Summertime

I'm getting ready for the BBQ and summer film season (Harry Potter!), and that means it is time to assemble my list of top docs I want to check out in-between trips to the beach. Some great films coming out of the festival circuit are hitting screens soon:

Project Nim: The story of the chimpanzee who was raised by a human family in the 1970s as the focus of a landmark study on teaching animals to communicate via sign language. From director James Marsh (Man on Wire).

Bobby Fischer Against the World: The bizarre life of legendary chess genius Bobby Fischer, from director Liz Garbus (Shouting Fire: Stories From the Edge of Free Speech).

Life in a Day: You Tube asked its users around the world to
film a day in their lives on July 24, 2010. 80,000 hours of footage and 1 year later, here is the edited film from director Kevin McDonald (Touching the Void, Last King of Scotland).

Page One: Inside the New York Times: Director Andrew Rossi (Le Cirque: A Table in Heaven) gets an all-access pass to the Gray Lady's newsroom during a transformational time in the media industry.

Buck: A profile of the real Horse Whisperer, Buck Brannaman, from director Cindy Meehl.

So much sunshine and so many docs!