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TREE SWALLOWS, TINY SUPERHEROES
June 26, 2023
ECHOIC
April 18, 2023
BO LEGS: MARVIN ARRINGTON SR., AN ATLANTA STORY
January 19, 2023
WE THRIVE
January 14, 2023
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
THE NONA
The Nona, directed by Stacey Stone, is an endearing and life-giving documentary that covers the coincidence, determination and infectious creativity of human existence, and later
TREE SWALLOWS, TINY SUPERHEROES
Tree Swallows, Tiny Superheroes, directed by Michael Hoel, is an endearing documentary that follows the life of a Tree Swallow colony set up by the
ECHOIC
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