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Popular Documentary Movies
Stray Dawg
Meet Jonny Corndawg, the underground country-music legend. A born-and-bred Virginian, Jonny has played on five continents in as many years, and every state in the lower 48. Now Jonny has given himself over, heart and heel, to the world of Running. Jonny let us follow him on a tour down the California coast as he braved injury and isolation on his quest to complete the Surf City USA Marathon in Huntington Beach, CA.
Radiohead: Logical Emotions
An inside look at how groundbreaking rock group Radiohead began their career and rose to international acclaim, this unauthorized documentary weaves together interviews and archival footage that reveal intriguing insights about the reclusive artists. Since the release of their smash hit "Creep," Thom Yorke and company have successfully pushed the envelope of modern music and firmly established themselves as one of the world's greatest bands.
Children of the Iron Snake
A biopic of the Melbourne street art scene from 30 years ago to now, from railways junctions at night to festivals, abandoned factories, rooftops drains and galleries. Interview with over 15 artists, as well as criminologists, anti-graffiti activists, politicians, architects & more, coupled with a soundtrack ft. Promoe, RJD2, Bias B, Portico Quartet, Vivaldi & many more. It's a story that's been here since the beginning of time. You've seen on the walls of your homes, the sides of your trains, as you drive through streets by rooftops, billboards and drains. It's the biggest art movement of our time. The streets have become a gallery since the cave painting is now collective.
Public Enemy: Prophets Of Rage
Fascinating documentary about the history and legacy of the rap group "Public Enemy".
Sexing the Transman
This intriguing documentary explores the sexuality of transmen and the changes they experience as a result of their gender transitions from female to male. Transmen and their partners divulge the most personal secrets of their sex lives in revealing conversations and intimate interviews. Some erotic scenes are shown.
Spoil
The International League of Conservation Photographers and the Gitga'at first nation people of British Columbia in their search for the illusive spirit bear. Their mission is to create images of this rare bear and the ecosystem that it relies on before a proposed oil pipeline from the Alberta tar sands threatens to SPOIL it. The spirit bear, globally rarer than the panda, only lives on the north coast of British Columbia and gives and inspiring look at the interconnectedness of this coastal ecosystem existing in symbiosis with the indigenous communities there for thousands of years.
More Blood, More Heart: The Making of Hobo with a Shotgun
A behind-the-scenes documentary about Jason Eisener's grindhouse exploitation film Hobo with a Shotgun.
Frank Skinner on George Formby
George Formby was a huge star of stage and film. In his heyday he was as big as The Beatles, earning vast sums of money on stage and starring in films which broke box office records. Formby's trademark ukulele still inspires millions of dedicated fans, including comedian and performer Frank Skinner, who believes Formby was the greatest entertainer of his time. Playing the ukulele and performing the songs that keep the Formby legend alive today, Skinner follows the music hall star's extraordinary rise to fame and fortune, explores his worldwide popularity and reveals the ruthless exploitation that surrounded his sudden and tragic death.
He Has Seen War
He Has Seen War is a documentary featuring surviving veterans of Easy Company and the 1st Marine Division, whose stories are told in Band of Brothers and The Pacific. From their initial steps at reintegrating into civilian life to the lasting impact the war had on each of their lives, He Has Seen War features veterans and their families relaying their own unique stories. Complemented by renowned historian and author Donald L. Miller, as well as rarely seen archival and documentary footage, it captures the struggle and ultimate triumph of a generation who, after helping rescue the world from unprecedented calamity, reclaimed their lives and re-forged a country
9/11: The Towers and the Pentagon
Engineers explain the structural consequences of the 9/11 attacks.
Drawn from the Shadows
Fred Deux and Cécile Reims are major twentieth century artists. Over a period of several months, Matthieu Chatellier filmed them in the privacy of their peinting and engraving work. The film focuses on a precise time in their lives: the time of ageing, dispossession and questions about the hereafter.
The Grandfathers
A young man searches for his identity deep in the Amazon jungle, while living among the tribe that murdered his grandfather decades earlier. The Grandfathers is a motion-graphics documentary completing Jim Hanon's inspiring trilogy begun with Beyond the Gates of Splendor and followed by End of the Spear. These films were produced by Mart Green. Jesse Saint struggles to find his place in a world dominated by the memory of a famous grandfather he never knew and a heroic father he could not understand. Years spent living among the Waodani and befriending the three old men who took part in his grandfather's murder teach Jesse the healing power of dignity, respect and forgiveness. In the jungle, Jesse must confront his family's past as he determines his own future. This documentary is a moving tribute to a young boy's quest for significance and wholeness, and its imprint on three old men, who, unwittingly, are on a quest of their own.
Karla's Arrival
In Managua, Nicaragua, teenager Sujeylin Aguilar raises her newborn daughter Karla on the same streets she has been calling home for the past eight years. Based in a city park and part of a larger group of youngsters, mother and baby struggle to reach the little one's first birthday. Beautifully told and full of hope, Karla's Arrival offers an intense personal story about second generation street children.
A Phantom Ride on the Evergreen Branch
Tracing the ghost of infrastructure in Bushwick, Brooklyn.
Sickf*ckpeople
“I have been working hard this summer. Begged for alms, collected metal, stole. I don't have a father. The mother was asleep. I left home and started living on the street. In the basement. I have friends. We live together, steal, sniff glue, drink vodka. Then they got hooked on the needle. Now we all walk badly and hardly talk. We are sick bitch people. And you?" Film-immersion. For several months, the filmmakers lived with a pack of homeless human children and observed different aspects of their lives.
The Labour of Pedicab Driver
Hard to get job for low – educated people in the city of batik Pekalongan – Indonesia, make a sincere Mukhlis, Beni, Temon and friends. Who work as “laborer driving a pedicab driver” on the hill bridge city of Pekalongan hayam wuruk street. This job has been around since 50 years ago and became a cultural economic activities of marginal and young unemployed Pekalongan City.
On the Line
On the Line is a 2011 Canadian documentary by Frank Wolf that investigates the risks and consequences associated with the proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipelines project. The film is set in the context of a 2,400 km biking, hiking, rafting and kayaking journey that two friends embark on from the Alberta oil sands to the British Columbia coast. As the pair travel the proposed pipeline route, they encounter a broad cross-section of people who voice their perspective on the issues associated with the project.
Andy Hamilton's Search For Satan
Andy Hamilton investigates the myths and legends surrounding Satan.
Just how did the Devil get inside our heads? And who put him there? For Halloween, award-winning comedy writer and performer Andy Hamilton (creator and star of Radio 4's acclaimed infernal comedy Old Harry's Game) explores just who the devil Satan is, where he comes from and what he's been up to all this time.
Grayson Perry and the Tomb of the Unknown Craftsman
Artist Grayson Perry has been working behind the scenes at the British Museum to stage his most ambitious show yet: The Tomb of the Unknown Craftsman. Given free rein to choose whatever he wants from the Museum's vast collections, Perry has also produced some 25 new works of art, from his trademark ceramics to a working motorbike. Imagine follows Perry for more than two years as he creates his own imaginary civilisation at the heart of the British Museum.
Anna German. Echo of love
A singer with a divine, angelic voice. She lived a bright, but such a difficult life. And she sang in a way that the happiest people do not sing. She was born in Uzbekistan, years of life and audience love connected her with the Soviet Union, she considered Poland her home, and her fate was decided in Italy. On the way to Milan, the singer got into a car accident, which for many years deprived her not only of the stage, but also of a full life. The film was shot in the genre of docudrama and is based on real events. It is based on interviews with Anna's husband Zbigniew Tucholsky, as well as with her close friend Anna Kachalina, music editor at the Melodiya recording studio.
Inside a Square Circle
Parents are not allowed into the Kremlin for the New Year Tree, children must go there alone. And now, after visiting the most important New Year tree in Russia, the children go to the Cathedral Square of the Kremlin, where their parents are waiting for them. Faces of children, adults. Sometimes this exit turns out to be quite successful, and sometimes it simply crosses out the previous festival. And in any case, he always says a lot.
Lyman
Lyrical sketch about Odessa. Its heroes are the original city itself and its ordinary inhabitants.
Male Hookers Uncovered
Join Jeff Leach as he takes a fearless look at the world of male escorts. Joining the industry for real, Jeff uncovers some of the dangers that lie in store for sex workers. The ultimate no holds barred exploration of the reality of life for male escorts.
The Place is Sacred Here
A documentary film on the theme of the Solovetsky Monastery – the first outpost of Christian and Russian culture in the harsh Pomerania. About the great shrine of ancient holiness, martyrdom and new martyrdom. The story begins with the history of the monastery's creation, six centuries ago, since the appearance of the Venerable Savvati, Herman and Zosima on the island. The chronicle footage tells about the terrible period of the archipelago, when a special purpose camp was set up there since 1928, about the terrible suffering and torment that the prisoners endured. About monasticism, and, of course, about the present day of the monastery.
Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
When she was 9, Zainab’s parents made the heartbreaking decision to leave their home in northern Afghanistan. They set out on a journey across the globe, putting the fate of their family in the hands of strangers. Across borders, behind bars and onto a smuggler’s boat – the family chased freedom. ‘Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea’ tells Zainab’s story, and the story of many others who have trodden the same path. Jessie Taylor and Ali Reza Sadiqi travelled across Indonesia and met with 250 asylum seekers in jails, detention centres and hostels. Through candid interviews, hidden camera footage and in the words of asylum seekers themselves, the story of the ‘refugee’ is told. What pushes people to leave home? What do they leave behind? What do they fear? Why did they choose this path? And what does it take to turn someone into a ‘boat person’? Meet the human faces behind the most controversial issue of our time.
Makarova's Code
Tatyana Makarova is the chairman of the state farm. She has her own methods of working with subordinates.
Marshal Zhukov. The Soldier is not Sorry
Georgy Zhukov, Marshal of Victory, protagonist of the Great Patriotic War. He went down in history as a great strategist. However, do his real deeds correspond to the title of a brilliant commander? An analysis of declassified documents indicates that his military merits are far from being disputed. Undoubtedly, the marshal brought victory, and the winners are not judged. But is it possible to put him on a par with the brilliant commanders Alexander the Great, Suvorov, Kutuzov?
Millionaire in Checkfun
The Check Fun Store is an innovative business model. Every store is divided into hundreds of small checks to display and sell a wide range of creative products provided by people who rent these checks. Thanks to its risk diversification nature, the Check Fun Store business model proliferated in Taiwan when the financial crisis hit in 2007 to carry people through the global economic downturn.
Chronicles of Hulling Rice
In the sound of rice huller, the rice falls to the jar; and in the booming sound of thunder, the rain drops falldown on the ground. Witha shovel on shoulder, we're farming under the sky. -- This is a children's folk rhymes used to be very popular among the Hakka people lived in the westernpart of Fujian Province, China. While farming is not an easy work, rice hulling is an even more laborious work. Rice-huller is a tool used by the peasants in southern China to hull the rice for thousands of years in theirfarming history. This documentary films the making of probably the last rice-huller ever made by mankind.
Cop Shop 2
During the Spring Festival travel rush in 2011, the documentary crew went back to the police station near Guangzhou Train Station.
Political Dress
Costumes can be a tool of rebellion, a way of manifesting views or belonging to a specific group. Whether we like it or not, they always say something about us. "Political Dress" presents the history of clothes in Poland: how difficult it was to get them, how fashionable people were treated and how Polish women dressed at that time.
Unveil the Truth –The Government Virus
In 2004, when an outbreak of H5N2 bird flu was first reported in Taiwan, Taiwan bureaucratic system insisted that this case was caused by chickens infected by migratory birds, but after investigation, the truth is unscrupulous businesspeople smuggling bird flu virus strains, invent and sell the illegal manufacture of vaccines. After the failure of the production, this vaccines resulting in a pandemic spread over whole henhouse. To unveil the truth, director began collecting samples from henhouse in 2006 and this six-year long investigation, never find the way out until the March 2010.
Phnom Penh Lullaby
Shickman, the film’s central subject, has been living in Phnom Penh, Cambodia for 8 years along with his baby’s mama, Saran. He is the soul provider of the pair and earns his meager living by reading tarot cards street side. Saran is Cambodian, drinks often, was once married to a man of which she had several kids with (all but one are in foster care). Aside from having to contend with each other, the two must also be weary of the human vultures that eye their daughters with hopes of turning a profit on the black market. Surely, the future for these people are a bleak one.
Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi - David Godman interview
An interview with David Godman, a scholar and devotee of Bhagavan Ramana Maharshi. He has written twelve books on Ramana Maharshi, his teachings and his direct disciples. He has been living in Tiruvannamalai either in or near Ramanasramam for most of the last thirty-four years.....this video is part of a full hour interview with Mr Godman and a double DVD visitings all the important holy places related to the life of the Maharshi ...Place of birth ...Home in Madurai ...and all the sites related to his life on the ARUNACHELLA montain . this is a preview of a 2 set dvd on the life, teachings, and sacred places associated with bhagavan sri ramana maharshi
The Oldest LESBIAN in the World!
Nearing 100 years old, a national treasure, Bobby Staff whimsically exposes a rare and revealing insight into the romantic life of a butch lesbian born in 1913. Accompanied by her long time friend, Sweet Baby J'ai, Bobbie takes us on a trip down a very steamy memory lane, through photographs and vivid memories of many decades living her life as an out lesbian in New York City and Los Angeles.
Chasing Water
For six million years, the Colorado River ran to the sea. Follow a 1500-mile quest to see why it stopped.
Supporting 40 million people across seven states and two countries, learn why the Colorado River is the "most loved and litigated" river in the world.
Ghosts of Great Britain Collection: Haunted Cotswolds
Terrifying, true-life tales of ghouls and the undead are woven into fascinating footage of the premiere historic sites and ancient architecture of the Cotswolds. The ghostly elements that lurk just beneath this area's rolling hills and lush vistas are revealed through seven captivating stories
Kaziah the Goat Woman
One woman adopts a nation of fallen soldier by spending her days in her art studio with them, painting portraits for the loved ones left behind. This is the day in the life of this one of a kind woman, Kaziah "the Goat Woman" Hancock, a true survivor and hero herself.