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Gerhard Richter Painting
Billed as director Corinna Belz's intimate study of the great contemporary German painter at work, methodically watching his creative process.

Last Call at the Oasis
Oscar-winning director Jessica Yu's look at the global water crisis will undoubtedly be this year's Waiting For "Superman," in other words, the documentary likely to generate the most press and which everyone will have seen.

Sarah Palin - You Betcha!
Nick Broomfield is the one quintessential doc makers who puts himself into his films, dogging his quarry and taking the audience through the whole investigative process. Palin seems prime material for such an approach.

This Is Not A Film
Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi and fellow filmmaker Mojtaba Mirtahmasb give insights into the forces weighing on Iranian cinema and a glimpse into conditions of an artist under house arrest awaiting his fate.

Undefeated
Inner-city football at a Memphis high school. One of the most touted docs of the year, even if there's a danger of it being too feel-good. (Alternately, there's Alex Gibney's The Last Gladitors about NHL on-ice enforcers.)