documentary

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It is the willingness to show both joy and discomfort that underpins their documentary - Laing describes himself as "more anxious", while Habboo admits she is "worse on no sleep".

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

They wasted little time in sharing those moments as the documentary airs less than four months since their son, Ziggy, was born.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

This Netflix documentary revisits the 2022 murder of a talented athlete, with director Marina Zenovich creating a sensitive portrait of the life lost and the grief of others in its wake.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

Putting the experience of making “Faces of Death” in perspective, Goldhaber references Jean-Luc Godard’s famous dictum that every film is a documentary of its own making.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026

He says it so slowly that it’s like he’s narrating the documentary about the Civil War that Ms. Rochambeau had us watch.

From "The Benefits of Being an Octopus" by Ann Braden