‘Whose Streets’ is a Powerful Documentary That Excites as it Enlightens
Sabaah Folayan and Sabaah Jordan give us an insider’s experience of the Ferguson protests.
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‘Dolores’ Offers a Timely Lesson in Mexican-American Studies
Dolores Huerta finally gets a documentary of her own.Joe Arpaio never appears on screen in Dolores, but he’s there in spirit, particularly in the final act when Dolores Huerta is seen as the catalyst …
An Update from The Cove: ‘A Whale of a Tale’ Finds Little Changed in Taiji
Filmmaker Megumi Sasaki shows how neither the media craze nor the dolphin hunt has ceased.It has been more than seven years since The Cove won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. The film …
The 5 Must-See Documentaries of the 2017 DOC10 Film Festival
You’ll want to watch all 10 films, but these are our favorites.The Islands and the WhalesChicago’s DOC10 Film Festival is more of a showcase. All of its curated titles are screened only once, and noth…
4 Cesar Chavez Films to Watch Now
No one taught me about Cesar Chavez in school. I never heard of the man until he factored into a Simpsons joke, one in which part of the humor is that Homer didn’t know what Chavez looked like, so…
‘American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs’ Review
To explore the life of Grace Lee Boggs is to explore a multitude of topics about America in the 20th century. That’s what happens when you live for 98 years (and counting!) and don’t let up on your so…