Allen Iverson revolutionized the culture of the NBA with his authentic voice and unapologetic expression of style that paved the way for a new generation of basketball. Through unprecedented access ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

(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 ...

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 ...

It’s hard to believe, but it’s been a full decade since Making a Murderer set off the modern true-crime boom. These days, streamers flock to series and films that delve into the more terrifying ...

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 ...

As the year closes, it’s time to pay tribute to some of the best documentaries of 2025. Many of these are heavy, often depressing features, because good documentarians hold up a mirror to the times ...