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5 best documentaries out now

By CW Contributor on 24/10/2016

Take a look at our list of the best documentaries 2016 has just given us: teenage Afghan rappers, the Louis Theroux Scientology film, and the Beatles documentary by Ron Howard

Sonita Documentary 2016 Review

Sonita ★★★★★

In just an hour and a half, director Rokhsareh Ghaem Maghami reminds us all why the migrant crisis facing the world today is one of the biggest issues on our planet. It is a film which will make you question what you think you know.

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WHEN
21 Oct 2016 – 30 Nov 2016, Times vary according to cinema
WHERE
Various Locations
In Pursuit of Silence, Film Review

In Pursuit of Silence ★★★★★

We never really think about sound. As we squeeze onto the tube every morning, plug in to our iPods, totter around town to the sounds of the hustle and bustle of the city, we never think about the influence that sound has on our behaviour, our thoughts, our emotions...

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WHEN
21 Oct 2016 – 11 Dec 2016, Times vary according to cinema
WHERE
Various Locations
Christine Chubbuck suicide film Kate Plays Christine

Kate Plays Christine ★★★★★

The story of Christine Chubbuck is a tragic but undeniably interesting part of broadcast history: she was the first person to commit suicide on live TV.

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WHEN
14 Oct 2016 – 14 Dec 2016, Times vary
WHERE
Various Locations
Louis Theroux documentary My Scientology Movie

My Scientology Movie ★★★★★

Louis Theroux's face is hangdog but content, chided but unruffled. It’s a face of infinite patience – its stare is neither penetrating nor forgiving. It just is. Like the stare of a cat. It’s a tool of pure deadpan comedy, and in My Scientology Movie it’s the comedy that’s centre stage.

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WHEN
07 Oct 2016 – 07 Dec 2016, Times vary
WHERE
Various Locations
Footage from The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years

The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years ★★★★★

Ron Howard, director of A Beautiful Mind and The Da Vinci Code, returns to the screens with 8 Days A Week: The Touring Years, a documentary revolving around the idolisation and rise to global fame of The Beatles.

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WHEN
15 Sep 2016 – 15 Nov 2016, Times vary
WHERE
Various Locations
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