A documentary project by both Palestinians and Israelis that provides the necessary context for the eradication of several Palestinian villages in the occupied West Bank by the IDF and armed settlers—it’s hard-hitting but a testament to courageous and responsible filmmaking in torrid circumstances.
Brazilian director Karim Ainouz looks back at his family’s history as he journeys to his late father’s Algeria in search of his roots in this poetic, experimental documentary that constantly surprises with its film form and language.
In what could be Seidl’s least provocative film, he tackles the notion of pure religious faith as a single, static camera is objectively set up in various churches to capture several devout Catholics in private conversations with Jesus.
A Chinese conglomerate sets up shop in a vacant factory plant in Ohio, transforming livelihoods but also creating cultural and social tensions in this well-made if not particularly memorable Oscar-winning documentary.
A son films his dying father’s last performances on the piano in this elegiac final tribute to one of the most creative musical minds of the last 50 years.
Akerman’s rarely-seen made-for-TV documentary about Pina Bausch is intimate, minimalist and soul-stirring as the famous choreographer goes on a European tour with her company of dancers.
A wonderful tribute and starting point to explore one of American silent cinema’s greatest exponents, judiciously put together by narrator-director Bogdanovich.
Bergman’s first documentary provides a rather brief but still insightful look at the residents (farmer, schoolteacher, newly married couple, and more) of the isolated Fårö Island, poetically shot by longtime collaborator Sven Nykvist.
Harrowing but essential, this ground-zero document of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine from the vantage point of an Associated Press journalist in the besieged city of Mariupol bluntly reminds us of the humanitarian cost of war.
A family consisting of four generations of Palestinian women is the subject of this highly personal documentary that sheds an affirmative light on stories of displacement—from their lands and themselves.
Eternality Tan 