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THE NONA
TREE SWALLOWS, TINY SUPERHEROES
ECHOIC
BO LEGS: MARVIN ARRINGTON SR., AN ATLANTA STORY
WE THRIVE
SHIRIN EBADI: UNTIL WE ARE FREE
SUE
FOREST FOR THE TREES

EVERY DAY AFTER
Every Day After, directed by Elisa Gambino, is a tender and empathetic documentary that tells the story of a caring and sacrificial relationship between a

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