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A bounty of biographies: Hank Greenberg, Mel Brooks, Ethel Kennedy

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Biography is one of the most satisfying of documentary types, and this week finds a trio of excellent offerings.

“Ethel” is an intimate, personal look at a celebrated American, Ethel Kennedy, directed by Rory Kennedy, her accomplished documentarian daughter.

Aviva Kempner’s two-disc “The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg” tells you everything you need to know about the great Detroit Tigers slugger, baseball’s first Jewish superstar.

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Equally comprehensive, albeit by nature funnier, is Robert Trachtenberg’s “Mel Brooks: Make a Noise,” in which the comedy mastermind does what he does best: make us laugh.

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