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  • All In: The Fight For Democracy (2020)
    Review preview for All In: The Fight For Democracy

    If you've been confused by what you've seen of US politics recently and are looking to learn more about it, this is a great place to start.

    Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    A documentary about the history of voter suppression in the United States.
  • Becoming Cousteau (2021)
    Review preview for Becoming Cousteau

    The clothes they wear make you swoon and the colourised underwater images do the rest to transport us into a magical world.

    Anne-Katrin Titze · 4 out of 5
    Profile of the undersea explorer.
  • Bobby Fischer Against The World (2011)
    Review preview for Bobby Fischer Against The World

    Intriguing, funny, and sad.

    Robert Munro · 3.5 out of 5
    A documentary portrait of the brilliant chess champion who gradually lost his mind.
  • A Boy's Life (2002)
    Review preview for A Boy's Life

    If it weren't for the fact that A Boy's Life is set in the bedrock of white trash Mississippi, this would be no more than an extended social services report.

    David Stanners · 2.5 out of 5
    Documentary about a dysfunctional boy and his family in small town Mississippi.
  • What Happened, Miss Simone? (2015)
    Review preview for What Happened, Miss Simone?

    It is more like a primer on her life than an in-depth study.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
    The life of Nina Simone, mostly told through her own words.

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