The Most Hated Family in America (2007) by Louis Theroux shines a light on the role of religion in US politics.
BBC’s Life and Death Row – The Mass Execution is a documentary that we use to explore the history of capital punishment in America.
The Oscar winning An Inconvenient Truth (2006) about Al Gore and climate change shows how performance is used to animate risk in documentary films.
Soyalism is a gripping documentary about factory farming and corporations taking over meat production at any cost necessary.
We're discussing Marc Silver’s documentary "3 ½ Minutes, 10 Bullets," and America's pressing problem of gun violence.
The groundbreaking Dont Look Back (1967) by DA Pennebaker is considered one of the best documentaries of all time. Today we pay homage to the late artist.
We explore the Theranos saga through the lens of Alex Gibney’s documentary The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley (2019).
Ben Masters' ‘The River and the Wall’ explores the economic, environmental and social impact of President Donald Trump’s border wall.
The Maysles' brothers documentary Salesman had an immense influence on documentary filmmaking, and speaks about the pursuit of the American Dream.