Matt Carey’s Top 10 Documentaries Of 2022

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Spectacular. That’s the word to describe the year in documentary film, a span that witnessed the emergence of fresh talent and the return of seasoned nonfiction filmmakers at the top of their form.

It all made for the single best year for feature documentaries that I can remember. With so many remarkable films to consider, it becomes exceptionally difficult to narrow the list to a top 10.

Easily 20-25 merit high praise. But with the caveat that such a list inevitably omits many worthy contenders, this is my choice of the best documentaries of 2022, in alphabetical order: This cinematic marvel from director Shaunak Sen descended from the skies of Delhi, India to the Sundance Film Festival where it won the Grand Jury Prize for World Cinema Documentary.

With a mastery of image, sound and poetic language, the film illustrates the quiet resolve of Nadeem and Saud, monkish brothers who occupy a lair in an unprepossessing section of Delhi where they rescue and rehabilitate injured birds of prey, especially black kites.