing on the nation’s LGBTQ community; in particular, the recent attacks on their rights. How they choose to respond is the point of one especially compelling documentary.
Four documentaries about modern-day China to recommend at this year’s festival.