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​A woman wearing a hat and glasses, with shoulder-length hair, stands on a street and holds a sign that reads "LA Jails are the largest mental health institutions in the country." From Kenneth Paul Rosenberg’s 'Bedlam.' Courtesy of 'Independent Lens.'
Screen Time: Week of May 16, 2022
Screen Time is your curated weekly guide to excellent documentaries and nonfiction programs that you can watch at home. Over the past few years
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A middle-aged Filipino male activist sits on a fallen tree trunk; he is wearing shorts and a blue t-shirt that says "Palawan para-EnviFORCER." . Photo from Karl Malakunas' 'Delikado.' Courtesy of Hot Docs.
Screen Time: Week of May 9, 2022
Screen Time is your curated weekly guide to excellent documentaries and nonfiction programs that you can watch at home. Right on the heels of Mother's
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Pro-choice clinic escorts hold hands and stand in front of pro-choice posters, gathering to pray at Reproductive Health Services in Montgomery, Alabama. From Dawn Porter’s 'Trapped.' Courtesy of the film team.
Screen Time: Week of May 2, 2022
Screen Time is your curated weekly guide to excellent documentaries and nonfiction programs that you can watch at home. At IDA, we believe in
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Shanona is a middle-aged Black woman, seen here holding her son, a Black boy wearing a gold toy crown. From Loira Limbal’s ‘Through the Night.’ Photo by Naiti Gámez. Courtesy of POV.
Screen Time: Week of April 11, 2022
Screen Time is your curated weekly guide to excellent documentaries and nonfiction programs that you can watch at home. Black Maternal Health Week
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A cartoon of Uncle Sam holding a Vietnamese soldier between chopsticks. From Emile de Antonio’s ‘In the Year of the Pig.’ Courtesy of Amazon.
Screen Time: Week of April 4, 2022
Screen Time is your curated weekly guide to excellent documentaries and nonfiction programs that you can watch at home. We have been spending this
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A child stands in front of artist Aves Aras’ multi-colored art installation made of paper and glue. From Craig and Brent Renaud’s ‘State of the Art.’ Photo by Thomas Willis. Courtesy of PBS.
Screen Time: Week of March 14, 2022
Screen Time is your curated weekly guide to excellent documentaries and nonfiction programs that you can watch at home. It’s been a heartbreaking week
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A close up of Angela Davis, an African-American female activist, with an Afro. From Shola Lynch’s ‘Free Angela & All Political Prisoners.’ Courtesy of the film’s Facebook page.
Screen Time: Week of March 7, 2022
Screen Time is your curated weekly guide to excellent documentaries and nonfiction programs that you can watch at home. Today is International Working
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A Ukrainian family of five sits in their living room watching a film that they made about life during wartime. From Iryna Tsilyk’s 'The Earth Is Blue as an Orange'. Courtesy of the filmmaker.
Screen Time: Week of February 28, 2022
Screen Time is your curated weekly guide to excellent documentaries and nonfiction programs that you can watch at home. As the tragedy and the
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Ady Barkan is a white male American activist seen here sharing an affectionate moment with his child. Image from Nicholas Bruckman’s ‘Not Going Quietly.’ Courtesy of Michael Dwyer/POV.
Screen Time: Week of January 24, 2022
Screen Time is your curated weekly guide to excellent documentaries and nonfiction programs that you can watch at home. With just a little less than a
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Alvin Ailey is a legendary Black male dancer, photographed on stage, in a ballet pose. From Jamila Wignot’s ‘Ailey.’ Courtesy of Jacob's Pillow / Licensed from Harvard (John Lindquist rights)
Screen Time: Week of January 10, 2022
The 36th season of PBS’ American Masters premieres today, January 11, with Jamila Wignot’s Ailey, the definitive documentary about the life and works
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