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Thought-Provoking Documentaries

Thought-Provoking Documentaries

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Thought-Provoking Documentaries
  • Trouble the Water

    Directed by Carl Deal, Tia Lessin • Documentary • 2008 • US • English
    Featuring Brian Nobles, Wink Rivers, Kimberly Rivers Roberts

    Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival, this powerful documentary is at once horrifying and exhilarating. “Trouble the Water” takes you inside ...

  • Vita Activa: The Spirit of Hannah Arendt

    Directed by Ada Ushpiz • Documentary • 2015 • Israel, Canada • English, Hebrew, German with English subtitles
    Featuring Alison Darcy, Angela Winkler

    This spirited and thought-provoking documentary about German-Jewish philosopher Hannah Arendt dives into rare, archival footage to offer a portrait...

  • Walk with Me

    Directed by Marc J. Francis, Max Pugh • Documentary • 2017 • UK • English
    Featuring Benedict Cumberbatch, Thich Nhat Hanh, Sister Chân Không

    Narrated by Benedict Cumberbatch and featuring unprecedented access, "Walk With Me" takes us deep inside the world-famous monastery of Zen Buddhist master...

  • Web Junkie

    Directed by Hilla Medalia, Shosh Shlam • Documentary • 2014 • Israel, US • Mandarin with English subtitles
    Featuring Ran Tao

    China is the first country to label internet addiction a clinical disorder. “Web Junkie” exposes a Beijing rehab center where teenagers are being "deprogrammed" and forced...

  • What Is Democracy?

    Directed by Astra Taylor • Documentary • 2018 • Canada • English
    Featuring Astra Taylor Angela Davis, Cornel West

    Coming at a moment of profound political and social crisis and featuring a diverse cast—including celebrated theorists, trauma surgeons, activists, factory workers, asylum seekers, a...

  • Zen for Nothing

    Directed by Werner Penzel • Documentary • 2017 • Germany, Japan • English, German, Japanese with English subtitles
    Featuring Sabine Timoteo, The Sangha Community of the Antaiji Zen Monastery of Japan

    A masterly immersion into life at a Japanese Zen monastery that is both simple and beautifully f...