1. Vulnerability, gravitas in quarantine docs

    Instead of earning a stranger’s trust and documenting a moment in time for their final projects, students photographed loved ones in lockdown.

  2. The ‘direct cinema’ of D.A. Pennebaker

    Frank Beaver analyzes the ‘direct cinema’ of documentarist D.A. Pennebaker, who died in August.

  3. A most valuable player

    Catcher Moe Berg may have been the ‘greatest gloveman’ in the MLB. But he also was a secret agent in World War II. ‘The Spy Behind Home Plate’ is a new documentary from Michigan Daily alumna Aviva Kempner, BA ’69/MUP ’71.

  4. Singing Detroit’s praises

    ‘Let’s Have Some Church Detroit Style,’ from filmmaker and Michigan Daily alum Andy Sacks, AD ’69, celebrates Motown with the city’s Hallelujah Singers.

  5. Gimme Danger

    Frank Beaver embraces a lust for life in new Iggy doc by Jim Jarmush.

  6. Life Itself

    Frank Beaver reflects on the “imperturbable power” of a good documentary.