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nonfics.bsky.social @nonfics.bsky.social · 10m

The latest edition of This Week in Documentary is out now! Highlights include the highly anticipated releases of four of the best films of the year and a re-release of one of our favorite nonfiction classics celebrating LGBTQIA+ history. Find those and more here: www.nonfics.com/p/week-in-do...

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nonfics.bsky.social @nonfics.bsky.social · 15h

50 years ago today, Barbara Kopple's 'Harlan County U.S.A.' premiered at the New York Film Festival. You can watch it now on HBO Max. We guarantee you'll be hooked from the start, as we explain here: buff.ly/2VOgiRa

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nonfics.bsky.social @nonfics.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

32 years ago today, 'Hoop Dreams' opened in theaters. The film went on to earn an Oscar nomination for editing and remains one of the most popular documentaries of all time. You can find the film on this list of Michel Gondry's favorite documentaries: www.nonfics.com/p/5-favorite...

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nonfics.bsky.social @nonfics.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

"One of the greatest documentaries of all time." Here's our review of 'You Can See Everything': www.nonfics.com/p/you-can-se...

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nonfics.bsky.social @nonfics.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

'Everybody to Kenmure Street' is nominated for four Critics Choice Documentary Awards, including Best Documentary Feature and Best Director. See all of this year's nominations here: www.nonfics.com/p/ava-duvern... You can find our review of the film here: www.nonfics.com/p/everybody-...

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nonfics.bsky.social @nonfics.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

6 years ago today, 'Belushi' premiered at the Chicago International Film Festival. Read our review of R.J. Cutler's impeccable archival film, which offers a unique sensory experience of the life of John Belushi, here: buff.ly/32XhLtQ

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nonfics.bsky.social @nonfics.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

10 years ago today, ‘Sky Ladder: The Art of Cai Guo-Qiang' was released on Netflix, where you can still watch it. Here's our review: buff.ly/49uKkNt

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nonfics.bsky.social @nonfics.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Actor Steve Coogan celebrates his birthday today. Long ago, we interviewed him about adapting true stories into fiction and about the rare documentary that portrayed the *real* Steve Coogan. Read it here: buff.ly/3U62Wgg

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nonfics.bsky.social @nonfics.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Ava DuVernay’s ‘14th’ leads nominations for the 11th Critics Choice Documentary Awards www.nonfics.com/p/ava-duvern...

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nonfics.bsky.social @nonfics.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

'Boorman and the Devil,' about the making of 'The Exorcist II,' is now available on TCM on Demand and the TCM app. Read our review here: www.nonfics.com/p/week-in-do...

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nonfics.bsky.social @nonfics.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

The best documentaries about funny people, including 'I Am Divine,' which is now streaming on Tubi. www.nonfics.com/p/10-necessa...

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nonfics.bsky.social @nonfics.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

The 20 Best Documentaries About Los Angeles www.nonfics.com/p/the-20-bes...

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nonfics.bsky.social @nonfics.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

The 10 Best Documentaries About LGBT History www.nonfics.com/p/the-10-bes...

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nonfics.bsky.social @nonfics.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Fans of Divine and of John Waters’ work will be delighted by this film, and anyone else who catches it will want to dive right into the diva’s gigantic body of work. Here's our review of 'I Am Divine,' now streaming on Tubi: bit.ly/3sX19dv

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nonfics.bsky.social @nonfics.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

7 years ago, 'Fire in Paradise' premiered at the Hamptons Film Festival. Watch it now on Netflix and read about how it pairs with another film about the 2018 Camp Fire here: buff.ly/3ps5HJH

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nonfics.bsky.social @nonfics.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

'Lady Valor: The Kristin Beck Story' is now streaming on Tubi. The doc was one of our favorites at SXSW back in 2014: buff.ly/2vVbnU8

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nonfics.bsky.social @nonfics.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

10 years ago today, Jonathan Demme's final feature, ‘Justin Timberlake + The Tennessee Kids,’ debuted on Netflix, where you can still watch it now. Read our review: buff.ly/3vdedzQ

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nonfics.bsky.social @nonfics.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Today in Documentary 'Clown Panic' premieres on Hulu 'Always Lalisa' debuts in IMAX theaters 'Free Leonard Peltier' begins streaming on Netflix Find more to watch this week here:

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nonfics.bsky.social @nonfics.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Now streaming on Tubi: ‘Ballet 422’ draws great beauty from little details. Read our review: buff.ly/4iRJVJf

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nonfics.bsky.social @nonfics.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

'Murderball' is now streaming for free with ads on YouTube. This extremely entertaining, Oscar-nominated sports film, about wheelchair rugby and the paraplegics who play it, was named one of the best documentaries of the 2000s here: buff.ly/2VVtuDf

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nonfics.bsky.social @nonfics.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Today in Documentary 'My Undesirable Friends Part II: Exile,' Alex Gibney's 'Musk,' 'World Without Cows,' and 'The Sixty-Year Mission: How Star Trek Changed Television and the World' are among this weekend's new theatrical releases. Find more to watch here: www.nonfics.com/p/week-in-do...

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nonfics.bsky.social @nonfics.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

'First Position' is now streaming on Tubi. We spotlight it on this list of great dance competition films: buff.ly/0G4n3ju

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nonfics.bsky.social @nonfics.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

'Man on Wire' is now streaming on Netflix. Find out why it's one of the best documentaries of all time here: bit.ly/2Es176j

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nonfics.bsky.social @nonfics.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

12 years ago today, Laura Poitras's 'Citizenfour' premiered at the New York Film Festival and was immediately received as a gripping, revealing, and essential work of journalism. The documentary would go on to win the Oscar. Read our review from 2014 here: buff.ly/2v4xinr

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nonfics.bsky.social @nonfics.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Also, here's an extra interview with Jay Reinke on being the subject of ‘The Overnighters’ and Jesse Moss on capturing it all: www.nonfics.com/p/interview-...

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nonfics.bsky.social @nonfics.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

And here's Jesse Moss on ‘The Overnighters’ and the “holy shit” moments of making a verite documentary www.nonfics.com/p/jesse-moss...

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nonfics.bsky.social @nonfics.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

12 years ago today, the brilliant documentary 'The Overnighters' was released in theaters. You can read our review here: bit.ly/3RUPiuw

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nonfics.bsky.social @nonfics.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

The latest edition of This Week in Documentary is out now! Highlights include the second part of 'My Undesirable Friends' and new films by Alex Gibney, David France, and Jesse Short Bull. Find those and more in our newsletter here: www.nonfics.com/p/week-in-do...

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nonfics.bsky.social @nonfics.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

On this date in 2015, Paul Thomas Anderson's 'Junun' premiered at the New York Film Festival. It was one of our favorite music docs of that year, seen here: buff.ly/2KFPo9o

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nonfics.bsky.social @nonfics.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Johnny Ramone was born on this date in 1948, so we recommend watching 'End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones' if you can find it. It's on this list of the best documentaries about punk rock: buff.ly/2MqMHoI

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nonfics.bsky.social @nonfics.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

10 years ago today, 'SCORE: A Film Music Documentary' premiered at the Hamptons Film Festival. For the anniversary, here are 10 reasons Hollywood film scores are the world’s greatest form of music, according to the documentary's producer, Trevor Thompson: bit.ly/2R6rlRQ

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nonfics.bsky.social @nonfics.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

45 years ago today, 'Vernon, Florida' premiered at the New York Film Festival. For the anniversary, let's look back at Errol Morris's first three films as the documentary auteur’s foundation: buff.ly/2ZcFKOZ

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nonfics.bsky.social @nonfics.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

55 years ago today, Werner Herzog's 'Land of Silence and Darkness' premiered at the Mannheim-Heidelberg International Film Festival in West Germany. Now it's on Prime Video, Kanopy, Tubi, Shout! TV, and Cineverse. See where it lands on our ranking of all Herzog's documentaries: t.co/qXWFvifXOa

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nonfics.bsky.social @nonfics.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

5 years ago today, Jimmy Chin & Chai Vasarhelyi's 'The Rescue' was released in theaters. See where the film later ranked on the list of the best documentaries of 2021: www.nonfics.com/p/best-docum...

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nonfics.bsky.social @nonfics.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Now streaming free with ads on Tubi: 'The Royal Road' is equal parts travelogue, memoir, historical treatise, philosophical musing, and film criticism. Our brief review from the 2015 Sundance Film Festival: buff.ly/2Lyr1vH

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nonfics.bsky.social @nonfics.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

'I Am Paul Walker' is a somber observance of a celebrity-confined free spirit. Here's our review of the documentary, which is now streaming for free on Fandango: buff.ly/2EhvnTx

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nonfics.bsky.social @nonfics.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

In honor of Harvey Pekar, who was born on this date in 1939, here's a spotlight on movies based on nonfiction comic books, including 'American Splendor': buff.ly/2FNIzAQ

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nonfics.bsky.social @nonfics.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Now streaming for free with ads on Tubi: ‘I Am Not Your Negro’ is a unique blend of social commentary, film criticism, and memoir. Read our review: buff.ly/2RW5rzY

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nonfics.bsky.social @nonfics.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

'Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii' is now available to stream for free with ads on Tubi. We recommend it here: buff.ly/PQnQQvr

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nonfics.bsky.social @nonfics.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

On this date in 2004, the docuseries version of 'The Staircase' debuted its first two episodes on Canal+ in France. You can watch the entire true-crime series, including episodes added years later, on Netflix. Here's a piece on why it's essential viewing: buff.ly/3ROZghY

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nonfics.bsky.social @nonfics.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

"Putin had a clear vision of what he wanted to do right from the minute he took the world's stage…we have misunderstood him, to our detriment." Watch 'Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War' on Netflix and read our interview with the director: buff.ly/4a5ysRk

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nonfics.bsky.social @nonfics.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

It can also be found on our lists of the best documentaries about LGBT history (buff.ly/2Cx5eQu) and necessary documentaries about death and dying (buff.ly/2w6Q8L9)

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nonfics.bsky.social @nonfics.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

On this date in 1990, Rob Epstein & Jeffrey Friedman's Oscar-winning documentary 'Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt,' about the AIDS Memorial Quilt, premiered at the Mill Valley Film Festival. You can now watch the film on Kanopy, Kino Film Collection, or The Criterion Channel.

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nonfics.bsky.social @nonfics.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Baz Luhrmann's 'EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert' is now available to stream on Kanopy. Check out our review of the film here: ift.tt/983KL4A And see how high it lands on our list of the best documentaries of 2026 so far here (via Letterboxd): letterboxd.com/nonfics/list...

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nonfics.bsky.social @nonfics.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Chris Marker's 'Level Five' is a "worthwhile addition" to the filmmaker's canon, "a curious treasure" that finally reached the U.S. posthumously (and is now streaming on DAFilms.com). Our review: buff.ly/3jOfO73

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nonfics.bsky.social @nonfics.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

10 years ago today, Ava DuVernay's '13th' was released on Netflix. It would go on to receive an Academy Award nomination for Best Documentary Feature. Here's our review from the time of its release: buff.ly/BXYekBM

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nonfics.bsky.social @nonfics.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

25 years ago today, the War in Afghanistan (aka the War on Terror; aka Operation Enduring Freedom) began. Here's a list from the 10th anniversary highlighting necessary documentaries about that conflict: www.nonfics.com/p/afghanista...

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nonfics.bsky.social @nonfics.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

10 years ago today, the shorter, Brad Pitt-narrated IMAX version of Terrence Malick's 'Voyage of Time' was released in theaters. Here's our review of the feature-length option: buff.ly/1iKhsSK

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nonfics.bsky.social @nonfics.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Happy birthday to documentary programmer/curator and podcast host Thom Powers, one of the best, most influential members of our community! Check out this interview we did with Powers in 2017: buff.ly/3XWNp3D

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nonfics.bsky.social @nonfics.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

On this date in 2010, Asif Kapadia's 'Senna' premiered in Japan. Here's why you should watch the film, which is about Formula 1 racer Ayrton Senna: buff.ly/3ayY9ex

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