…it was an incredibly strong year for documentaries, amid which Variety film critics Peter Debruge and Owen Gleiberman singled out these 10 as their favorites.

Head down to Carmine and Bleeker Street in downtown New York, and you’ll see Rick Kelly and his associate, Cindy Hulej, crafting intricate, insanely detailed guitars made from locally recycled wood — if the materials happen to be from a Gotham landmark like McSorley’s, all the better.

On the American sports scene, November is known for the NHL and NBA seasons kicking into full swing, the halfway point in the pro and college football seasons, and the start of Major League Baseball’s post-World Series Hot Stove season. Primarily, however, November is known for fierce, historic high school football rivalries that take place across the country throughout the month.

Abramorama founder and CEO Richard Abramowitz and his team are in Toronto scouring the ground for acquisitions as they continue to grow their global distribution business.

Settling in to watch “ZZ Top: That Little Ol’ Band From Texas,” you may have a burning question that applies to almost no other rock documentary, and that is: Who, exactly, are these guys? The ones behind the beards?

Independent film distributor Abramorama and audio streaming service Qobuz are teaming up to elevate the profile of a slate of music-driven documentaries.

In mirroring the gaze of his professorial subjects, Brown rewards audiences with a film that happily weds the scientific and the cinematic.

Abramorama has nabbed the North American rights to The Serengeti Rules, writer-director Nicolas Brown's documentary about young scientists addressing climate challenges that debuted at the Tribeca Film Festival last year.

New York-based distributor Abramorama has acquired the U.S. rights to Matt Hinton’s documentary about 90s indie rock band Luxury.

Beyond being some of the most loved musicians of all time, Patti Smith, Bob Dylan, Lou Reed and Bill Frisell all have something else in common: they use or have used guitars made by the same man.

To the untrained eye, Carmine Street Guitars might seem to be of little importance, but this is the workplace of Rick Kelly, one of the greatest guitar builders of all time, and before they faded into the anonymity of age some of those grey-haired men were worshipped as music legends.

"You got any guitars for sale?" Abramorama has debuted an official trailer for an indie music documentary titled Carmine Street Guitars, made by Canadian filmmaker Ron Mann, profiling the iconic guitar store in NYC where Rick Kelly makes custom guitars. 

Documentary Ghost Fleet has gotten a release date via Abramorama.

The feature about the search for men marooned on remote Indonesian islands after years of forced labor on Thai fishing boats will hit theaters June 7, a release that coincides with World Oceans Day on June 8. 

Ron Mann’s documentary eschews most of the standard devices; there’s no narration, no talking heads, no archival materials. He just spends a few days hanging out in the shop, watching Rick and his apprentice Cindy work, and eavesdropping as musicians and Village figures (including Lenny Kaye, Bill Frisell, Wilco’s Nels Cline, and the Roots’ Kirk Douglas) pop in to shoot the breeze and play music.

Richard Abramowitz, CEO of the independent distribution and marketing company Abramorama, said he doesn't think movie theaters will ever die out.

Featuring a cast of prominent musicians and artists, and some virtuoso performances, the film captures five days in the life of one shop in the heart of Greenwich Village that remains resilient to an all-too-quickly vanishing way of life.

Once the center of the New York bohemia, Greenwich Village is now home to lux restaurants, and buzzer door clothing stores catering to the nouveau riche. But one shop in the heart of the Village remains resilient to the encroaching gentrification: Carmine Street Guitars.

Abramorama is partnering with Experience Hendrix LLC and Sony Legacy Recordings to release their concert documentary “Jimi Hendrix: Electric Church” in more than 35 theaters over the next two months.

The film's theatrical run -- through Abramorama, which also did Ron Howard's documentary The Beatles: Eight Days A Week -- The Touring Years -- begins Jan. 31, including a special screening at the ArcLight Hollywood theater that will include a discussion by director John McDermott of Experience Hendrix, record producer and engineer Eddie Kramer, Experience Hendrix CEO Janie Hendrix and Steve Rash, the original producer/director of Atlanta Pop.

Who Will Write, a documentary released by Abramorama, found an audience this weekend with its $12,719 gross. The portrait of a man who kept an archive of recollections in the Warsaw Ghetto will get access to a much larger audience with an event slate of showings later this month.