Great Documentaries of 2010

2010 gave us a number of edutaining documentaries about public education, the financial crisis, and corruption in politics, but the half dozen I liked best were mostly profiles that gave private dimension to public (or semi-public) figures:

• "Basquiat: The Radiant Light,"
• "Exit Through the Gift Shop,"
• "Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist, and Rebel,"
• "Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work,"

and

• "The Two Escobars."

The sixth is

• "45365,"

a living portrait of the filmmakers' hometown of Sidney, Ohio that with a quiet beauty timelessly captures the rhythms of small-town American life.