This year's DOXA Documentary Film Festival features local director Brishkay Ahmed going under a veil to shatter myths about a controversial garment as well as the secret world of nuclear test subjects, a trio of different takes on the sex trade, performance-art pioneer Marina Abramović, and a long sloppy kiss to hot, black wax.

Features:

Story of Burqa: Case of a Confused Afghan lifts the veil on the controversial garment

Films take unique looks at the sex trade

Vinylmania pimps black wax

Nuclear Savage: The Islands of Secret Project 4.1 drops a bomb on secret tests

The artist is the message in Marina Abramovic: The Artist Is Present

Coast Modern revisits the beauty of West Coast modernist homes

Do You Really Want to Know? looks at the future for those at risk for Huntington’s disease

Girl Model illuminates the dark side of the fashion industry

Reviews:

American Juggalo checks out a devoted fandom

Smokin’ Fish is a journey of discovery

The Substance—Albert Hofmann’s LSD is a polished history lesson

An Encounter With Simone Weil reveals a variety of struggles

LoveMEATender weighs in on a meaty topic

King—A Filmed Record; Montgomery to Memphis is an expansive look at a civil-rights legend

Girl Model puts a human face on a harsh industry

Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry could not be more timely

A Fierce Green Fire surveys five decades of green pioneers and eco-warriors

Last Call at the Oasis confronts a growing crisis

Beer is Cheaper Than Therapy takes aim at the mental scars of war

Vito profiles the life of the influential gay-rights activist

78 Days gives viewers a glimpse into the private green hell of Canadian tree planters

Jason Becker: Not Dead Yet tracks the course of a debilitating disease