The Best Documentaries of 2021 Challenge Our Memory of the Past
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The Best Documentaries of 2021 Challenge Our Memory of the Past
At this stage in the boom times of prestige documentaries, there are a few things you can rely on seeing each year. Among them: the Defining Portrait of a sports icon, most recently found in Tigerand The Last Dance; the batshit Netflix true crime doc, featuring the Joe Exotics and Carol Baskins of the world; and finally, you're likely to have a supposedly candid look at a modern-day pop star, something like Miss Americana or ariana grande: excuse me, i love you.
If you're a fan of any of the three categories, some good news: 2021's slate of documentaries is stuffed with all three. We finally saw a Pelé documentary with the involvement of the elusive icon. Plus, some behind-the-scenes action with Billie Eilish and The Beatles. And yes, in Night Stalker: The Hunt For a Serial Killer, we got our Netflix-branded true crime watch. More recently, in The Rescue and The First Wave, we've found genuine Oscar contenders. Here are the best documentaries of the year so far.
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From Tiger Woods and Pelé to Billie Eilish and The Beatles, 2021has been another banner year for sports and music docs.
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