TOP DOCUMENTARIES
Reality TV has nothing on these true-life tales
How to Survive A Plague
This harrowing and inspiring doc follows the highly
organized activists that demanded medical and social
progress for AIDS sufferers during the height of the epi-
demic in the ’80s and ’90s — a lesson in complacency,
compassion and the power of a dedicated group of people.
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Diana Vreeland:
The Eye Has to Travel
I don’t think a documentary has ever made
me laugh this much. This fashion retrospective
makes the Anna Wintour-centric The Septem-
ber Issue feel dull and prudish. Diana Vreeland
is a plucky, sartorially minded tour de force,
playing the roll of innovator, muse and industry
leader.
The Art of Rap
The House I Live In
Did you know there are more black Americans in
prison today then there were slaves at the height of pre-
Emancipation America? This drug documentary is full of
shocking realizations like that, making the War on Drugs
seem like the most ineffective, misguided and brutal war
that the U.S. has ever fought.
Searching for Sugar Man
Whether you know everything or nothing about hip-
hop culture and the history of rap, Ice-T’s exploration into
one of America’s most successful folk traditions — with
the likes of Dr. Dre, Run DMC and Eminem — is eye-
opening and, often times, hilarious.
Sugar Man has the kind of premise that no longer seems
possible in our über-connected information age. If you
haven’t seen this music detective story, I won’t ruin it for
you, but I will say that is spans the globe seeking a silver-
tongued troubadour that gives Dylan a run for his money.
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