The WRAL Documentary team produced five documentaries in 2025. It covered Bill Belichick's first year at UNC, Hurricane Helene recovery, cancer in young patients, immigration's impact in North ...

From beloved movie directors to NBA stars, to the spark that created America, these were our favorite documentaries of the year. As 2025 rolls into 2026, it’s a good time to unwind and reflect on your ...

The way we see it, there’s a yin and yang to documentaries. They’ve always had the potential to be deadly serious — now maybe more than ever, as a world awash in chaos spotlights such topics as the ...

The year 2025 did not disappoint in the documentaries category, and that means we have to recap the biggest titles that educated and enlightened us the most. Some made us dance, some made us cry, and ...

A rejiggering of centuries of real history via fake news reports, and a restaging of a majestic work of theater within a virtual environment. A look back at a defining moment in our country’s history, ...

The first lady's upcoming documentary, which Amazon reportedly bought for $40 million, will premiere globally in theaters Jan. 30, 2026 Amazon The first trailer for Melania Trump's upcoming ...

It's the end of "The End of an Era." Taylor Swift's documentary series about her marathon tour is set to air its final two episodes on Tuesday, Dec. 23. The six-episode series aired its first two ...

Few things are as dependable in television as the annual onslaught of true-crime nightmares. Each year, a new crop of gruesome, devastating and, admit it, often fascinating documentaries about the ...

The documentary often gets a bad rap. Maybe you watched a few boring (or prescriptive) ones in school, in which talking heads drone on about what you ought to think or feel. However, despite its ...

(Clockwise from top left) 'Always,' 'Suburban Fury,' 'Under the Flags, the Sun' and 'Riefenstahl' HandsOn Studio LLC/TimeLight Films/Argot Pictures/Cinephil Before the year ends, it’s time to publish ...

In this month’s picks, Sydney Pollack on Frank Gehry, Rob Reiner on Albert Brooks and Mike Figgis on Francis Ford Coppola. By Ben Kenigsberg The proliferation of documentaries on streaming services ...

President Donald Trump’s far-reaching use of executive power. The challenges facing a post-Assad Syria. A Ukrainian brigade’s inch-by-inch battle to reclaim a Russian-held town. The realities of ...