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2017

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Retirement Home
Retirement Home
A group of elders spends their weekdays in a retirement home in Sandim, in the north of Portugal, where they talk, do arts and crafts, practice yoga and pray. We follow them between October 2012 and March 2013, when an economic crisis overshadowed Portuguese society and unemployment rates reached record levels. Meanwhile, arrangements are made for the Carnival ball. Will they bring the first place home this time?
Retirement Home 2017
Alan Partridge: Why, When, Where, How And Whom?
Alan Partridge: Why, When, Where, How And Whom?
Documentary looking back at Alan Partridge's journey from broadcaster caricature to the award-winning study of complexity and pathos that he has become.
Alan Partridge: Why, When, Where, How And Whom? 2017
One Day in the Haram
One Day in the Haram
The story of the Haram in Makkah, a place so revered that non-Muslims are forbidden from even setting foot in it. Every year millions of pilgrims come from all over the world to visit this holy city.
One Day in the Haram 2017
Hitler's Steel Beast
Hitler's Steel Beast
Trace the history of Hitler's armored private train, a 15-car mobile headquarters boasting state-of-the-art communications and anti-aircraft cannons.
Hitler's Steel Beast 2017
From the Ashes
From the Ashes
Capturing Americans in communities across the country as they wrestle with the legacy of the coal industry and what its future should be under the Trump Administration. From Appalachia to the West’s Powder River Basin, the film goes beyond the rhetoric of the “war on coal” to present compelling and often heartbreaking stories about what’s at stake for our economy, health, and climate.
From the Ashes 2017
Lakai - The Flare
Lakai - The Flare
Since it started, Lakai has constantly given amazing things to skateboarding. Between great shoes and epic videos, we’re always expecting a lot from them. With a whole bunch of new faces, the newest Lakai full length proved that they're still crushing it as hard as ever. With some amazing parts from Sebo Walker, Jon Sciano, Stevie Perez, Riley Hawk, and the rest of the crew along with a great soundtrack - this will be a video you watch more than once.
Lakai - The Flare 2017
Leonardo: The Man Who Saved Science
Leonardo: The Man Who Saved Science
New evidence suggests that many of Leonardo da Vinci's ideas can be traced to other scientists as far back as 1700 years. This film was used as the S16E5 episode of the PBS TV series Secrets of the Dead broadcast on 2017/04/05.
Leonardo: The Man Who Saved Science 2017
Still Tomorrow
Still Tomorrow
Yu Xiuhua was raised to hope for little from her life in the rural Chinese province of Hubei. At 19, Xiuhua’s mother encouraged her to marry a man nearly twice her age, fearful no one else would accept a wife with Xiuhua’s condition — cerebral palsy. But as her 20th anniversary approaches, Xiuhua’s poetry goes viral, and she becomes the voice of a rising feminist movement throughout China.
Still Tomorrow 2017
Taylor Swift: Super Saturday Night Show
Taylor Swift: Super Saturday Night Show
Watch as Taylor takes the stage for an intimate concert with stadium-size production!
Taylor Swift: Super Saturday Night Show 2017
Radiohead | Glastonbury 2017
Radiohead | Glastonbury 2017
Setlist: 1. Daydreaming 2. Lucky 3. Ful Stop 4. Airbag 5. 15 Step 6. Myxomatosis 7. Exit Music (for a Film) 8. Pyramid Song 9. Everything in Its Right Place 10. Let Down 11. Bloom 12. Weird Fishes/Arpeggi 13. Idioteque 14. You and Whose Army? 15. There There 16. Bodysnatchers 17. Street Spirit (Fade Out) 18. No Surprises 19. Nude 20. 2 + 2 = 5 21. Paranoid Android 22. Fake Plastic Trees 23. Lotus Flower 24. Creep 25. Karma Police
Radiohead | Glastonbury 2017 2017
Aerial Ireland
Paramount+
Aerial Ireland
Take a cross-country flight over Ireland's natural wonders and ancient ruins. In this spectacular overview of the historically significant Emerald Isle, we soar over Neolithic tombs of the Celtic era, medieval castles of the Vikings, and modern cities humming with life. From the tower that inspired a novelist to the ancestral home of a famous stout, we explore the sites, the people, and the milestones of this unique gem of Western Europe.
Aerial Ireland 2017
Secrets of Christ's Tomb
Disney+
Secrets of Christ's Tomb
We follow leading experts on a quest to unlock the mysteries surrounding the tomb of Christ, using the latest scientific techniques to restore the Aedicula housing the tomb.
Secrets of Christ's Tomb 2017
Beyond: An African Surf Documentary
Beyond: An African Surf Documentary
Africa, Europe - Europe and Africa: Surfers live differently on each continent and Africa marks a special place - as surfing is in many places at its very beginnings. 'Beyond - An African Surf Documentary' follows locals along the coast of Morocco, Western Sahara, Mauritania, Senegal and Gambia into their homes, visits their home surf spots and takes a look into their surfing lives. Three months of shooting culminated in a 111 minute long episodic journey on a continent, that has the potential to be the next big thing in surfing.
Beyond: An African Surf Documentary 2017
The Newspaperman: The Life and Times of Ben Bradlee
Max
The Newspaperman: The Life and Times of Ben Bradlee
An intimate portrait of Washington Post executive editor Ben Bradlee, tracing his remarkable ascent from a young Boston boy stricken with polio to the one of the most pioneering and consequential journalistic figures of the 20th century.
The Newspaperman: The Life and Times of Ben Bradlee 2017
#BKKY
#BKKY
Jojo, a 17-year-old girl from Bangkok, is about to graduate from high school. After her friend Q reveals a secret to her, the two girls grow close and spend all their time together. Jojo's father wholeheartedly approves of the friendship and is just glad that Jojo is not going on any dates with boys.
#BKKY 2017
The Green Hell
The Green Hell
Lurking in the dense forests of the German region of Eifel is the most legendary, demanding and deadly racing circuit in the world - the Nürburgring. The Green Hell will reveal and explore the unique relationship between man, machine and nature, set against the most famous circuit in the world.
The Green Hell 2017
The Beast Inside: Creating 'Wolf'
The Beast Inside: Creating 'Wolf'
Featuring brand new interviews with producer Douglas Wick, screenwriter Wesley Strick, and special effects artist Rick Baker, THE BEAST INSIDE: CREATING »WOLF« examines the making of Mike Nichols’ WOLF (1994) in all its stages from original idea to final appearance.
The Beast Inside: Creating 'Wolf' 2017
Cradle to Grave
Cradle to Grave
Through our subject Adam, we reveal the incredible changes and forces that take all humankind from Cradle to Grave.
Cradle to Grave 2017
La Folle Histoire de Jean-Paul Belmondo
La Folle Histoire de Jean-Paul Belmondo
La Folle Histoire de Jean-Paul Belmondo 2017
Planeta Petrila
Planeta Petrila
In Petrila, a Romanian mining town, an ex-miner uses art and absurdism in a struggle to keep history alive.
Planeta Petrila 2017
All Male, All Nude
All Male, All Nude
A cutting-edge journey into the taboo world of male stripping. Dive into the lives of men who work at America’s only all nude, all male, a gay strip club located in the heart of The Bible Belt.
All Male, All Nude 2017
I Dedicate My Youth To You
I Dedicate My Youth To You
I Dedicate My Youth To You 2017
The Quest of Alain Ducasse
Prime Video
The Quest of Alain Ducasse
What can be the quest of Alain Ducasse, the little boy of the Landes now become the chef and most recognized mentor of cooking in the world? What is a man looking for who already seems to have everything? 23 restaurants in the world, 18 Michelin stars, Alain Ducasse never ceases to create addresses that appeal to our time, to build schools, to push the boundaries of his craft to new horizons, his curiosity has no limit. He traveled the world relentlessly, for to him cooking was an infinite universe. This public man, however secret, accepted to be followed for nearly two years, thus opening us the doors of his universe, in perpetual evolution.
The Quest of Alain Ducasse 2017
Art as Dialogue
Art as Dialogue
Documentary on acting in the movie Ghost World (2001).
Art as Dialogue 2017
Apache Warrior
Prime Video
Apache Warrior
The stories of the U.S. Army helicopter crews in the war-torn countries of Iraq and Afghanistan, including real-life footage of the crews providing 24-hour transport, air cover and rescue.
Apache Warrior 2017
Koudelka Shooting Holy Land
Koudelka Shooting Holy Land
Czech Photographer Josef Koudelka grew up behind the Iron Curtain and always wanted to know "what was on the other side". Forty years after capturing the iconic images of the Soviet invasion of Prague in 1968, the legendary Magnum photographer arrives in Israel and Palestine. On first seeing the nine-meter-high wall built by Israel in the West Bank, Koudelka is deeply shaken and embarks on a four-year project in the region which will confront him once again with the harsh reality of violence and conflict. Director Gilad Baram, Koudelka's assistant at the time, follows him on his journey through the Holy Land from one enigmatic and visually spectacular location to another.
Koudelka Shooting Holy Land 2017
Gray House
Gray House
A silent fisherman in Texas, a blazing oil field in North Dakota, a mysterious community in Virginia, a women’s prison in Oregon, and a modernist home in California are the ostensible subjects of Austin Lynch and Matthew Booth’s new feature, GRAY HOUSE. But as meditations upon nature, isolation, decadence, and destitution, they are flawless conduits for seamless blends of documentary and narrative form, and stunning explorations of sound, image, and cinematic time. Mysterious and elusive, yet possessing an aesthetic and sensory unity (appearances by Denis Lavant, Aurore Clément, and Dianna Molzan mix with direct addresses from real-life laborers and inmates), GRAY HOUSE quietly recalibrates one’s sense of the world and our place within it.
Gray House 2017
The Congo Tribunal
The Congo Tribunal
The war in Congo has caused more than six million deaths over the last twenty years. The population is suffering, but the offenders stay with impunity. Many people see this conflict as one of globalisation's crucial econimic distribution battles because the country has major deposits of many high-tech raw materials. Milo Rau, one of Europe's most acclaimed theatre directors, succeeds in gathering victims, perpetrators, observes and analysts of the conflict for a unique civil tribunal in eastern Congo. The documentary film brings these spectacular court trials to life on the big screen and creates an unvarnished portrait of the largest and bloodiest economic wars in human history.
The Congo Tribunal 2017
Charles Manson: The Final Words
Charles Manson: The Final Words
An explosive documentary that changes the conversation about Charles Manson and the notorious "Manson Family" murders.
Charles Manson: The Final Words 2017
Fred Astaire donne le 'la'
Fred Astaire donne le 'la'
Fred Astaire donne le 'la' 2017
H*art On
H*art On
H*ART ON dives off the deep end of modern art. A film about the yearning to create, to mould everyday emotions into a meaningful life and, most of all, to live beyond one's death. A struggle that gets to the existential core of each of us. How do you find meaning in everyday fear, love, sex and loneliness?
H*art On 2017
Tutti a casa - Power to the People?
Tutti a casa - Power to the People?
In many Western countries, trust between the people and conventional political parties is at a low point while populist movements are on the rise. In Italy, protest party Movimento 5 Stelle, founded by popular comedian Beppe Grillo, vows to send all politicians home and bring power to the people. They win a stunning 25% votes, becoming the most-voted single party in Italy, but what happens when ideals meet parliamentary reality? Can one be uncompromising and effective at the same time? Are internet referendums direct democracy or faceless mob rule?
Tutti a casa - Power to the People? 2017
This Is Congo
This Is Congo
An unfiltered look in to the lives of 3 characters surviving amongst the most recent cycle of conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo, otherwise known as the M23 rebellion.
This Is Congo 2017
Plot 35
Plot 35
Plot 35 is a place that was never mentioned in my family; it is where my elder sister, who died aged three, is buried. The sister about whom I was told nothing, or nearly nothing, and of whom my parents had oddly never kept a single photograph. It was to make up for the missing images that I decided to make this film. Thinking that I would simply chronicle a forgotten life, in fact I opened up the hidden door to a past that I was unaware of, to the subconscious memory that lies inside each of us and who makes us what we are.
Plot 35 2017
The Harlem Hellfighters' Great War
Freevee
The Harlem Hellfighters' Great War
Nicknamed the "Harlem Hellfighters", these African-Americans wanted to become ordinary citizens like everyone else. They saw fighting heroically in the trenches as their chance to achieve this. In 1918, the 15th New York National Guard Regiment became the most highly decorated unit of the First World War.
The Harlem Hellfighters' Great War 2017
Pelé: The Unknown King
Pelé: The Unknown King
Surprising stories, preserved in foreign archives, from the debut of the prodigy boy at the World Cup in 58 until the farewell in New York, with Pelé's on the field and outside the “four lines” filmed by foreigners in Brazil, Europe, the Americas and the Oceania.
Pelé: The Unknown King 2017
Forgotten Scares: An In-depth Look at Flemish Horror Cinema
Forgotten Scares: An In-depth Look at Flemish Horror Cinema
The feature-length documentary "Forgotten Scares" goes back to the birth of Flemish horror in the '70s and shines a bright light on the future of horror in Belgium. The viewer gets a chance to discover long forgotten - and even unfinished - genre gems and learn in-depth info about underrated 'splatter and gore'-fests, post-apocalyptic movies, slasher-films, nazisploitation, women-in-prison and other fantastical Flemish genre benders through the eyes of the directors, producers, composers, principal actors and genre experts. "Forgotten Scares" is illustrated by rare behind the scene footage, classic film scenes, production stills, promotional art and even never before seen videos out of the vaults of the filmmakers.
Forgotten Scares: An In-depth Look at Flemish Horror Cinema 2017
Tickling Giants
Prime Video
Tickling Giants
The Arab Spring in Egypt: From a dictator to free elections, back to a dictatorship. One comedy show united the country and tested the limits of free press. This is the story of Bassem Youssef, a cardiologist turned comedian, the Jon Stewart of Egypt, and his show "The Show".
Tickling Giants 2017
Take My Nose... Please!
Take My Nose... Please!
A seriously-funny and wickedly-subversive look at the role of comedy in examining the pressures on women to be attractive and society's desire and shame relationship with plastic surgery.
Take My Nose... Please! 2017
Mosquito
Mosquito
How can a tiny mosquito be such an enormous threat to humankind? And how is it that this once distant threat is now lurking in our own backyards? Filmed on four continents and featuring breathtaking macro photography, Mosquito paints an emotionally charged portrait of the people who are now living with mosquito borne diseases and we in North America who fear their arrival.
Mosquito 2017