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Baby/Girls' directors Alyse Walsh and Jackie Jesko embed themselves with their teenage subjects in this intimate documentary.

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Sal Calderone, with a trademark 6-inch beard that he wears tied with a hair band, helps connect special needs and gen ed ...

Siebel Newsom leaned on her powerful hubby and his education board to push preachy flicks about “toxic masculinity” into classrooms, casting her husband as an enlightened Democratic savior — all while ...

Netflix has a star-studded slate of documentaries coming in March 2026, from a new nature series produced by Steven Spielberg to a Netflix debut for Louis Theroux. Netflix has a documentary for ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Some of this year’s Oscar-nominated documentary shorts hit so hard, viewers may be grateful to come across one ...

I've given birth to four children. As a mother, I can't imagine the grief if one of my babies died at all, but especially in the immediate days after giving birth. About 10 years ago, several parents ...

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As someone who watches and studies the Academy Awards every year, I can tell you that the Best Documentary Short Subject nominees are frequently heavy, and often depressing. This milieu is often ...

John Lennon called keyboardist Billy Preston "the fifth Beatle." But his talents couldn't help him outrun his demons, as told in a new documentary, "Billy Preston: That's the Way God Planned It." It's ...