Technology has made non-fiction film easier to make, more available and more popular than ever before. Here, WNYC selects the best documentaries as they come to screens of any size.

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'Carol Doda Topless at the Condor' profiles a trail blazer 2024-03-22
'Frida' profiles the Mexican painter in her own words 2024-03-15
'A Revolution on Canvas' profiles Iranian artists in exile 2024-03-08
'God Save Texas' challenges preconceptions about the state 2024-03-01
'Breaking the News' follows the journalism team at The 19th* 2024-02-23
'Island in Between' looks at tensions between Taiwan and China 2024-02-16
'Bobi Wine: The People's President' follows a pop star turned politician 2024-02-09
'The ABCs of Book Banning' listens to students 2024-02-02
Covering Ukraine in '20 Days in Mariupol' 2023-12-08
'Deciding Vote' on legalizing abortion 2023-12-01
'The Disappearance of Shere Hite' profiles the controversial sex researcher 2023-11-17
Liv Ullmann in person at the DOC NYC festival 2023-11-10
'Another Body' explores deepfake pornography 2023-11-03
'The Pigeon Tunnel' profiles John le Carré 2023-10-27
'Silver Dollar Road' tells a story of Black resistance 2023-10-20
'Reality Winner' profiles a whistleblower 2023-10-13
'Joan Baez: I Am a Noise' is a road trip through history 2023-10-06
Intersex people speak their truth in "Every Body" 2023-09-29
"26.2 to Life" explores a prison marathon 2023-09-22
"The League" remembers a lost era of baseball 2023-08-25
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