Op-Docs

Season 12

Op-Docs is The New York Times editorial department's award-winning section for short, opinionated documentaries, produced with wide creative latitude and a range of artistic styles, covering current affairs, contemporary life and historical subjects.

Where to Watch Season 12

25 Episodes

  • Victoria
    E1
    VictoriaIn a traditional Catholic town, Alex develops his identity and defends his dreams.
  • The Ambassador’s Wife
    E2
    The Ambassador’s WifeIn Burkina Faso, a diplomatic spouse spends her days within the boundaries of the embassy.
  • The Missing Parts
    E3
    The Missing PartsA filmmaker revisits his time in Cuba to tell a story he left unfinished.
  • Stay With Me, the World Is a Devastating Place
    E4
    Stay With Me, the World Is a Devastating PlaceIt was 1970. Over 50 years later, these words serve as a dire warning.
  • You Are Always 20
    E5
    You Are Always 20When a director gets hold of an action movie he and his best friend made two decades ago, he reconsiders the risks they took as young men
  • The Army We Had
    E6
    The Army We HadNearly 20 years after their deployment to Iraq, veterans grapple with their younger selves and try to make sense of the war.
  • Obon
    E7
    ObonAkiko Takakura survived the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. This is her story, in her voice.
  • Away
    E8
    AwayTwo teenage Ukrainian refugees in Budapest express their pain and grief through art.
  • Now I’m in the Kitchen
    E9
    Now I’m in the KitchenA mother and daughter find a connection in a place they least expected.
  • My A.I. Lover
    E10
    My A.I. LoverThree women reflect on the complexities of their relationships with their A.I. companions.
  • Study of a Fight
    E11
    Study of a FightTwo actors, partners at the time, discuss relationship conflicts between takes of a scripted scene.
  • Hardly Working
    E12
    Hardly WorkingAs background extras, some nonplayer characters are programmed to do one thing forever: drudgery.
  • Freshwater
    E13
    FreshwaterDream Hampton explores water as a force of harmony and devastation as climate change affects her home city of Detroit.
  • Control
    E14
    ControlA Northern Irish man’s relationship with a peregrine falcon reveals a personal history of torture during the Troubles.
  • Backflip
    E15
    BackflipNikita Diakur tried to do a backflip, and injured himself. With A.I. and a six-core processor, his avatar learns to do one instead.
  • Clean
    E16
    CleanA filmmaker captures her attempt to come off the synthetic opiates that kept her off heroin for the past six years.
  • A Robust Heart
    E17
    A Robust HeartConversations with slaughterhouse workers, by the son of one, explore family and masculinity.
  • Oasis
    E18
    OasisAt the dawn of their teenage years, the bond between the twins Raphaël and Rémi begins to weaken. But during the summer, time seems to stand still.
  • Neighbour Abdi
    E19
    Neighbour AbdiThrough reconstructions in a special effects studio, “Neighbour Abdi” embarks on a candid journey through Abdiwahab Ali’s personal history scarred by war.
  • Madeleine
    E20
    MadeleineEvery week Raquel and Madeleine, two friends born 67 years apart, spend time together. Madeleine refuses to leave her retirement home, but Raquel finds a way to bring her on a road trip.
  • Ramboy
    E21
    RamboyOn Achill Island in Ireland, Cian hopes to spend the summer playing soccer with his friends. But his grandfather thinks it’s about time to pass down a family tradition.
  • Island in Between
    E22
    Island in BetweenS. Leo Chiang reflects on his relationship with Taiwan, the United States and China from the islands of Kinmen, just a few miles from mainland China.
  • The Waiting
    E23
    The WaitingThe ecologist Karen Lips observed frogs for several years in Central America. She left briefly, and when she returned, the frogs were gone. She sets out to find them and encounters a horrible truth.
  • Red Ears
    E24
    Red EarsNearly 13 years after his civil service in Senegal, Paul Drey questions his role as a volunteer in the German system of development aid.
  • Visible Mending
    E25
    Visible MendingOlder crafters across Britain speak to how knitting can help us heal, even at our most broken.

 

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