A look at the 15 shortlisted documentary features

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 'Battle for Brooklyn' — directors Michael Galinsky and Suki Hawley'Bill Cunningham New York' &#8212 director Richard Press'We Were Here' — director David Weissman and Bill Weber'Buck' — director Cindy Meehl'Project Nim' — director James Marsh'Sing Your Song' — director Susanne Rostock'Pina' — director Wim Wender'Long Way Home: The Loving Story' — director Nancy Buirski'Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory' — directors Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky'If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front' — director Marshall Curry and co-director Sam Cullman'Under Fire: Journalists in Combat' — director Martyn Burke'Semper Fi: Always Faithful' — directors Rachel Libert and Tony Hardmon'Undefeated' — directors Daniel Lindsay and T.J. Martin'Jane's Journey' — director Lorenz Knauer'Hell and Back Again' — director Danfung Dennis

Daniel McGowan is under house arrest in much of this insightful film, as we learn how he changed from a Queens, N.Y., boy-next-door to a member of the Earth Liberation Front, responsible for several acts of arson.

'If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front' — director Marshall Curry and co-director Sam Cullman

( TJ Watt / Oscilloscope Laboratories Releasing )

Daniel McGowan is under house arrest in much of this insightful film, as we learn how he changed from a Queens, N.Y., boy-next-door to a member of the Earth Liberation Front, responsible for several acts of arson.

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