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The Fight

The Best Documentaries of 2020

by Pat Mullen Marc Glassman
December 24, 2020August 10, 2021
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The best documentaries of 2020 include Boys State, The Viewing Booth, Collective, Pahokee, Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets, 76 Days, The Truffle Hunters, and Wintopia.

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Could This Be the Year of the Documentary Best Picture Oscar Nominee?

by Pat Mullen
August 13, 2020August 15, 2021
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No documentary has every been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. Could that change in 2020 as docs provide the windows into the world that we're all craving right now?

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‘The Fight’ Brilliantly Captures the Insanity of Keeping Up with Trump

by Pat Mullen
July 29, 2020August 28, 2021
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The Fight (USA, 96 min.) Dir. Elyse Steinberg, Josh Kriegman, Eli Despres After wowing the documentary crowd with their portrait of an errant Weiner, Elyse Steinberg, Josh Kriegman, and Eli Despres chronicle

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Report on Sundance Docs: Part 1

by Jason Gorber
January 27, 2020August 23, 2021
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Sundance, the internationally celebrated film festival that has taken place in Utah since 1978, is at an existential crossroads. For documentary fans, however, Sundance remains the greatest collection of premieres on the

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