Documentaries in the Bay Area worth going out for.

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Top picks

Sensory-Friendly Film Screening: Happiest Place on Earth: Walt’s Disneyland (2025)

Thu, Aug 27 · 11:00 AM

Presidio Terrace

Disney history documentary

Happiest Place on Earth: Walt’s Disneyland (2025)

Thu, Aug 27 · 2:00 PM

Presidio Terrace

Archival Disneyland documentary

Blossoms and Thorns Film and Discussion

Fri, Aug 28 · 2:00 PM

Richmond

History through lived testimony

Roxie First Looks #13

Fri, Aug 28 · 4:00 PM

Mission District

Curated award-qualifying shorts

Film Screening – “Tongues Untied”

Sat, Aug 29 · 7:00 PM

Southside

Poetic documentary double feature

Tongues Untied & The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement

Sat, Aug 29 · 7:00 PM

Downtown Berkeley

Black identity documentaries

Film Screening – “Skin of Glass”

Sun, Aug 30 · 3:30 PM

Southside

Revolutions Per Movie presents: URGH! A MUSIC WAR

Sun, Aug 30 · 3:00 PM

Mission District

80s punk on the big screen

Film Screening – “Skin of Glass”

Sun, Aug 30 · 3:30 PM

Downtown Berkeley

A daughter searches for her father's ghost in a glass tower now ruled by squatters. This documentary weaves family memory, urban decay, and South American modernism into one haunting story, followed by a Q&A with the filmmaker.

THE BIG CHEESE

Sun, Aug 30 · 4:30 PM

San Rafael

Cheese rivalry on screen

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Pompei: Below the Clouds

Sat, Aug 29 · 4:45 PM

San Rafael

Documentary on life under vesuvius

Pompei: Below the Clouds

Thu, Aug 27 · 6:45 PM

San Rafael

Poetic volcano documentary

MARY OLIVER: Saved by the Beauty of the World Film Screening

Thu, Aug 27 · 4:30 PM

San Rafael

Poetry on the big screen

Film Screening: Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World

Thu, Aug 27 · 4:45 PM

San Rafael

Poetry & nature documentary

TIME AND WATER – Film Screenings

Thu, Aug 27 · 4:30 PM

San Rafael

Glacial meditation on home

Black August Film Screening: The Strike

Fri, Aug 28 · 5:00 PM

Jingletown

Film, healing & resistance

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Frequently asked questions

How does Outgoing pick documentaries in the Bay Area?

I go through what's actually on locally and keep the ones worth going to. Nothing pay-to-play, no filler, just the things I'd text a friend about.

Are these picks up to date?

Yes. Past events drop off on their own and the list refreshes every day, so what you see is what's actually happening.

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