HBO Documentary Film Series

Two brothers Saud and Nadeem were raised in New Delhi, looking at a sky speckled with black kites, watching as relatives tossed meat up to these birds of prey. Muslim belief held that feeding the kites would expel troubles. Now, birds are falling from the polluted, opaque skies of New Delhi and the two brothers have made it their life’s work to care for the injured black kites

The film examines the life and career of photographer and activist Nan Goldin and her efforts to hold Purdue Pharma, owned by the Sackler family, accountable for the opioid epidemic. Goldin, a well known photographer whose work often documented the LGBT subcultures and the HIV/AIDS crisis, founded the advocacy group P.A.I.N. (Prescription Addiction Intervention Now) in 2017 after her addiction to Oxycontin, and near fatal overdose of fentanyl. P.A.I.N. specifically targets museums and other arts institutions to hold the art community accountable for its collaboration with the Sackler family and its well publicized financial support of the arts. Since P.A.I.N.'s activities most of the targeted museums have severed all ties with the Sackler family and in 2021 Purdue Pharma filed for bankruptcy.

Jason Isbell: Running with Our Eyes Closed

The documentary uses a montage-style editing format to convey a biography of Bowie, utilizing film clips and interviews from throughout his career.

1000% Me: Growing Up Mixed

It follows the life and career of Donna Summer. Brooklyn Sudano wanted to make a documentary revolving around her mother, Donna Summer, after realizing there was more to her than people knew.[2] Roger Ross Williams also wanted to make a documentary revolving around Summer, while discussing a potential project with Julie Goldman, Goldman connected the two.[3][4] Williams and Sudano did not want the project to be a puff piece, instead exploring difficult aspects of Summer's life and career.[5] Sudano and Williams opted to use Summer speaking in her own words, using audiotapes recorded for her memoir Ordinary Girl.[6] In December 2021, it was announced Roger Ross Williams and Brooklyn Sudano would direct a documentary film revolving around Donna Summer.[7]

With unprecedented access to Mary Tyler Moore’s vast archive, Being Mary Tyler Moore chronicles the screen icon whose storied career spanned sixty years. Weaving Moore’s personal narrative with the beats of her professional accomplishments, the film highlights her groundbreaking roles and the indelible impact she had on generations of women who came after her.

The documentary is about relationship of a father and his daughter via home movies. The father films his daughter every year on her birthday, asking the same questions. The girl goes from a toddler to a young woman with all the beautiful and awkward stages in between while the father-daughter relationship evolves in all its complexities.

The documentary focuses on trans history from the perspective of Black and Latina trans women who had been sex workers in the Meatpacking District in New York City during the 1980s and 1990s, in a place referred to as "The Stroll," during the time period before the area became gentrified.[2][3][4] The film incorporates archival video and news footage as well as photographs.[5][3] Trans women who survived the 1980s and 1990s in New York City provide an oral history through interviews in the film.[5] Archival footage includes RuPaul visiting the area with a film crew.[5][6] The film also includes a focus on the murder of Amanda Milan, a Black trans woman sex worker who was killed in Times Square in 2000, the media response and the mobilization of the trans community that followed.[5] The film concludes with a June 2020 gathering of 15,000 people listening to Ceyenne Doroshow announce the success of a fundraiser to support housing for Black trans people.[5]

Taylor Mac's 24-Decade History of Popular Music

The biography of renowned actor Rock Hudson is examined in this relevant investigation of Hollywood and LGBTQ+ identity, from his public "ladies' man" character to his private life as a gay man.

Daniel Radcliffe and his stunt double David Holmes, whose close friendship endures a life-changing accident.