The Document

The Document

The Document is KCRW's new kind of mashup of documentaries and radio - telling addictive, real life, right now stories.

Making a film with mom, dad, and LA’s most beloved gay porn store.

“Circus of Books” - The Jewish Factor

Making a film with mom, dad, and LA’s most beloved gay porn store.

Pulling back the dark veil of the Satanic Panic of the 1980s.

Preschool Panic

Pulling back the dark veil of the Satanic Panic of the 1980s.

Filmmaker Travis Wilkerson brings us the story of the made-in-secret documentary “Underground.”

Underground

Filmmaker Travis Wilkerson brings us the story of the made-in-secret documentary “Underground.”

The story of two films - a narrative and a documentary - made inside a fully functioning, maximum-security prison.

A Hard Truth

The story of two films - a narrative and a documentary - made inside a fully functioning, maximum-security prison.

The documentary snubs, insider take and why the genre deserves more than one category at the Oscars.

And the documentary Oscar goes to…'Free Solo!'

The documentary snubs, insider take and why the genre deserves more than one category at the Oscars.

An Italian filmmaker drives across the country looking for his vision of America.

Lamerica

An Italian filmmaker drives across the country looking for his vision of America.

Here are my Top Ten Documentaries of 2018 (don’t count too closely), in no particular order.

The best documentaries of 2018

Here are my Top Ten Documentaries of 2018 (don’t count too closely), in no particular order.

A notorious dictator demands a recut of the documentary about him – or else.

The Yellow Laugh

A notorious dictator demands a recut of the documentary about him – or else.

What happens when a prodigy chef realizes his dream, at 19?

Chef Flynn

What happens when a prodigy chef realizes his dream, at 19?

Will the cameras kill Alex Honnold on his free solo climb of El Cap?

Free Solo

Will the cameras kill Alex Honnold on his free solo climb of El Cap?

A filmmaker steps out from behind the camera to interview his mom about his family’s excruciating past.

Return to Rockford

A filmmaker steps out from behind the camera to interview his mom about his family’s excruciating past.

The toxic pit that’s the country’s largest Superfund site is a painful reminder of the corruption of Montana’s Copper Kings...and a warning of what corporate spending can still do to…

Dark Money

The toxic pit that’s the country’s largest Superfund site is a painful reminder of the corruption of Montana’s Copper Kings...and a warning of what corporate spending can still do to…

The dark power of dark money!

Dark Money

The dark power of dark money!

A Grand Slam of an interview with tennis coaching legend Nick Bollettieri. [Explicit Content]

Love Means Zero

A Grand Slam of an interview with tennis coaching legend Nick Bollettieri. [Explicit Content]

It’s a helluva movie, baby.

Love Means Zero

It’s a helluva movie, baby.

The most amazing, remarkable, incredible true story ever told.

Three Identical Strangers

The most amazing, remarkable, incredible true story ever told.

Fact and fiction mixed into a magical film.

Gabriel and the Mountain

Fact and fiction mixed into a magical film.

The perks and perils of growing up in the family business, traveling the world and making documentary films.

Cuba and the Cameraman...and his Daughter

The perks and perils of growing up in the family business, traveling the world and making documentary films.

A filmmaker and composer pull back the curtain on how they use music to shape the way we experience documentaries.

Music and Meaning

A filmmaker and composer pull back the curtain on how they use music to shape the way we experience documentaries.

Not a documentary film festival, a celebration of non-fiction film!

Forget Cannes! Come to Columbia, Mo.

Not a documentary film festival, a celebration of non-fiction film!