Sly Lives! (aka the Burden of Black Genius) sees Ahmir 'Questlove' Thompson examine the career and legacy of Sly and the Family Stone and the double standards to which Black artists are held.
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The Oscar-nominated short documentaries include Incident; I Am Ready, Warden; Death by Numbers; The Only Girl in the Orchestra; and Instruments of a Beating Heart.
Beyoncé's career as a documentary director deserves consideration after music docs, concert films, and visual albums from Lemonade to Renaissance.
Grand Theft Hamlet sees actors stage a production of Hamlet inside the world of Grand Theft Auto and find power in the online community.
Documentary highlights at the 2025 Available Light Film Festival include Northlore, The Stand, Play It Loud, Fire Tower, and Old Crow: A Philosophy.
A Man Imagined, now streaming from the National Film Board of Canada, offers a vérité portrait of Lloyd, an unhoused man in Montreal.
Miryam Charles receives the inaugural Charles Officer Legacy Award presented by TIFF and CBC during the opening ceremonies for Canada's Top Ten.
The 2025 Sundance documentary report: highlights include Come See Me in the Good Light, The Perfect Neighbor, Speak, Endless Cookie, and Coexistence, My Ass!.
East of Wall centres a drama around mother-daughter Tabatha and Porshia Zimiga and their life on the family farm.
ACLU lawyer Chase Strangio argues for the rights of trans youth in a Supreme Court case with far-reaching implications in Heightened Scrutiny.