In 1982, filmmaker Robert B. Weide sent a letter to his literary idol, Kurt Vonnegut. He wanted to make a documentary about the famed American author’s life. Filming did not begin on the project until 1988, 6 years after Weide … Continued

June is officially Pride Month, and while we’ve come a long way in terms of LGBTQ+ rights and queer representation on screen, we still have ways to go. At PROVOKR we’ve highlighted many feature films with LGBTQ+ main characters and … Continued

The Brandon Teena Story is a 1998 documentary that centers on the chaotic life and murder of a 21-year-old trans man named Brandon Teena, who came from Falls City, Nebraska. This film shows the homophobia that Brandon experienced and plagued … Continued

Tulsa, Oklahoma’s 1921 riots were prompted by racial tension in the Greenwood district. It was also known as “Black Wall Street,”  a prosperous Black community with bustling businesses, banks, schools, libraries, and churches. The race massacre began on May 31, … Continued

Catch up on these documentaries this spring before heading out to a summer party where you can stand awkwardly in a corner and talk about the documentaries you watched during the end of quarantine.   WeWork: Or the Making and … Continued

We are arguably in the midst of a golden era of music documentaries and biopics. And given the slate of upcoming releases, we have yet to hit the high watermark (err, crescendo).  In the last few months, we’ve seen acclaimed … Continued

This year was an amazing one for documentary features. They broke the mold and moved and educated us. From the zany to the thoughtful to the hard-hitting journalism, here are the best documentaries from 2020 and where to stream them: … Continued

Finally, finally, finally. In a world full of music documentaries and platform-produced concerts, we’re getting one on Billie Eilish. The AppleTV+ documentary Billie Eilish: The World’s A Little Blurry relives Billie’s rise to fame.  The biography was filmed during the … Continued

Nobody could have predicted what would go down at the Altamont Speedway Free Festival on December 6, 1969. Albert and David Maysles, the documentary filmmakers who were filming the Rolling Stones, the festival’s featured act, on its North American tour, … Continued

The biopic is a popular genre that purports to tell the real-life story of a person or event. Of course, these films and shows are still fictionalized accounts. They often change major plot points for narrative purposes, sometimes even omitting … Continued