documentary
The new Belorussian film ‘Debut’: Crime and punishment and art therapy
December 6, 2019A well-made, touching documentary.
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‘Bikram: Yogi, Guru, Predator’: Oh! Kolkata, yogi bare and boo-boos
December 3, 2019As Eva Orner’s chilling Bikram: Yogi, Guru, Predator contends, Bikram Choudhury—who is now a fugitive from the U.S. but still teaching and cashing in elsewhere—is one of the latest in a long line of figures from...
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‘The Edge of Democracy’ sheds light on Brazil teetering on the brink
June 17, 2019Unlike documentarians like Michael Moore, whose proletarian persona is a recurring part of his docs, Costa can’t keep up with her material.
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Chelsea Manning and Rohingya Muslims featured in new documentaries
May 29, 2019The film "XY Chelsea" is often tragic in tone, showing the pervasive surveillance ominously growing in the U.S.
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Documentary ‘Moundsville’ digs deeper into Appalachian ‘Trump country’
May 13, 2019A look at one post-industrial town's effort to redefine itself.
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