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This year’s Oscar documentary nominees are terrific, and you can stream them all


Five creative and daring entries to the nonfiction storytelling form.

If Four Daughters arrives at truth by way of performance, Bobi Wine, in contrast, is a deeply journalistic project that tells the story of a pop star-turned-activist’s fight for democracy in Uganda. Like Wine, farmer Ranjit is willing to sacrifice everything for what he holds dear, and he’s guided by the belief that change on a local level might help slowly shift the minds and hearts of his fellow villagers. The Eternal Memory is interesting to consider alongside the shortlisted American Symphony:musician Jon Batiste composing an orchestral piece as his wife (author and writer Suleika Jaouad) undergoes cancer treatment.

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