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Requiem for a Glacier

Siddhant Adlakha / Truthdig Jun 5, 2026 Sara Dosa’s latest documentary is an emotional plea to save the planet. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

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Memories of Murder, Premonitions of Ecocide

Siddhant Adlakha / Truthdig May 8, 2026 A documentary about Indigenous land rights wrestles with Argentina’s colonial legacy. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

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Up Close, but Strictly Professional

Veronica Phillips / Truthdig May 5, 2026 “Modern Whore” is a stylized documentary about sex work and the people who do it. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

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Chasing Amy Goodman, the Pied Piper of Progressive Media

Ed Rampell / Truthdig Apr 14, 2026 “Steal This Story, Please!” documents “Democracy Now’s!” three decades of broadcasting unembedded truth to power. Dig deeper ( 13 Min. Read )

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The Year in Culture, from Hollywood to the Margins

Truthdig staff / Truthdig Dec 23, 2025 Truthdig’s most-read arts and culture stories of 2025. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

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Sy Hersh and the ‘Culture of Enormous Violence’

Siddhant Adlakha / Truthdig Dec 18, 2025 In a new documentary, Mark Obenhaus and Laura Poitras explore the art and legacy of an investigative legend. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

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The Limits of Vision

Corey Atad / Truthdig Oct 24, 2025 A new Obamas-produced documentary paints a shallow portrait of Ghanaian revolutionary leader Kwame Nkrumah. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

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Raoul Peck’s Filmmaking Equation

Corey Atad / Truthdig Sep 26, 2025 The director behind “I Am Not Your Negro” and “The Young Karl Marx” returns with a portrait of George Orwell as fascism and disinformation surge around the world. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

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To Understand a Predator

Bedatri D. Choudhury / Truthdig Sep 23, 2025 A new documentary reconsiders the allure of one of the strangest television shows of all time. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

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Some Real Cowgirl Sh*t

Siddhant Adlakha / Truthdig Aug 20, 2025 Kate Beecroft’s “East of Wall” takes on the task of reimagining the American Western. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

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Post-Catholic Brazil 101

Siddhant Adlakha / Truthdig Jul 17, 2025 Petra Costa’s Netflix documentary offers a superficial account of the rise of evangelical Christianity in modern Brazil. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

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The Everything Union

Bedatri D. Choudhury / Truthdig Dec 20, 2024 A new documentary goes inside the dramatic origins of the Amazon Labor Union — just in time for holiday shopping decisions. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )