documentary

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“He seemed like a level-headed person,” one friend says of Richard “Beebo” Russell, the subject of the documentary “#Skyking.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

An animated series based on the popular “Mafalda” comics, a dystopian miniseries based on a Philip K. Dick novel and a Fito Páez documentary are all on the way.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

The women, the documentary makes clear, aren’t really getting anything from their relationships.

From Salon • Apr. 8, 2026

Born in 1951, in Dunfermline, Fife, Allan became interested in snorkelling and diving after watching Jacques Cousteau's film, The Silent World, a 1956 documentary which was one of the first to use underwater filming.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

In science, we watch a documentary about Rachel Carson, the conservationist who wrote a book called Silent Spring.

From "Shine!" by J.J. and Chris Grabenstein