Documentary Movies 2017 List

With Blessin Giraldo • Cori Grainger • Tayla Solomon • Gari McIntyre • Paula Dofat • Amanda Lipitz

Step documents the senior year of a girls’ high-school step dance team against the background of inner-city Baltimore. As each one tries to become the first in their families to attend college, the girls strive to make their dancing a success against the backdrop of social unrest in the troubled city.

With Richard Berge • Diane Weyermann • Lawrence Bender • Bonni Cohen • Davis Guggenheim • Laurie David • Scott Z. Burns • Jeff Skoll • Lesley Chilcott • Jon Shenk • Al Gore

A decade after An Inconvenient Truth brought the climate crisis into the heart of popular culture, comes the riveting and rousing follow-up that shows just how close we are to a real energy revolution. Former Vice President Al Gore continues his tireless fight, traveling around the world training an army of climate champions and influencing international climate policy. Cameras follow him behind the scenes – in moments both private and public, funny and poignant -- as he pursues the inspirational idea that while the stakes have never been higher, the perils of climate change can be overcome with human ingenuity and passion.