—Kate Storey, Everyone knows Dr. Ruth, the iconic sex therapist who has been doling out advice for decades. Their root systems allow trees to communicate with each other and share nutrients. For those not normally inclined to turn on a documentary, this is a good entry point because who among us doesn’t love Aretha Franklin? The result is an awe-inspiring testament to the miraculousness of the event, buoyed by the crystal-clear 65 millimeter large-format images, recently unearthed by NASA staffers and digitized under Miller's supervision. ), Release date: August 23Director: Liza MandelupWhy it's a great doc: Teens are mysterious creatures, made more so in the current social media climate. Where to watch it: Hulu; rent on Amazon, YouTube, Vudu, etc. Who knew? Her latest film, The Kingmaker, reveals the massive, corrupt influence wielded by the Philippines' former First Lady Imelda Marcos among Filipino politics and the world at-large, highlighting the lead-up to the 2016 presidential election (that the Marcos family almost definitely bankrolled) that instated the authoritarian Rodrigo Duterte. Watching the Chesters transform an arid patch of land into a thriving farm not only highlights the environmental destruction humans have wrought, but also offers a viable solution that's well within our control. No matter what you call it, it’s nearly impossible to not be moved by the incredible vocals of Aretha Franklin performing at the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Los Angeles. Still, that rawness is appropriate for the subject. In 2012, an activist group of undocumented immigrants made a daring attempt to free detainees at the Broward Transitional Center in Florida by purposefully having two of their members give themselves for deportation up at the center. Factual films used to be stigmatized as pointy-headed fare, not exactly big-screen must-sees. Photographer Edward Burtynsky has dedicated his career to documenting mankind’s impact on the planet, primarily through stunning, ultra-high-resolution photographs of “manufactured landscapes” — of strip-mining sites, surreal irrigation circles, and mountains of garbage. “The Hottest August” Where to watch it: Netflix (Watch the trailer. Both victims describe their abuse in clinical detail, which makes for a queasy watch, but a worthwhile one as pop culture continues its long reckoning with the heroes it elevates and celebrates.Where to watch it: HBO Go and HBO NOW (Watch the trailer. —PD. The film is brightly lit, beautifully shot, and thoroughly depressing, exposing a glistening world that targets teen girls' insecurities. Otherwise, everything we see or hear was available in 1969, with dialogue culled from 11,000 hours of recordings. On top of the message, turns out Satanists are actually kind of light-hearted people. In the end, Franklin's singing is powerful enough to drown them all out. “American Factory” The film is methodically paced, but the lengths to which Magid goes -- including acts that, for some, pushed the limits of good taste -- to convince Federica to agree to her proposal will keep you on the edge of your seat.Where to watch it: Rent on Amazon, Vudu (Watch the trailer. In Fyre Fraud, the Hulu one, festival mastermind Billy McFarland sits down for an interview with the filmmakers who ask him point-blank about his lies and the crimes he committed to cover up the fact that the music festival he orchestrated was a poorly planned disaster. It’s one of the best documentaries of the decade, and in her new and equally astonishing film The Kingmaker, she keeps her lens trained on all that’s gold and glittery, but with far more serious implications. And At the Heart of Gold tells the story of another accused serial sexual abuser, former USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar. Directors Julia Reichert and Steven Bognar have been in the right place at the right time before. By placing this issue on the table the way it does, Dan Reed’s two-part HBO film created a cultural earthquake whose aftershocks are still being felt. Director Reginald Hudlin interviewed more than 75 people over three years. Traveling the globe to film sites of greatest transformation, the team presents a different kind of disaster movie, hoping to reshape us into more responsible custodians of our planet. ), Release date: August 9Directors: Nanfu Wang and Jialing ZhangWhy it's a great doc: There isn't much hope to be found in Nanfu Wang's first-person interrogation of China's one-child policy, the intensely strict "family planning" mandate in place from 1979 to 2015, and its reverberations are still felt both in China and in western countries today. When you think of climate change documentaries, chances are you picture Al Gore giving a PowerPoint presentation, or else scientists talking about rising sea levels in alarmist tones. 1. “Apollo 11” An Auction House Is Selling the Bar From Hilter’s Yacht. In tracing the development of American country from the Carter family and Jimmie Rogers through Garth Brooks and the Judds, Country Music relies on the usual Burns tricks: Talking-head interviews, still photography, original recordings, and archival footage tell a story that largely runs through Nashville, but connects to all forms of American music that span the entire continent. somehow spawned not one, but two great films, Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile, Michael Jackson Doc Debuts to Controversy. Unlike Kapadia's previous subjects -- Formula 1 driver Ayrton Senna and singer Amy Winehouse -- Maradona is still alive and kicking, part of the reason the story is largely restricted to the number 10's trophy-winning days at Napoli, where he fell into a life dominated by addiction and organized crime. But the moments that make Apollo 11 are the ones that come back down to Earth -- metaphorically speaking, that is. Directed by Roger Ross Williams, The Apollo weaves in the theater’s recent stage adaptation of Ta-Nehisi Coates’s Between the World and Me with a cover-to-cover, jukebox-heavy telling of the venue’s long history. Carter had met her boyfriend, Conrad Roy, only a handful of times over their two-year relationship that existed primary over text messages and Gchats; Roy was incredibly depressed, and Carter, prescribed SSRIs herself, was a horribly lonely person convinced she was helping Roy by badgering him to take his own life. For the subtitle-averse, the trilingualism doesn't really come into play; the film is mostly word-free, letting the main character, the water, "speak" for itself. The beauty of it, apart from the way it channels Miles Davis’ music with pleasurable finesse, is that Stanley Nelson’s enthralling film takes the many sides of Miles — the lyrical jazz genius, the midnight pop star, the drugs and domestic violence, the stubborn inner light — and puts them together, so that we emerge with a full sense of the artist’s contrapuntal humanity. Liza Mandelup's documentary Jawline looks at this culture through the prism of one budding star: a boy in Tennessee named Austyn Tester, who has made something of a name for himself on apps like YouNow and Musical.ly. Want more recommendations like this? Though they wear black and often enjoy heavy metal, these aren't the Satanists of the Satanic Panic in the '80s, which gets a CliffNotes treatment here, or the robe-wearing fanatics from horror films. This year, more than 15 documentaries crossed the $1 million mark in theaters, ranging from high-profile concert films (such as Bruce Springsteen’s “Western Stars” and “Bring the Soul: The Movie”) to powerful human interest stories (“Maiden” and “The Biggest Little Farm”). Plus, the Netflix film has the unforgettable interview with McFarland's business partner, Andy King, who offered to go far and beyond the call of duty to get some boxes of Evian water bottles past customs. Whatever your preconceived notions of Bannon may be, The Brink is essential viewing if you're trying to get a handle on the true aims of nationalist populism throughout the Western world -- and who isn't trying to get a handle on it? Like Burns' Jazz, Country Music delves into the history of another of America's homegrown musical styles, though its limited scope and mostly rosy outlook at times leave the docuseries feeling slightly undercooked. Need help finding something to watch? ), Release date: August 16Director: Mads BrüggerWhy it's a great doc: The 1961 plane crash death of Swedish United Nations Secretary General Dag Hammarskjöld serves as both a launch pad and red herring for the investigatory work of Mads Brügger in this endlessly intriguing documentary. Where to watch it: Netflix (Watch the trailer. But few were as stomach-churning as the USA gymnastics sexual abuse scandal, which found team doctor Larry Nassar accused of assaulting more than 250 young women and girls. Fantastic Fungi, which partially follows mycologist rockstar Paul Stamets' passionate journey into the world of mycelial networks, reintroduces us to the organisms we see every day, not as simply food or fun drugs, but as fabulously ancient creatures of immense, alien intelligence that exist in a world we've only been able to scratch the surface of.Where to watch it: In theaters (Watch the trailer.

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