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RBG 2018
Documentary
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg now 84, and still inspired by the lawyers who defended free speech during the Red Scare, Ginsburg refuses to relinquish her passionate duty, steadily fighting for equal rights for all citizens under the law. Through intimate interviews and unprecedented access to Ginsburg’s life outside the court, RBG tells the electric story of Ginsburg’s consuming love affairs with both the Constitution and her beloved husband Marty—and of a life’s work that led her to become an icon of justice in the highest court in the land.
The sides of RBG
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg at 84
- The equal rights cases she argued
- Her marriage to Marty Ginsburg
Good for you if
- you want the life of Ruth Bader Ginsburg in her own words.
- you like seeing how a few court cases changed the law for women.
- you're moved by her long marriage to Marty.
Bad for you if
- you roll your eyes at an admiring portrait.
- you need more than interviews and archive footage.
About: equality · law · marriage
Won't You Be My Neighbor? 2018
Documentary
For more than thirty years, and through his television program, Fred Rogers (1928-2003), host, producer, writer and pianist, accompanied by his puppets and his many friends, spoke directly to young children about some of life's most important issues.
The sides of Won't You Be My Neighbor?
- Fred Rogers and his TV neighborhood
- Puppets talking to children about hard things
- Three decades of archive footage
Good for you if
- you like being moved by plain kindness.
- you want something warm and gentle for the evening.
- you want to know the real man behind the cardigan.
Bad for you if
- you roll your eyes at gentle, sincere speeches.
- you find old television footage dated. Much of it is archive from the 1960s to the 1990s.
About: kindness · childhood · television
Will & Harper 2024
Documentary
When Will Ferrell's good friend Harper comes out as a trans woman, they take a road trip to bond and reintroduce Harper to the country as her true self.
The sides of Will & Harper
- Will Ferrell and his old friend Harper
- A road trip across America
- A trans woman seeing the country again as herself
Good for you if
- you like a long friendship tested and made stronger.
- you want Will Ferrell being silly on the road.
- you like hearing Harper Steele tell her own story.
Bad for you if
- you roll your eyes at heartfelt talks in a car.
- you don't want to cry at a Will Ferrell movie.
About: friendship · identity · acceptance
He Named Me Malala 2015
Documentary
A look at the events leading up to the Taliban's attack on the young Pakistani school girl, Malala Yousafzai, for speaking out on girls' education and the aftermath, including her speech to the United Nations.
The sides of He Named Me Malala
- Malala Yousafzai and her father Ziauddin
- A Taliban gunman on a school bus
- Hand-painted animated flashbacks
Good for you if
- you like a girl's speech about school at the United Nations.
- you want to know the teenager behind the Nobel Peace Prize.
- you like a father and daughter who share the same fight.
Bad for you if
- you can't take the story of a child shot for going to school.
- you don't like animated scenes in your documentaries.
About: education · courage · fatherhood
Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey 2011
Documentary
Beloved by children of all ages around the world, Elmo is an international icon. Few people know his creator, Kevin Clash, who dreamed of working with his idol, master puppeteer Jim Henson. Displaying his creativity and talent at a young age, Kevin ultimately found a home on Sesame Street. Narrated by Whoopi Goldberg, this documentary includes rare archival footage, interviews with Frank Oz, Rosie O’Donnell, Cheryl Henson, Joan Ganz Cooney and others and offers a behind-the-scenes look at Sesame Street and the Jim Henson Workshop.
The sides of Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey
- Kevin Clash, the man inside Elmo
- A Baltimore teenager building puppets at home
- Behind the scenes of Sesame Street
Good for you if
- you like the true story of the puppeteer behind Elmo.
- you want a warm look behind the scenes of Sesame Street.
- you can be moved by a boy who gets to work with his idol Jim Henson.
Bad for you if
- you roll your eyes at a feel-good tale of a dream come true.
- you need suspense to stay with a film.
About: dreams · craft · childhood
Life, Animated 2016
Documentary
At three years old, a chatty, energetic little boy named Owen Suskind ceased to speak, disappearing into autism with apparently no way out. Almost four years passed and the only stimuli that engaged Owen were Disney films. Then one day, his father donned a puppet—Iago, the wisecracking parrot from Aladdin—and asked “what’s it like to be you?” And poof! Owen replied, with dialogue from the movie. Life, Animated tells the remarkable story of how Owen found in Disney animation a pathway to language and a framework for making sense of the world.
The sides of Life, Animated
- A boy with autism who speaks through Disney films
- A family learning his language
- Owen growing up and living on his own
Good for you if
- you like parents and a brother finding a way to reach Owen.
- you're ready to cry when a puppet of Iago gets a reply.
- you like following Owen as he grows up and moves out.
Bad for you if
- you'd rather a story that doesn't end on hope.
- you roll your eyes at heartfelt family moments.
About: autism · communication · family love
Spellbound 2002
Documentary
This documentary follows 8 teens and pre-teens as they work their way toward the finals of the Scripps Howard national spelling bee championship in Washington D.C.
The sides of Spellbound
- Eight kids heading for the national spelling bee
- Parents and coaches drilling word lists
- A final round in Washington
Good for you if
- you hold your breath over one letter in a hard word.
- you want kids you root for, from very different homes.
- you like real kids and their real families, followed all the way to the national final.
Bad for you if
- you need more happening than children spelling words.
- you roll your eyes at hard work and the American dream.
About: ambition · immigration · childhood
The Biggest Little Farm 2019
Documentary
The successes and failures of a couple determined to live in harmony with nature on a farm outside of Los Angeles are lovingly chronicled by filmmaking farmer John Chester, in this inspiring documentary.
The sides of The Biggest Little Farm
- A couple starting a farm outside Los Angeles
- Orchards, ducks, pigs and a dog
- Years of drought, pests and coyotes
Good for you if
- you like watching a dead piece of land come back to life.
- you want a warm, hopeful film about building something with your hands.
- you like the true story of John and Molly Chester building their farm over several years.
Bad for you if
- you want more happening on screen than seasons on a farm.
- you roll your eyes at an inspiring dream of living in harmony with nature.
About: sustainability · patience · home
I Am Greta 2020
Documentary
Greta Thunberg, a 15-year-old student in Sweden, started a school strike for the climate as her question for adults was, if you don’t care about my future on earth, why should I care about my future in school? Within months, her strike evolved into a global movement as the quiet teenage girl on the autism spectrum becomes a world-famous activist.
The sides of I Am Greta
- A 15-year-old on school strike for the climate
- A sailing trip across the Atlantic
- Speeches in front of world leaders
Good for you if
- you want to see Greta Thunberg up close, away from the cameras.
- you like a quiet teenager growing into a global voice.
- you care about the climate and how people fight for it.
Bad for you if
- you won't read subtitles for the Swedish.
- you roll your eyes at heartfelt speeches to world leaders.
About: activism · the future · autism
Quincy 2018
Documentary
An intimate look into the life of icon Quincy Jones. A unique force in music and popular culture for 70 years, Jones has transcended racial and cultural boundaries; his story is inextricably woven into the fabric of America. Jones came to prominence in the 1950s as a jazz arranger and conductor before working on pop music and film scores. He moved easily between musical genres, producing major pop hits of the early 1960s and serving as an arranger and conductor for several collaborations in the same time period.
The sides of Quincy
- Quincy Jones looking back on seventy years of music
- Jazz bands, pop records and film scores
- A portrait co-directed by his daughter Rashida Jones
Good for you if
- you like hearing how jazz, pop and film music passed through one man.
- you like a famous life told up close, health scares included.
- you like American history seen from inside the recording studio.
Bad for you if
- two hours of one life is too much for you.
- you roll your eyes at a loving tribute made by the subject's own daughter.
About: music · legacy · race in America · fatherhood
Welcome to Wrexham 2022
Documentary
Documentary series tracking the dreams and worries of Wrexham, a working-class town in North Wales, UK, as two Hollywood stars (Rob McElhenney and Ryan Reynolds) take ownership of the town’s historic yet struggling football club.
The sides of Welcome to Wrexham
- Two Hollywood actors buying a Welsh football club
- A working-class town in North Wales
- Fans, players and staff of Wrexham AFC
Good for you if
- you like the ups and downs of a lower league football season.
- you like being moved by a town that lives for its club.
- you laugh at Rob McElhenney and Ryan Reynolds learning football.
Bad for you if
- five seasons is too much for you.
- you roll your eyes at heartfelt underdog stories.
About: community · hope · belonging
Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution 2020
Documentary
Down the road from Woodstock in the early 1970s, a revolution blossomed in a ramshackle summer camp for disabled teenagers, transforming their young lives and igniting a landmark movement.
The sides of Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution
- A summer camp for disabled teenagers in the 1970s
- Campers who became activists
- A sit-in for disability rights
Good for you if
- you like true stories of people who changed the law.
- you're curious about the 1970s fight for disability rights.
- you like friends from a summer camp who stay together for a cause.
Bad for you if
- you roll your eyes at an inspiring story of a movement.
- you want more than archive footage and interviews.
About: civil rights · dignity · belonging
The Eagle Huntress 2016
Documentary
Follow Aisholpan, a 13-year-old girl, as she trains to become the first female in twelve generations of her Kazakh family to become an eagle hunter, and rise to the pinnacle of a tradition that has been typically been handed down from father to son for centuries.
The sides of The Eagle Huntress
- A 13-year-old Kazakh girl training a golden eagle
- Mountains and snow in western Mongolia
- A father teaching his daughter an old tradition
Good for you if
- you like wide Mongolian landscapes and a wild eagle on a girl's arm.
- you want a true story to watch with children.
- you like a girl proving herself in a tradition passed from father to son.
Bad for you if
- you won't read subtitles for the family's Kazakh.
- you want real danger and suspense, not a warm triumph.
About: tradition · girlhood · fathers and daughters
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story 2024
Documentary
Christopher Reeve portrayed the Man of Steel in four Superman films and played dozens of other roles that displayed his talent and range as an actor, before being injured in a near-fatal horse-riding accident in 1995 that left him paralyzed from the neck down. After becoming a quadriplegic, he became a charismatic leader and activist in the quest to find a cure for spinal cord injuries, as well as a passionate advocate for disability rights and care.
The sides of Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
- The actor who played Superman, paralysed after a riding accident
- His wife Dana and his three children
- A fight for spinal cord research
Good for you if
- you like being moved by a man learning to live again.
- you want the real Christopher Reeve, from Superman to activist.
- you like a story told by his children, about a father they nearly lost.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch paralysis, hospitals and grief up close.
- you roll your eyes at a tribute full of courage and love.
About: courage · disability · fatherhood
The Sound of Music 1965
Film
In the years before World War II, a tomboyish postulant at an Austrian abbey is hired as a governess in the home of a widowed naval captain with seven children and brings a new love of life and music into the home.
The sides of The Sound of Music
- A young nun hired as a governess
- Seven children and a widowed naval captain
- Austria before the Nazi takeover
Good for you if
- you like songs you already know, sung in the Alps.
- you like Maria winning over the seven von Trapp children.
- you like a love story between a governess and a stern captain.
Bad for you if
- you find nearly three hours too long for one evening.
- you roll your eyes at sincere songs and big feelings.
About: family · joy · resistance
STILL: A Michael J. Fox Movie 2023
Documentary
A short kid from a Canadian army base becomes the international pop culture darling of the 1980s—only to find the course of his life altered by a stunning diagnosis. What happens when an incurable optimist confronts an incurable disease?
The sides of STILL: A Michael J. Fox Movie
- Michael J. Fox telling his own life
- A Parkinson's diagnosis at twenty-nine
- Clips from Back to the Future and Family Ties
Good for you if
- you like hearing Michael J. Fox tell his story in his own words.
- you like being moved by his family standing by him.
- you like his jokes about his own falls and tremors.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch someone live with an incurable illness.
- you want a grim, unresolved look at Parkinson's. His optimism carries every scene.
About: illness · optimism · fame
Waiting for "Superman" 2010
Documentary
Gripping, heartbreaking, and ultimately hopeful, Waiting for Superman is an impassioned indictment of the American school system from An Inconvenient Truth director Davis Guggenheim.
The sides of Waiting for "Superman"
- Five children hoping to win a school lottery
- Families chasing a good public school
- A look at the American school system
Good for you if
- you want to follow real families through a charter school lottery.
- you like asking who decides how schools are run.
- you're ready to be moved by children waiting for their name to be called.
Bad for you if
- you want a light, easy evening. Five families wait on a lottery for their children's future.
- you roll your eyes at a passionate call to action.
About: education · inequality · hope
Twinsters 2015
Documentary
Adopted from South Korea, raised on different continents & connected through social media, Samantha & Anaïs believe that they are twin sisters separated at birth.
The sides of Twinsters
- Two women who find each other online
- Adopted from South Korea, raised on different continents
- Twin sisters meeting for the first time
Good for you if
- you like two strangers finding out they are twin sisters.
- you want to be moved when they finally meet in person.
- you want a true story with nothing cruel in it.
Bad for you if
- you need more happening than video calls and visits.
- you roll your eyes at heartfelt talk about adoption and belonging.
About: adoption · identity · sisterhood
Period. End of Sentence. 2018
Documentary
In an effort to improve feminine hygiene, a machine that creates low-cost biodegradable sanitary pads is installed in a rural village in Northern India. Using the machine, a group of local women is employed to produce and sell pads, offering them newfound independence and helping to destigmatize menstruation for all.
The sides of Period. End of Sentence.
- A pad-making machine in a village in northern India
- Women earning their own money
- Talking openly about periods
Good for you if
- you like seeing village women run their own small business.
- you like a short, hopeful story of a taboo breaking.
Bad for you if
- you won't read subtitles.
- you want suspense more than a gentle social portrait.
About: women's independence · taboo · dignity
Knock Down the House 2019
Documentary
In 2018, a young bartender in the Bronx, a coal miner’s daughter in West Virginia, a grieving mother in Nevada and a registered nurse in Missouri join a movement of insurgent candidates challenging powerful incumbents in Congress. Without political experience or corporate money, these four women are attempting to do what many consider impossible.
The sides of Knock Down the House
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez behind a bar in the Bronx
- Four women running for Congress
- Campaigns with no corporate money
Good for you if
- you want to see Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez before anyone knew her name.
- you like underdogs taking on powerful incumbents.
- you care about four women with no political experience, not only the one who won.
Bad for you if
- you roll your eyes at hopeful campaign speeches.
- you'd rather not cry over a mother running for Congress after losing her daughter.
About: politics · the underdog · hope