…Aaand now the days are getting shorter as we’ve passed the midpoint of the year, meaning it’s high time we brought you the last but very far from the least feature in our 2016 So Far series. We’ve already regaled you with Best (Narrative) Films, Best TV Shows and our most popular hate-read Worst Films of the Year So Far, so that only leaves Best Documentaries of 2016 to fill you in on. Since the doc landscape is, if anything, changing even faster than that of traditional broadcast TV or theatrically distributed features, we’ve relaxed our rules a little here and allowed titles that we caught online or at festivals that have not yet been widely released to sneak onto this list.

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After escaping a 20-year stint in a cult, one hopes to salvage something from the experience — lessons learned, a better understanding of human nature, a new direction in life. If making a film about a cult, one hopes to have access to the cult’s videographer. As a former member and videographer of the group The Buddhafield, Will Allen is in the unique position to make a film, “Holy Hell,” that revives his filmmaking career with the wealth of footage he shot during his years in the group.

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Watch: Trailer For Documentary 'Holy Hell,' Executive Produced By Jared Leto, Takes Us Inside A Cult

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