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Stream These 7 Documentaries to Feed Your Tiger King Withdrawal

by Courtney Small | April 3, 2020

Here are seven documentaries to stream to feed your appetite for strange and crazy content after binge-watching Netflix's crazy series.

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The Internet of Everything: An Eco-utopia or a Surveillance Nightmare?

by Victor Stiff | March 20, 2020

Brett Gaylor’s new documentary, The Internet of Everything, examines whether we're headed for an eco-utopia or a surveillance nightmare?

Sundance 2020: Us Kids Review

by Victor Stiff | February 6, 2020

Us Kids follows the Parkland survivors as they fight for gun reform after a mass shooting at their school kills 17 people.

Sundance 2020: Rebuilding Paradise Review

by Victor Stiff | February 6, 2020

Ron Howard’s documentary Rebuilding Paradise profiles the most devastating wildfire in California’s history and its impact on the fire-ravaged town of Paradise.

Human Rights Watch Film Festival: Gay Chorus Deep South Review

by Bil Antoniou | January 31, 2020

David Charles Rodrigues' eye-opening documentary about the San Francisco's Gay Men's Choir tour of the US south may strike close to home for some.

There Are No Fakes Review

by Courtney Small | January 31, 2020

There Are No Fakes is a haunting portrait of greed, class and the horrors that can arise when art is only viewed through a monetary lens.

Human Rights Watch Film Festival: I Am Not Alone Review

by Bil Antoniou | January 31, 2020

I Am Not Alone is a wonderful celebration of a political victory in Armenia but will likely come across as hollow propaganda to anyone not already on board with its politics

Sundance 2020: Boys State Review

by Jason Gorber | January 28, 2020

What happens when a thousand 17-year-old boys from Texas join together to build a representative government from the ground up? Jason Gorber reviews this stunning new Sundance documentary.

Sundance 2020: Taylor Swift: Miss Americana Review

by Jason Gorber | January 28, 2020

The new Taylor Swift documentary Miss Americana shines a bright light on the music star that's a perfect celebration for fans – and may well generate more than a few new ones.

Slamdance 2020: Ask No Questions Review

by C.J. Prince | January 27, 2020

Whatever good Ask No Questions does in bringing awareness to a major event that deserves investigation becomes undone by its ridiculous speculation.

Slamdance 2020: Big Fur Review

by Deirdre Crimmins | January 27, 2020

Documentaries don’t always need to claim that their subjects change the world or study incidents that send ripples across the annals of history. Some of them merely peek into a corner of the world where few have peeked. Big Fur is in the latter category of documentary film and it focuses its gaze on a […]

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by That Shelf Staff | January 24, 2020

Apple TV+ is taking their first step into the world of documentary with Visible: Out on Television, an upcoming five-part documentary series investigating the role of TV in shaping societal attitudes towards LGBTQ+ people and how LGBTQ+ people have in turned shaped TV.