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Across television, film and podcast, these four stories use personal tragedies as a way to illuminate bigger institutional failures in health care.
Category: Documentary Films and Programs
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New York Film Festival Highlights
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This year’s highlights include Jim Jarmusch’s “Father Mother Sister Brother,” the Italian documentary “Below the Clouds” and the epic “Magellan.”
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‘Lilith Fair: Building a Mystery’ Takes an Uncritical Look at a ’90s Phenomenon
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The tour started by Sarah McLachlan is the subject of the film, which includes a who’s who of women making music in that era.
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‘Megadoc’ Review: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at a Pricey Passion Project
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This documentary by Mike Figgis about Francis Ford Coppola’s “Megalopolis” is at once expansive and intimate, and sometimes very revealing.
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‘Speak.’ Review: How to Debate Like a Pro
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The art of persuasion — and the painstaking preparation for a national competition — is the focus of this moving documentary about high-school students.
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‘Predators’ Review: Busted for Social Good (and Maybe Ratings)
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This probing, troubling documentary looks at the sociological implications of the series “To Catch a Predator.”
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‘In Whose Name?’ Review: The Ye Chronicles
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Six years in the making, this new documentary traces Ye’s life of fame and fall from grace.
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At the Toronto Film Festival, the Art Form Is Alive and Thriving
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Park Chan-wook’s “No Other Choice” and Agnieszka Holland’s “Franz” led a strong festival slate, even with clunkers like a Paula Deen documentary.
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‘Lost in the Jungle’: A Real-Life Thriller in Documentary Form
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The movie peels back the layers of a headline story to find a complex tale, centuries in the making.