Documentary

The writer-director — ’12 Years a Slave,’ ‘Red Tails,’ ‘American Crime’ — tells truths via fiction and nonfiction

An instant-message conversation about the documentary’s portrayal of a community and police department struggling to find solutions

‘I Had a Dream,’ inspired by Martin Luther King Jr.’s famous speech, will be released on the late civil rights leader’s birthday

Documentary about Whitney Houston is also a romantic tragedy

New documentary is a potent combination of social and media criticism

Maybe they’re both

What can’t Tyler, the Creator do well?

A Baltimore step team. Dr. Dre. A woman wrestler. Freedom of the press. This summer’s docs aim to entertain — and educate.

An urgent call for justice and reform, the doc highlights a history of national gaslighting

A dive into the exclusion of blacks in American pools and the culture of blacks and water in the Caribbean