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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'Antidote' profiles a journalist on Russia's wanted list 2025-05-09
'River of Grass' explores the Everglades 2025-05-02
'Drop Dead City' covers New York in the '70s 2025-04-25
John Lennon and Yoko Ono in 'One to One' 2025-04-11
'We Want the Funk' moves your mind and body 2025-04-05
'Secret Mall Apartment' explores a rebellious art project 2025-03-28
Looking back at Japan's Aum cult 2025-03-21
'Art Spiegelman: Disaster is My Muse' profiles the cartoonist of 'Maus' 2025-02-21
'Sly Lives!' explores a musical legacy 2025-02-14
A painting escapes from prison 2025-02-06
'The Fall of Diddy' explores accusations against Sean Combs 2025-01-31
Liza Minnelli looks back 2025-01-24
'The Only Girl in the Orchestra' profiles Orin O'Brien 2025-01-17
Exploring the legacy of Loïe Fuller in 'Obsessed with Light' 2024-12-06
'Space Cowboy' profiles an aerial stunt artist 2024-11-13
'Soundtrack to a Coup D'Etat' blends music and history 2024-11-08
'No Other Land' focuses on the West Bank 2024-11-01
Japan's #MeToo moment in 'Black Box Diaries' 2024-10-25
'Union' follows the labor movement at an Amazon warehouse on Staten Island 2024-10-18
'Carville: Winning is Everything, Stupid' profiles the maverick political consultant 2024-10-11
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