5 documentaries that will stick with you long after they end

Life After
CW: assisted dying, ableism

"Disabled filmmaker Reid Davenport investigates assisted dying and uncovers how ableism, policy, and systemic failures can make death seem like the only option. With gripping stories and a personal mission, Life After explores who gets real choice, and who doesn't, in life and death."

An Island of the Mind
CW: schizophrenia, psychosis, involuntary treatment

"An unhoused man with schizophrenia slowly embraces antipsychotic medication under Hawaii's only willing psychiatrist and a court mandate, while a man in recovery offers rare insight into mental illness as he fights to reclaim stability."

Girls Can't Surf
CW: sexism

"A group of renegade surfers challenges the male-dominated professional surfing world for the shared goal of equality and change."

Patrice: The Movie
CW: ableism, discussions of verbal and physical abuse

"Patrice has finally found the love of her life, Garry, who is also disabled. They want nothing more than to get married, but if they do—or even if they just move in together—the government benefits they need to survive would be cut. Despite the scrutiny they're under, they decide to plan a commitment ceremony that could risk their entire future."

Zero Days

"A documentary focused on Stuxnet, a piece of self-replicating computer malware that the U.S. and Israel unleashed to destroy a key part of an Iranian nuclear facility, and which ultimately spread beyond its intended target."