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My Name is Pauli Murray Directed by Julie Cohen and Betsy West, this documentary tells the story of Pauli Murray, the non-binary Black lawyer and political activist who fought against discrimination on the basis of sex. Murray served as an inspiration for Thurgood Marshall and Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the latter of which was the subject of Cohen and West’s 2018 documentary RBG. Val This documentary tells the story of Val Kilmer’s life and career, through footage Kilmer had shot himself during his career and his home movies. Following his battle with throat cancer and
losing his voice, Kilmer decided to tell his story in his own words, read by his son Jack Kilmer. APPLE ORIGINAL FILMS
Billie Eilish: The World’s a Little Blurry Directed by R.J. Cutler, this film gives a behind-the-scenes look at the creation of Billie Eilish’s debut studio album When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? Giving an inside look into her life, the film shows her working on music with her brother and collaborator Finneas O’Connell and going on tour as she completes the album. The Velvet Underground Directed by Todd Haynes, this film documents the life of early
’60s avant-garde rock band The Velvet Underground until their break-up in the early ’70s. Managed and promoted by pop artist Andy Warhol, the band was influential in the underground experimental music scene. The film includes interviews with surviving band members John Cale and Maureen Tucker with archival footage of the band. CNN
Citizen Ashe Rex Miller and Sam Pollard direct this documentary about professional tennis player and HIV activist Arthur Ashe. Ashe was the first Black player to be selected for the United States Davis Cup team and the only
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Francesco Directed and produced by Evgeny Afineevsky, the documentary examines the life of Pope Francis and the impact of his teachings on the Catholic Church. Including interviews with Pope Francis, his family, and Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, the story revolves around contemporary issues, such as climate change and immigration, and the role the Catholic Church plays in response to those issues. The film premiered at the Rome Film Festival in 2020 before being released on Discovery+ in March 2021. Introducing, Selma Blair Rachel Fleit directs this intimate look at the life of actress Selma Blair after she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2018. Documenting Blair’s attempts to slow the progression of the disease, through treatments such as chemotherapy, the film depicts a moving emotional portrait of a woman trying to survive for her son. Rebel Hearts Directed, produced and edited by Pedro Kos, this documentary follows the nuns of the Immaculate
Heart College in Los Angeles, California. For the past 50 years, a group of progressive nuns challenged the patriarchal conventions of the Catholic Church by taking a stand for the education of women. This film premiered at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival before streaming on Discovery+ in June. FOCUS FEATURES
Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain This film, directed and produced by Morgan Neville, documents the life of Anthony Bourdain and his career as a celebrity chef and writer. Featuring archival footage of Bourdain, the documentary takes an honest and unflinching look at the man renowned for his coverage of international culture and cuisine. The Sparks Brothers Directed and produced by Edgar Wright, this documentary celebrates the legacy of Ron and Russell Mael, known as the pop-rock duo Sparks. Featuring interviews with the brothers, as well as a multitude of musicians, Wright takes the viewer through a quirky musical odyssey spanning five decades, 25 albums and 345 songs. HBO
In the Same Breath Nanfu Wang examines how the Chinese and American governments responded to the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in this documentary. Though it started as a short film about the Chinese response to COVID-19, the documentary
escalated into a feature-length film after Wang discovered a shockingly large discrepancy between what was being announced to the public and what was actually happening. Simple as Water Directed, produced and edited by Megan Mylan, this documentary follows four Syrian refugee families separated by war. Filmed in Greece, the U.S., Germany, Turkey and Syria, the film examines the emotional bonds between families as a conflict forces them to split up and move to unfamiliar parts of the world. Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street Inspired by the book Street Gang by Michael Davis and directed by Marilyn Agrelo, this documentary chronicles the creation of one of the most impactful children’s television series, Sesame Street. Featuring interviews with the surviving creators of the series, as well as archival footage, the film tells the story of the first two decades of the experimental and groundbreaking series. HBO MAX
LFG Directed and produced by Andrea Nix Fine and Sean Fine, this film documents the U.S. women’s national soccer team as they fight the United States Soccer Federation for pay discrimination. The film stars Megan Rapinoe, Jessica McDonald, Becky Sauerbrunn, Kelly O’Hara, Christen Press,
Sam Mewis and Julie Foudy. HULU
Homeroom In the final chapter of his Oakland trilogy, directorproducer Peter Nicks takes a look at the students of Oakland High School in their final year in 2020. While they already live in a city that struggles with crime and a lack of health care, the students try to make their senior year great as they deal with budget cuts, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the ongoing issues of police brutality and racial profiling. NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
Becoming Coustaeu Directed and produced by Liz Garbus, this documentary follows the life and career of famed French oceanographer, Jacques Cousteau. While he studied the sea and pioneered the efforts for marine conservation, Cousteau was also a major force in warning the world about climate change. The film features newly restored archival footage of Cousteau during his life. The First Wave Set in New York during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, a hospital attempts to respond appropriately to this illness as it developed in this documentary by director-producer Matthew Heineman. The film follows nurses, doctors and hospital staff at Long Island Jewish Medical Center as they deal with the tragedy that unfolded and the crushing stresses involved.
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Flee Jonas Poher Rasmussen directed and co-wrote this documentary with Amin, the subject of the film. As Amin is about to marry his husband, he decides to share a traumatic story about his hidden past. Recreated in animation, Amin shares the story of his perilous escape from his home country as a refugee. NETFLIX
Procession Directed and edited by Robert Greene, this documentary tells the story of six men who were sexually abused by Catholic priests when they were young. Each man writes a fictionalized reenactment for the film crew to stage in an attempt to heal from these traumatic events, with the help of their fellow group of abuse survivors. ONYX COLLECTIVE/ SEARCHLIGHT PICTURES/HULU
Summer of Soul (…or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson was the director for this documentary about the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival. The legendary festival lasted for six weeks and celebrated African American music and culture, and includes amazing performers like Stevie Wonder, Mahalia Jackson and Gladys Knight. The film features painstakingly restored footage that was taken at the event but has never seen the light of day until now.
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Attica Written and directed by Stanley Nelson, this documentary details the events of the 1971 Attica Prison Riot, the bloodiest riot in United States History. By using the violent five-day standoff between inmates, mostly Black and Latino, and law enforcement, Nelson highlights the ongoing struggle and need for prison reform that hasn’t happened in the past 50 years. CUSP Isabel Bethencourt and Parker Hill directed and produced this documentary that follows three teenage girls in Texas at the end of summer. As they prepare to become adolescents, they
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confront what that means to them and how their friendships and relationships will be affected by the problems of adulthood. The Real Charlie Chaplin Written and directed by Peter Middleton and James Spinney, this documentary follows the life and career of actor Charlie Chaplin. Using his own words from a 1966 Life magazine interview, the film tells the story of how Charlie Chaplin rose to fame in Hollywood during the era of silent film. SONY PICTURES CLASSICS
Julia Writer-directors Julie Cohen and Betsy West tell the story of the legendary cookbook author
and television chef, Julia Child. By bringing French cuisine to an American audience in a jovial manner, Julia Child changed the way Americans think about food through her cookbooks and popular cooking shows, such as The French Chef. Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America Directed by Emily and Sarah Kunstler, this documentary chronicles anti-Black racism in the United States, from the era of slavery until today. Lawyer Jeffery Robinson documents the timeline of racism through a series of lectures, anecdotes and interviews as he thoroughly debunks the myth of a postracial America.
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