This week we review Shola Lynch's new film, Free Angela and All Political Prisoners, and its "historical vérité" approach to biographical documentary. Then, inspired by Lynch's own thoughts about making the story of Angela Davis into a biopic, we discuss fiction adaptations of documentaries. Do they help documentaries find an audience, or are they too often simply blander, inaccurate versions of the original? Finally, we take a moment to remember Roger Ebert's championing of documentary film over the years, and recommend some of his favorites and ours.
