Several men make it their lifeโs mission to save lives as the Syrian war escalates in this harrowing documentary that is somewhat too reliant on cloyingly manipulative music to deliver the emotions.
Women bare their bodies and souls in this excellent intimate, inward-looking Estonian documentary set in a private smoke sauna.
A vibey Moroccan music documentary about the popular group Nass-El Ghiwane that is a mix of invigorating performances, behind-the-scenes, and colonial history.
This startlingly eye-opening documentary brings us deep into the human body, finding abstract beauty in its grotesque sights of tissue and organs, yet at the same time, it is also about the sounds of life and deathโwithin and outside of bodies as surgeons chatter, equipment beep and hospitals bustle.ย
An extraordinary Oscar-worthy documentary about North Koreans who have defected, with startlingly real footage of escape and told in such a highly-suspenseful and intense manner that may even put the finest thrillers to shame.
A young womanโs unwavering stand against the shameful Iranian legal system is captured with both intimacy and exasperation in this insightful documentary about the case of Reyhaneh Jabbari, who was hanged for acting in self-defence against a rapist in 2014.
One of Markerโs defining works about time and memory, this is an experimental documentary of the highest order, capturing the wonder and bizarreness of human cultures and existence amid technological change.
This exceptional documentary deals with the threat of ugly eco-politics in the most personal and risk-taking wayโby following a group of brave Filipinos who volunteer to be โland defendersโ trying to protect the environment despite facing death threats from corrupt authorities.
A brave broadcast journalist warns of widespread nationalistic propaganda on television news in this powerful indictment of the sorry state of media and hate politics in India.
Cote makes the monotony of industrial labour poetic and hypnotic in this decent documentary exploration of what โworkโ and โworkingโ means to the blue-collar fraternity.
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