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I don’t know about you, but I love me a good documentary. In fact, I watch several a week. Now that twenty-five of the best ones ever made are on Stream and Netflix, I’ve got my next few months planned. Here are my top picks:

Call Me Kuchu (2013) — Uganda’s first openly gay man, David Kato, battles persecution and a new state bill that threatens to make homosexuality punishable by death. His fight is cut short by an unspeakable tragedy that shocks the world. (8.0 average rating on 41 reviews, 98% fresh.)

Blackfish (2013) — Promoted as “a mesmerizing psychological thriller with a killer whale at its centre,” Blackfish tells the complicated story of Tilikum, a performing orca that killed several people, and the cruel treatment that killer whales can be subjected to while in captivity. (8.0 average rating on 117 reviews, 98% fresh.)

The Interrupters (2011) — The surprising stories of three “Violence Interrupters” trying to protect Chicago communities from the violence they once engaged in. Believing that the spread of violence mimics the spread of disease, they try to stop the infection at its source as the city becomes a national symbol for violence. (8.3 average rating on 84 reviews, 100% fresh.)

This Is Not A Film (2012) — This clandestinely made documentary (it was shot partially on an iPhone and smuggled into France inside a cake for last-minute submission to Cannes) depicts the day-to-day life of exiled Iranian director Jafar Panahi as he appeals a six year prison sentence and 20-year ban from filmmaking due to his support of the opposition party during Iran’s 2009 election. (8.8 average rating on 85 reviews, 98% fresh.)

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