Documentary
Almost 20 years after Hurricane Katrina, one of the deadliest and most devastating natural disasters in U.S. history, roared into southeastern Louisiana on August 29, 2005, the documentary series Hurricane Katrina: Race Against Time will debut on National Geographic. The five-part documentary series takes a look at the disaster directly from those who lived through it.
Monk in Pieces is New York filmmaker Billy Shebar’s revealing documentary portrait of composer and artist Meredith Monk, considered one of contemporary arts’ greatest innovators.
Mother City, the South African film directed by Pearlie Joubert and Miki Redelinghuys and produced alongside Khetiwe Ngcobo has been awarded the Ladima Foundation’s 7th Adiaha Award for Best Documentary by an African Woman.
Directed by award-winning filmmakers Grace Lee and Patty Ahn, the documentary Forever We Are Young explores the meteoric rise of global K-Pop supergroup BTS, told entirely through the eyes of their devoted fanbase, ARMY.
Filmmakers Salima Koroma, Alice Gu, and Cecilia Aldarondo teamed up to direct the Dear Ms.: A Revolution in Print, a three-part documentary film exploring the history Of Ms. Magazine.
Igualada: Refusing to Know Your Place directed by Juan Mejía Botero (Death by a Thousand Cuts), chronicles Francia Márquez’s extraordinary journey from rural grassroots activist to history-making campaign as Colombia’s first female and first Black presidential candidate.
HBO revealed the official trailer for Enigma, a new documentary exploring transgender identity and legacy through the stories of icons from the ’70s whose lives helped shape trans culture and history.
