From "Roger & Me" to "An Inconvenient Truth," documentaries have shown that they can be great tools for spreading awareness, even on complicated topics that don't lend themselves to visual storytelling.
Trouser-bulging and sheet-tenting erections have been seen on Big Brother – and sex-ed documentaries have shown outlines of erections with infrared cameras – but male arousal is too hard for drama to show.
Other documentaries have shown how young students cope with differential access to resources in competitive settings in more nuanced ways.
The film took seven years to make and although Ginzburg has shown the documentary in dozens of venues, she said, "this is the place that brings me to tears". The second half of the film, which focuses on Cornell, has special resonance for her: she recalled standing outside the Straight for two days in the rain and the cold as a white student supporting those inside.
Iran's state-run English language TV channel has shown a documentary on Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, sentenced to death by stoning for adultery.
(@EvgenyFeldman) 26 Sep 13 For a short time even NTV, a conservative, pro-Kremlin television station that has shown vitriolic documentaries against Russian opposition leaders, joined the protest, to the surprise of many.
The moments evoking puppet theatre and shadowplay at the start of the "Cour d'Amour" are in keeping with Orff's own ethos – Tony Palmer's recent documentary about his life, O Fortuna, has shown how effectively Orff used these mediums in other works.
It may not have the duo in a starring role, but as the hype has shown between feature documentaries and many collectible items, they'll take just about anything they can get until that happens.
Documentary footage had shown Ballard and Cameron using advanced technologies, and Berger pictured himself doing the same.
In a recent after-school class, the teacher, Joseph Vicari, asked the children to write a review of a short documentary he had shown them.
