Documentary

Free Solo – ★★★★

Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin created an impressive portrait with the US documentary “Free Solo” (2018). The film follows the free solo climber Alex Honnold on his “El Capitan” project, a huge rock ledge in Yosemite Park [yoh-SEM-i-tee] in California, without protective gear. Due to the enormous heights and the lack of safety in

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Hoop Dreams – ★★★★★

The 1994 American documentary film “Hoop Dreams” directed and produced by Steve James, Frederick Marx, and Peter Gilbert is regarded as one of the best documentaries ever made. During it’s nearly three hours runtime it follows William Gates and Arthur Agee, two African-American high school students, in Chicago and their dream of becoming professional basketball

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I Wish I Knew – ★★★

Jia Zhangke’s 2010 Chinese documentary “I Wish I Knew” (传奇) is an elegant, poetic portrait of the port city of Shanghai. To mark its 10th anniversary, the film was released in the US for the first time in January 2020. People of different ages tell of their personal experiences in the rapidly changing political conditions

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