Documentary of the Week
Produced by WNYC. Weekly segment on WNYC.
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'Antidote' profiles a journalist on Russia's wanted list
'Antidote' profiles the Bulgarian journalist Christo Grozev, who's uncovered hundreds of Russian secret agents. Filmmaker James Jones follows Grozev after European authorities inform ... May 9, 2025
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'River of Grass' explores the Everglades
'River of Grass' profiles a range of figures who interact with the Everglades in the past and present, including a Miccosukee educator, a python hunter, and the pioneering environment... May 2, 2025
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'Drop Dead City' covers New York in the '70s
'Drop Dead City' is a deeply researched history of New York's financial crisis in the mid-70s. Filmmakers Peter Yost and Michael Rohatyn interview a wide range of people who were invo... Apr 25, 2025
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John Lennon and Yoko Ono in 'One to One'
'One to One: John & Yoko' uses archival footage, including telephone calls heard for the first time, to capture the radical politics and performances of New York in the early 1970s. F... Apr 11, 2025
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'We Want the Funk' moves your mind and body
'We Want the Funk' explores several decades of the highly danceable music genre, ranging from James Brown to Fela Kuti. Filmmakers Stanley Nelson and Nicole London combine dazzling pe... Apr 5, 2025
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'Secret Mall Apartment' explores a rebellious art project
'Secret Mall Apartment' profiles a group of Rhode Island artists who created a hidden sanctum inside the Providence Place shopping center where they lived for four years. Filmmaker Je... Mar 28, 2025
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Looking back at Japan's Aum cult
'Aum: The Cult at the End of the World' looks back at the religious fanaticism behind the deadly Tokyo subway attack in 1995 Mar 21, 2025
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'Art Spiegelman: Disaster is My Muse' profiles the cartoonist of 'Maus'
'Art Spiegelman: Disaster is My Muse' profiles the Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist who crafted the classic Holocaust memoir 'Maus.' Filmmakers Molly Bernstein and Philip Dolin use S... Feb 21, 2025
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'Sly Lives!' explores a musical legacy
'Sly Lives! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)' profiles the 1960s band Sly and the Family Stone and the pressures on its leader. Oscar winning filmmaker Ahmir 'Questlove' Thompson ('Su... Feb 14, 2025
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A painting escapes from prison
'Paint Me a Road Out of Here' tells the story of a painting that Faith Ringgold created for the women's house of detention at Rikers Island in 1971. Filmmaker Catherine Gund explores ... Feb 6, 2025
