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  1. 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

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  2. 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

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  3. En junio de 1971, los principales periódicos de EE.UU., entre los que se encontraban 'The New York Times' y 'The Washington Post', tomaron una valiente posición en favor de la libertad de expresión, informando sobre los documentos del Pentágono y el encubrimiento masivo de secretos por parte del gobierno, que había durado cuatro décadas y cuatro presidencias estadounidenses. En ese momento, Katherine Graham, primera mujer editora del Post, y el director Ben Bradlee intentaban relanzar un periódico en decadencia. Juntos decidieron tomar la audaz decisión de apoyar al 'The New York Times' y luchar contra el intento de la Administración Nixon de restringir la primera enmienda. Historia basada en los documentos del Post que recogían información clasificada sobre la Guerra de Vietnam.

    Las caras de Los archivos del Pentágono

    • Katharine Graham al frente de The Washington Post
    • Los Papeles del Pentágono sobre la guerra de Vietnam
    • Editores que desafían una orden judicial para publicar

    Buena para ti si

    • te gusta la historia real de los Papeles del Pentágono.
    • te gusta un periódico que se planta ante la Casa Blanca de Nixon.
    • te gustan las discusiones de redacción entre Meryl Streep y Tom Hanks.

    Mala para ti si

    • necesitas algo más que llamadas telefónicas e imprentas.
    • pones los ojos en blanco ante los discursos sobre la libertad de prensa.

    Temas: la libertad de prensa · el coraje · las mujeres en el poder

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  4. Boys State 2020

    Documentary

    This raucous journey into the heart of democracy captures an unusual rite of passage: 1,100 teenage boys from across Texas coming together to build a representative government from the ground up.

    The sides of Boys State

    • 1,100 Texas teenagers building a government
    • A race for governor
    • Steven, Ben, René and Robert

    Good for you if

    • you like watching a campaign get won and lost up close.
    • you like teenagers learning who they are under pressure.
    • you want real boys, not actors, making real choices.

    Bad for you if

    • you roll your eyes at teenage campaign speeches.
    • you need more happening than debates and meetings.

    About: democracy · ambition · identity

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  5. 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

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  6. 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

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  7. 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

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  8. Invictus 2009

    Film

    Newly elected President Nelson Mandela knows his nation remains racially and economically divided in the wake of apartheid. Believing he can bring his people together through the universal language of sport, Mandela rallies South Africa's rugby union team as they make their historic run to the 1995 Rugby World Cup Championship match.

    The sides of Invictus

    • Nelson Mandela newly president
    • The Springboks before the 1995 World Cup
    • A rugby captain played by Matt Damon

    Good for you if

    • you like the true story of Mandela and South Africa's rugby team.
    • you like rugby, with Matt Damon leading the Springboks onto the pitch.
    • you like a big-hearted story about forgiveness and unity.

    Bad for you if

    • you want the darker side of apartheid, and this story stays with hope and rugby.
    • you want more action than meetings and training sessions.

    About: reconciliation · leadership · forgiveness

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  9. 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

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  10. 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

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  11. The Hunting Ground 2015

    Documentary

    A startling expose of rape crimes on US campuses, their institutional cover-ups, and the devastating toll they take on students and their families. The film follows the lives of several undergraduate assault survivors as they attempt to pursue—despite incredible push back, harassment and traumatic aftermath—both their education and justice.

    The sides of The Hunting Ground

    • Students who survived sexual assault on campus
    • Universities protecting their name
    • Two survivors building a national movement

    Good for you if

    • you want to hear survivors tell what happened to them in their own words.
    • you want to see how institutions cover up crimes to protect themselves.
    • you want to be moved by families and students fighting for justice.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't listen to testimonies of rape.
    • you roll your eyes at documentaries that end in a call to action.

    About: justice · silence · courage

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  12. Inequality for All 2013

    Documentary

    Based on Reich's 2010 book Aftershock: The Next Economy and America's Future, the film examines widening income inequality in the United States. U.S. Labor Secretary Robert Reich tries to raise awareness of the country's widening economic gap. He publicly argued about the issue for decades, and producing a film of his viewpoints was a "final frontier" for him. In addition to being a social issue documentary, Inequality for All is also partially a biopic regarding Reich's early life and his time as Secretary of Labor under Bill Clinton's presidency. Warren Buffett and Nick Hanauer, two entrepreneurs and investors in the top 1%, are interviewed in the film, supporting Reich's belief in an economy that benefits all citizens, including those of the middle and lower classes.

    The sides of Inequality for All

    • Robert Reich explaining the income gap
    • A former Labor Secretary's own story
    • Investors from the top 1% who agree with him

    Good for you if

    • you want the American wealth gap explained in plain terms.
    • you like asking who the economy really works for.
    • you enjoy Robert Reich himself, funny and warm in front of his students.

    Bad for you if

    • you roll your eyes at a lecture with a mission.
    • you need a story that moves, not charts and a classroom.

    About: inequality · the middle class · work

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  13. 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

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  14. 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

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  15. 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

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  16. Harlan County U.S.A. 1976

    Documentary

    A heartbreaking record of the thirteen-month struggle between a community fighting to survive and a corporation dedicated to the bottom line.

    The sides of Harlan County U.S.A.

    • Coal miners on strike in Kentucky
    • Wives and mothers on the picket line
    • Armed strikebreakers at dawn

    Good for you if

    • you want to stand on a real picket line for thirteen months.
    • you like seeing a mining town take on a corporation.
    • you like the union songs that run through it.

    Bad for you if

    • you find 1970s footage dated.
    • you can't watch a community living with guns on the picket line and miners sick with black lung.

    About: labour · solidarity · class

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  17. 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

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  18. 20 Feet from Stardom 2013

    Documentary

    Backup singers live in a world that lies just beyond the spotlight. Their voices bring harmony to the biggest bands in popular music, but we've had no idea who these singers are or what lives they lead, until now.

    The sides of 20 Feet from Stardom

    • Backup singers behind the biggest stars
    • Darlene Love and Merry Clayton telling their stories
    • The voices on songs you already know

    Good for you if

    • you like hearing the voices behind famous songs, finally up front.
    • you like singers talking honestly about talent and missed chances.
    • you like true stories of people the spotlight never found.

    Bad for you if

    • you lose track when a dozen singers' stories take turns.
    • you roll your eyes when Springsteen and Sting reflect on the meaning of talent.

    About: recognition · talent · ambition

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  19. Modern history can be divided into two time frames: before 9/11 and after 9/11. This five-part docuseries is a cohesive chronicle of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the U.S., offering illuminating perspectives and personal stories of how the catastrophic events of that day changed the course of the nation.

    The sides of Turning Point: 9/11 and the War on Terror

    • The September 11 attacks
    • Twenty years of war in Afghanistan
    • Survivors, soldiers and officials remembering

    Good for you if

    • you want the personal stories of people who lived through that day.
    • you like seeing how one day reshaped the following twenty years.
    • you want to understand the choices made in Washington after the attacks.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't watch footage of the attacks and accounts of torture.
    • you want something light for your evening.

    About: terrorism · grief · security and freedom

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  20. 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

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