100 episodes
Documentary of the Week WNYC
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- Society & Culture
Technology has made non-fiction film easier to make, more available and more popular than ever before. Here, WNYC selects the best documentaries as they come to screens of any size.
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'Copa 71' uncovers a hidden history of women in sports
'Copa 71' tells the story of an international women's soccer tournament in 1971 that took place in Mexico.
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'The Luckiest Guy in the World' profiles Bill Walton
The ESPN series, 'The Luckiest Guy in the World,' profiles basketball great Bill Walton who passed away last month.
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Collecting records and reviving dreams in 'Flipside'
Filmmaker Chris Wilcha tells a personal story of reckoning with youthful dreams in middle age as he tries to save an old record store in 'Flipside.'
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'Queen of the Deuce' profiles the grandmother who ran porn theaters
'Queen of the Deuce' profiles Chelly Wilson, a Greek Jewish immigrant grandmother who ran multiple adult film theaters around 42nd Street.
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'A Time to Stir' looks at Columbia University in 1968
'A Time to Stir' is a 10-part oral history film focusing on the Columbia University student strike of 1968.
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Is 'The Contestant' the most bizarre documentary of the year?
'The Contestant' explores the early days of reality TV in Japan when a man named Nasubi spent over a year naked in isolation living off prizes from magazine sweepstakes while 30 million viewers tuned in to watch.