In Nantucket, films on Norman Lear, autism and animation….

In Nantucket, films on Norman Lear, autism and animation, and a 1920s physician.

When the days grow longer and lazier, the thought of staying inside to watch a brilliant, transformative documentary seems less enticing. You long to savor the summer season relaxing at a pleasant island getaway. But you want to do it guilt-free.

The Nantucket Film Festival (June 22-27) offers a solution. Best known for focusing on the work of screenwriters, the event also features an outstanding selection of documentaries.

One of those documentaries, appropriately enough, focuses on a writer. Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady’s “Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You,” tells the story of the TV legend who created such groundbreaking shows as “All in the Family,” “Maude,” “Good Times,” and “The Jeffersons.”