A young man who suffered the loss of his last family, a gentle giant who finally stood up for himself, a young woman who craves vengeance for a grave injustice, a sweet girl who escapes subjugation, a damned man gets a chance at redemption, a joyful man who wants to defend against fear, a student who learns his history--see how this group finds one another and how they become heroes. This is how Eternity starts.

The documentary has achieved rising popularity over the past two decades thanks to streaming services like Netflix and Hulu. Despite this, documentary studies still tends to favor works that appeal primarily to specialists and scholars.Reclaiming Popular Documentary reverses this long-standing tendency by showing that documentaries can be—and are—made for mainstream or commercial audiences. Editors Christie Milliken and Steve Anderson, who consider popular...