‘A Chilling Effect’: Is Hollywood Too Scared to Touch Hot-Button Documentaries?

Guardian arts writer Adrian Horton details the self-distribution journeys of the Academy Award-nominated (and since, winning) documentary No Other Land, about the destruction of West Bank community Masafer Yatta by the Israeli military, and the Sundance jury award winning Union, about the campaign to unionize an Amazon warehouse, as well as distribution details of other films—discussing the challenges arising from the new political context and shifting streamer priorities through which filmmakers are trying to find ways to reach audiences.