nonfiction

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For four days each year, it transforms this college town in the middle of Missouri into a fantasy land for lovers of nonfiction cinema, the art form this festival was founded to champion.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026

Most known and loved for 1984’s “Paris, Texas,” the filmmaker has more recently devoted his work to nonfiction storytelling.

From Salon • Mar. 6, 2026

But those two events are mere overture to “Fukushima: A Nuclear Nightmare”—a nonfiction thriller that marks the 15th anniversary of what was certainly a catastrophe but might well have been worse.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026

In nonfiction, a soulful look at how we interact with the natural world leads to an equally soulful look at why the American West’s human diversity enriches us all.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2026

After a moment, he took the nonfiction to another bookcase and began shelving it.

From "Kindred" by Octavia Butler