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8.6 Great

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Of Fathers and Sons

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8.3 Great

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To Kill a Tiger

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8.2 Great

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Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution

Crip Camp is a 2020 documentary by Nicole Newnham and Jim LeBrecht on Camp Jened and its role in US disability-rights ac...

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8.2 Great

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Last Flight Home

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Daughters

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8.1 Great

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The Battered Bastards of Baseball

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8.0 Great

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Is That Black Enough for You?!?

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8.0 Great

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7.9 Good

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The Remarkable Life of Ibelin

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7.9 Good

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Will & Harper

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7.9 Good

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Athlete A

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7.8 Good

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Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story

Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story is a 2024 U.K.-U.S. documentary about Reeve's paralysis and activism, directed by...

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7.8 Good

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The Mother of All Lies

The Mother of All Lies is a 2023 Moroccan documentary by Asmae El Moudir using miniatures to revisit family memory and t...

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7.8 Good

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Casting JonBenet

Casting JonBenet is Kitty Green's 2017 documentary using Colorado actor auditions to examine public memory of the JonBen...

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7.8 Good

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Eagle Huntress

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7.8 Good

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Gleason

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7.8 Good

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Stevie

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7.8 Good

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Stutz

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7.8 Good

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Tell Me Who I Am

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7.5 Good