And now for something slightly serious: summer documentaries - Washington publish

summer at the videos isn't all superheroes and motor vehicle chases. It's also the start of documentary season, heralded through the arrival of the annual AFI docs movie festival — June 22-26 at AFI Silver Theatre, Landmark's E street Cinema and the Newseum.

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The competition gets underway with a screening of director Alex Gibney's "Zero Days," an investigation into the construction of a pc worm — jointly designed by using the us and Israel — to disrupt Iran's nuclear application. "Norman Lear: just one other version of You," a profile of the pioneering producer of tv's "All within the family" with the aid of Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady, wraps issues up. each gala screenings may be at the Newseum, with the hole-nighttime movie to be adopted by a Q&A with Gibney.

preserve checking afi.com/afidocs for greater information. (the entire lineup might be announced Monday.) particular person tickets to AFI docs screenings go on sale can also 18 (can also 9-17 for AFI contributors). Admission to non-gala screenings is $10-$12, with numerous passes attainable now, beginning at $200 for access to all normal screenings ($a hundred and eighty for AFI Two-celebrity contributors and up, and for alumni of the AFI Conservatory).

Don't agonize in case you omit out. each "Zero Days " and "Norman Lear" could have commercial releases later in the summertime (July 8 and 22, respectively). listed here are any other documentary releases you could need to mark to your calendar. (notice: Dates are area to alternate.)

dark Horse(may additionally 13)

The champion racehorse Dream Alliance — educated by using working-type Welshmen and not using a racing experience — is the discipline of this nonfiction film.

Vaxxed: From cover-as much as disaster (may 20)

The Tribeca movie pageant canceled the screening of this documentary, which makes controversial connections between vaccines and autism.

Weiner(can also 27)

This 2015 Sundance Grand Jury Prize winner examines the breakdown of Anthony Weiner's 2013 new york mayoral campaign amid sexting allegations that echo those from two years past.

The music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk road Ensemble(June TBD)

Morgan Neville, director of the Oscar-successful "Twenty toes From Stardom," explores cellist Yo-Yo Ma's attempt to create go-cultural dialogue via tune.

De Palma(June 17)

Director Brian De Palma is the subject of a movie by using Noah Baumbach ("Mistress the us") and tv director Jake Paltrow (sure, Gwyneth's brother).

consume That query: Frank Zappa in His personal phrases (July 1)

The late rock musician and cultural gadfly gets the complete documentary remedy, with archival interviews and concert pictures.

Lo and Behold: Reveries of the linked World (Aug. 19)

Filmmaker Werner Herzog, nominated for an Academy Award for his meditation on Antarctica, "Encounters at the conclusion of the realm," turns his consideration to the digital universe of the cyber web.