Op-Docs

Season 8

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 8

24 Episodes

  • After Birth
    E1
    After BirthI love my baby. But I was unprepared for how childbirth would change my body.
  • Traveling While Black
    E2
    Traveling While BlackThe Green Book was a critical guide for African-Americans struggling to travel safely in the Jim Crow era. This 360 degree video explores its complicated legacy.
  • The Dispossessed
    E3
    The DispossessedHazari is a traditional faith healer, exorcising patients who’ve been possessed. But against the backdrop of the long-running conflict in Kashmir, nothing is as it seems.
  • The Atomic Soldiers
    E4
    The Atomic SoldiersThey served near dangerous nuclear tests — and it has haunted them ever since.
  • Natural Born Settlers
    E5
    Natural Born SettlersI’d never understood the Israeli settlers. So I moved in with them.
  • Boca del Lobo
    E6
    Boca del LoboMario Guevara, a reporter for Mundo Hispánico, investigates the impact of ICE arrests on his Atlanta community.
  • El Vacío
    E7
    El VacíoYears living as an undocumented immigrant taught me not to believe in the American Dream.
  • To Be Queen
    E8
    To Be QueenIn Luling, the “toughest town in Texas”, two Latina high school girls compete to be the next Watermelon Thump Queen.
  • Stonewall: The Making of a Monument
    E9
    Stonewall: The Making of a MonumentEver since the 1969 riots on the streets outside New York City’s Stonewall Inn, L.G.B.T.Q. communities have gathered there to express their joy, their anger, their pain and their power.
  • Contaminated Memories
    E10
    Contaminated MemoriesI was certain of my assailant’s identity. Why didn’t an alarm bell go off?
  • Growing Up Ethan
    E11
    Growing Up EthanHow do you find independence when you’re coming of age with autism?
  • Given Away: Korean Adoptees Share Their Stories
    E12
    Given Away: Korean Adoptees Share Their Stories“One of the last things that my grandmother said was, ‘When you grow up, come visit me.’”
  • Six Degrees of Immigration
    E13
    Six Degrees of ImmigrationCan a marriage made of video chats and airplane tickets survive?
  • Darlin
    E14
    DarlinA family divided by immigration authorities struggles to reunite.
  • Almost Famous: The King of Fish and Chips
    E15
    Almost Famous: The King of Fish and ChipsIn the late 1960s, Haddon Salt built a fast food empire. Then Kentucky Fried Chicken came knocking.
  • Losing My Son to Syria
    E16
    Losing My Son to SyriaHe was 21 years old. And then he left to join the insurgency.
  • My American Surrogate
    E17
    My American SurrogateA Chinese businesswoman in California has become a matchmaker between Chinese parents and American wombs.
  • Walk, Run, Cha-Cha
    E18
    Walk, Run, Cha-ChaPaul and Millie Cao lost their youth to the aftermath of the Vietnam War. Forty years later, they are rediscovering themselves on the dance floor.
  • Stay Close
    E19
    Stay CloseOne man’s unlikely path to fencing glory.
  • Mumbai's Midnight Gardeners
    E20
    Mumbai's Midnight GardenersMeet the people who keep their city running while the rest of the world sleeps.
  • The Church Forests of Ethiopia
    E21
    The Church Forests of EthiopiaOn the Ethiopian highlands, church grounds have become accidental time capsules of biodiversity.
  • Almost Famous: Kim I Am
    E22
    Almost Famous: Kim I AmKim Hill was a rising singer. She met a young rapper named will.i.am. The rest is history — or is it?
  • Almost Famous: The Other Fab Four
    E23
    Almost Famous: The Other Fab FourIn the mid-1960s, four teenagers from Liverpool were changing the face of pop music. Their names were Mary, Sylvia, Pam and Val.
  • Almost Famous: The Lost Astronaut
    E24
    Almost Famous: The Lost AstronautIn 1963, Ed Dwight Jr. was poised to be NASA’s first African-American astronaut. Until suddenly he wasn’t.

 

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