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WE THRIVE
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SHIRIN EBADI: UNTIL WE ARE FREE
November 7, 2022
SUE
September 25, 2022
FOREST FOR THE TREES
September 18, 2022
BREAKING THE SILENCE
September 6, 2022
SONG FOR HOPE: THE RYAN ANTHONY STORY
August 23, 2022
LUMINOUS
July 9, 2022
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The strange killing of 22-year-old Gabby Petito shook the United States in 2021, with an unnerving web of lies and conspiracies surrounding the case and
BO LEGS: MARVIN ARRINGTON SR., AN ATLANTA STORY
Marvin Arrington Sr. is a name most might not be familiar with. A quick Google search identifies him as an American judge from the Fulton
WE THRIVE
The secret behind any decent documentary is its natural ability to introduce its audience to something unfamiliar. A new perspective that draws the viewer in
SHIRIN EBADI: UNTIL WE ARE FREE
“With all the atrocities committed in Iran, I cannot be silent,” states Shirin Ebadi, the subject of Dawn Gifford Engle’s formidable documentary Shirin Ebadi: Until
SUE
Films about old age tend to be aggressively depressing, emphasizing life’s futility and fragility. (For recent examples, see Michael Haneke’s Love or Gaspar Noé’s Vortex.)
FOREST FOR THE TREES
Rita Leistner’s charming DIY documentary Forest for the Trees brings to mind 2018’s The Biggest Little Farm. It has a similarly offbeat, good-natured mentality, and
BREAKING THE SILENCE
Mental illness is bad enough, but so is the possibility that many will endure the pain by themselves. That said, Dara Sanandaji knows on both
SONG FOR HOPE: THE RYAN ANTHONY STORY
We’re all going to die, so what’s the point? Throw in a cancer diagnosis and the futility of the human condition really comes into focus.
LUMINOUS
Astronomy aficionados, rejoice! Sam Smartt’s meticulous (almost to a fault) documentary Luminous is tailor-made for the space geeks among us who are endlessly interested in