Minister for Women and Youth

In a time when “broligarchy” is the word of the day, with far-right, male-dominated political parties garnering ever-more-frightening levels of support around the world, Eva Weber’s documentary Merkel is unquestionably worth an hour and a half of your time. Weber’s portrait of Germany’s former Chancellor Angela Merkel — a calm, reasonable, compassionate female leader — is both refreshing and a painful reminder of what could have (should have?) been in the United States.