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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
Four Daughters 2023
Documentary
Between light and darkness stands Olfa, a Tunisian woman and the mother of four daughters. One day, her two older daughters disappear. To fill in their absence, the filmmaker Kaouther Ben Hania invites professional actresses and invents a unique cinema experience that will lift the veil on Olfa and her daughters' life stories. An intimate journey of hope, rebellion, violence, transmission and sisterhood that will question the very foundations of our societies.
The sides of Four Daughters
- A Tunisian mother and her four daughters
- Two daughters who left home and never came back
- Actresses standing in for the missing
Good for you if
- you like a story about mothers and daughters told without hiding the hard parts.
- you want a true story told by the family who lived it.
- you want to be moved to tears by two sisters facing the actresses who play their missing sisters.
Bad for you if
- you won't read subtitles for a film in Arabic.
- you can't watch a family talk about abuse, violence and radicalisation.
About: motherhood · sisterhood · radicalisation · memory
Five Broken Cameras 2011
Documentary
Five broken cameras – and each one has a powerful tale to tell. Embedded in the bullet-ridden remains of digital technology is the story of Emad Burnat, a farmer from the Palestinian village of Bil’in, which famously chose nonviolent resistance when the Israeli army encroached upon its land to make room for Jewish colonists. Emad buys his first camera in 2005 to document the birth of his fourth son, Gibreel. Over the course of the film, he becomes the peaceful archivist of an escalating struggle as olive trees are bulldozed, lives are lost, and a wall is built to segregate burgeoning Israeli settlements.
The sides of Five Broken Cameras
- A Palestinian farmer filming his village
- Weekly protests against a separation wall
- A son growing up in front of the camera
Good for you if
- you want to see Bil'in through the eyes of a man who lives there.
- you like a father filming his youngest son as he grows up.
- you like a story told by one man and his cameras, year after year.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch real people being hurt and killed on camera.
- you need some hope by the end of a film.
About: resistance · land · fatherhood · loss
For Sama 2019
Documentary
A love letter from a young mother to her daughter, the film tells the story of Waad al-Kateab’s life through five years of the uprising in Aleppo, Syria as she falls in love, gets married and gives birth to Sama, all while cataclysmic conflict rises around her. Her camera captures incredible stories of loss, laughter and survival as Waad wrestles with an impossible choice– whether or not to flee the city to protect her daughter’s life, when leaving means abandoning the struggle for freedom for which she has already sacrificed so much.
The sides of For Sama
- A young mother filming for her baby daughter
- A hospital in Aleppo under bombing
- The choice to stay or to leave
Good for you if
- you want a war told from inside by the woman living it.
- you like a love letter from a mother to her child.
- you want to understand what years of siege did to Aleppo.
Bad for you if
- you can't bear to see wounded children and grieving families.
- you won't read subtitles for a film mostly in Arabic.
About: motherhood · freedom · loss · hope
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
Return 2023
Documentary
"Behind every strong man is a strong woman!", Mumine shouts as her husband is arrested. She has 4 children, she's in her mid-30s, and she's the wife of a Crimean Tatar political prisoner. Muslim Crimean Tatars have been oppressed for a long time. They were deported under Stalin, allowed to return under Gorbachev, and since the occupation of Crimea in 2014 under Putin, they are being persecuted again. "Return" is a portrait of Mumine and Maye, two strong women struggling with the consequences of oppression. Their traditional understanding of their role as women does not stand in the way of their dedication. They possess strength, beauty and dignity. Only in their most intimate moments, they are overwhelmed by desperate helplessness.
The sides of Return
- Wives of Crimean Tatar political prisoners
- A mother of four after her husband's arrest
- Life in Crimea after 2014
Good for you if
- you want to see a persecution the news rarely shows.
- you like a portrait of mothers holding a family together.
Bad for you if
- you won't read subtitles.
- you can't stand watching arrests and the despair of the families left behind.
About: oppression · dignity · motherhood
American: The Bill Hicks Story 2010
Documentary
American: The Bill Hicks Story is a biographical documentary film on the life of comedian Bill Hicks.
The sides of American: The Bill Hicks Story
- A stand-up comedian from Texas
- Club sets and old photos brought to life
- Friends and family telling his story
Good for you if
- you like stand-up and want to see where Bill Hicks's jokes came from.
- you laugh at jokes about religion, war and advertising that go too far.
- you like the real life of a comedian told by the people who knew him.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch a young man's death from cancer.
- you roll your eyes at a loving tribute told by friends and family.
About: comedy · truth · rebellion · early death
For the Love of Spock 2016
Documentary
The life of Mr. Spock, as well as that of Leonard Nimoy, the actor who played him for almost fifty years, written and directed by his son: Adam.
The sides of For the Love of Spock
- Leonard Nimoy and the Vulcan he played
- A son's film about his father
- Star Trek cast and fans remembering
Good for you if
- you want the man behind Spock, told by people who knew him.
- you like a son telling his famous father's story in his own film.
- you love Spock and want to know where he came from.
Bad for you if
- you roll your eyes at warm tributes and fond memories.
- you can't watch a father and son pulled apart by drinking and addiction.
About: fatherhood · fame · legacy
Becoming 2020
Documentary
Join former first lady Michelle Obama in an intimate documentary looking at her life, hopes and connection with others.
The sides of Becoming
- Michelle Obama on her book tour
- A childhood on the South Side of Chicago
- Eight years as first lady
Good for you if
- you like hearing Michelle Obama tell her own story.
- you like sincere talks about hope and connecting with people.
- you want a warm, gentle portrait to watch on a calm evening.
Bad for you if
- you need conflict and suspense to stay interested.
- you want to keep politics out of your evening, and the Obama years are never far.
About: identity · family · hope
TINA 2021
Documentary
Tina Turner overcame impossible odds to become one of the first female Black artists to reach a mainstream international audience. Her road to superstardom is an undeniable story of triumph over adversity. It’s the ultimate story of survival – and an inspirational story of our times.
The sides of TINA
- A singer from Tennessee
- Years of abuse by Ike Turner
- Tina Turner telling it in her own words
Good for you if
- you love Tina Turner's voice and want her songs on stage.
- you want Tina Turner's life told by Tina herself.
- you like being moved by a woman who walks away and starts again.
Bad for you if
- you can't sit through stories of domestic violence.
- you roll your eyes at a triumph-over-adversity story.
About: survival · fame · abuse · rebirth
En busca de la felicidad 2006
Película
Chris Gardner es un vendedor brillante y con talento, pero su empleo no le permite cubrir sus necesidades más básicas. Tanto es así que acaban echándolo, junto a su hijo de cinco años, de su piso de San Francisco y no tienen ningún lugar al que ir. Cuando Gardner consigue hacer unas prácticas en una prestigiosa correduría de bolsa, los dos protagonistas tendrán que afrontar muchas adversidades parar hacer realidad su sueño de una vida mejor. Basada en hechos reales.
Las caras de En busca de la felicidad
- Un padre y su hijo sin dónde dormir
- Unas prácticas sin sueldo
- Un cubo de Rubik en un taxi
Buena para ti si
- te gusta una historia de lucha con un final conmovedor.
- te gusta ver en pantalla a un padre y un hijo de verdad.
- te gusta una historia sincera sobre no rendirse nunca.
Mala para ti si
- vivir en la calle con un niño es demasiado duro para ti esta noche.
- quieres reírte con Will Smith. Aquí lo hace en serio, hasta una noche en el baño del metro.
Temas: la perseverancia · la paternidad · la pobreza
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
Saving Mr. Banks 2013
Film
Author P.L. Travers looks back on her childhood while reluctantly meeting with Walt Disney, who seeks to adapt her Mary Poppins books for the big screen.
The sides of Saving Mr. Banks
- P.L. Travers fighting Walt Disney over Mary Poppins
- A childhood in Queensland with a drinking father
- Songwriters at a piano in 1960s Los Angeles
Good for you if
- you like Emma Thompson's prickly author slowly letting people in.
- you like a film that reveals the father behind Mr. Banks and makes you cry.
- you like the true story behind a film you grew up with.
Bad for you if
- you roll your eyes at Disney telling a heartwarming story about Disney.
- you can't watch a little girl growing up with an alcoholic father.
About: childhood · grief · fathers · creation
One Child Nation 2019
Documentary
Through interviews with both victims and instigators, Nanfu Wang, a first-time mother, breaks open decades of silence on a vast, unprecedented social experiment that shaped — and destroyed — countless lives in China.
The sides of One Child Nation
- China's one child policy
- A new mother going back to her village
- Officials, midwives and families speaking
Good for you if
- you want to hear the people who lived the policy, in their own words.
- you want to see how a state reaches into every family.
- you like a filmmaker questioning her own parents and relatives.
Bad for you if
- you can't face forced abortions and abandoned babies, even in testimony.
- you need some hope by the end of a documentary.
About: state control · silence · motherhood · guilt
The Times of Harvey Milk 1984
Documentary
Harvey Milk was an outspoken human rights activist and one of the first openly gay U.S. politicians elected to public office; even after his assassination in 1978, he continues to inspire disenfranchised people around the world.
The sides of The Times of Harvey Milk
- Harvey Milk's rise in San Francisco politics
- One of the first openly gay elected officials in the US
- The 1978 assassination and the city's response
Good for you if
- you want the real Harvey Milk, in the footage of his time.
- you like seeing 1970s San Francisco and its fight for gay rights.
- you can be moved by a candlelight march for a murdered man.
Bad for you if
- you'd rather not sit through a real assassination and its grief.
- you find 1980s documentary footage dated.
About: gay rights · political courage · grief

The Three Deaths of Marisela Escobedo 2020
Documentary
After the death of her daughter at the hand of her boyfriend, Marisela Escobedo began to fight for justice not only against the murderer but also against the corrupt Mexican judicial system.
The sides of The Three Deaths of Marisela Escobedo
- A mother pursuing her daughter's killer
- A Mexican justice system that lets him go
- Years of protest in Chihuahua
Good for you if
- you want the true story of Marisela Escobedo's fight for justice.
- you want to follow a femicide case through Mexico's police and courts.
Bad for you if
- you can't take a mother's grief and a murdered daughter on screen.
- you need a story where justice wins in the end.
About: justice · grief · corruption
Amend: The Fight for America 2021
Documentary
Will Smith hosts this look at the evolving, often lethal, fight for equal rights in America through the lens of the US Constitution's 14th Amendment.
The sides of Amend: The Fight for America
- Will Smith hosting a history of the 14th Amendment
- Actors reading the words of real historical figures
- Equal rights from emancipation to marriage equality
Good for you if
- you like the real people who fought for equal rights in America.
- you want to understand one line of the Constitution across 150 years.
- you like seeing who has been counted as equal, and who decided.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch the lynchings and violence of that fight.
- you roll your eyes at celebrity hosts and stirring speeches.
About: equality · citizenship · racism
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
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed 2022
Documentary
The life of internationally renowned artist and activist Nan Goldin is told through her slideshows, intimate interviews, ground-breaking photography, and rare footage of her personal fight to hold the Sackler family accountable for the overdose crisis.
The sides of All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
- Nan Goldin and her photographs
- Protests in museums against the Sackler family
- A sister lost young
Good for you if
- you like a true fight against the family behind OxyContin.
- you like seeing museums made to take a name off their walls.
- you like an artist telling her own life through her slideshows.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch addiction, AIDS and a sister's suicide on screen.
- you'd rather not see intimate and nude photographs.
About: addiction · activism · grief
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