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Popular Documentary Movies
No Look Pass
No Look Pass is the coming-of-age American Dream story of Emily “Etay” Tay, a first generation Burmese immigrant from Chinatown, Los Angeles, who breaks all of the rules of tradition. After living a double life at Harvard University, she strives to play professional basketball in Germany while coming out as a lesbian. Emily’s dreams are no slam dunk — family, race, and Don’t Ask Don’t Tell conspire against her, firing her passions on and off the court.
This Is Not a Test
This Is Not a Test is the new AM video from Blind Skateboards with a guest PRO part by Danny Cerezini. Focusing on the young gunz of the Blind team, this video pushes skateboarding to the next level around the world. Featuring full-length parts from Morgan Smith, Filipe Ortiz, Kevin Romar, Sewa Kroetkov, Kieran Reilly and TJ Rogers... this video is 100% RAW Skateboarding.
Set the Piano Stool on Fire
An intimate account of the relationship between young composer and pianist Kit Armstrong and the world renowned Alfred Brendel, Set the Piano Stool on Fire captures both the creative process and champions the value of teaching and collaboration. Featuring the only filmed footage of Brendel during his farewell tour, this is highly revealing and essential viewing for anyone interested in classical music.
Prime Video
Compassion in Emptiness
Over the course of a three-day series of teachings and a public lecture, the Dalai Lama discusses numerous Buddhist tenets, such as maintaining compassion despite the pressures of modern society, achieving inner peace and living a responsible life.
DIY Aquaponics
Murray Hallam shows you how to build an Aquaponics system from recyclable materials that you can do yourself.
To Be Heard
A verité film intimately shot over four years, To Be Heard is the story of three teens from the South Bronx whose struggle to change their lives begins with writing poetry. As writing and reciting become vehicles for their expressions of love, friendship, frustration, and hope, these three youngsters emerge as accomplished self-aware artists, who use their creativity to alter their circumstances.
Eat The Sun
Mason is a modern day "sungazer" and subject of Peter Sorcher’s award-winning and suspenseful documentary film that follows Mason on an unbelievable and often hilarious cross-country tour into the little known world of sungazing; an ancient practice of looking directly at the sun for a range of physical and spiritual benefits. Throughout his journey, Mason is riddled with uncertainty. Will he damage his eyes? Is the man who inspires thousands lying? Will Mason succeed in his quest to uncover the truth? This captivating documentary will challenge your deepest held beliefs.
I Dig Dinosaurs!
I Dig Dinosaurs overflows with dino-facts that children live to learn and share! Real-life adventurer Buddy Davis inspires kids with fun, creation-based science and an infectious passion for the gospel. Buddy flies an old single-engine airplane to the Badlands of Montana, uncovers a BIG dinosaur bone, and in the process reveals the effects of Noah's Flood. Your kids will see a remote area of the USA where the powerful floodwaters of the Genesis scoured the earth and left a mangled graveyard of dinosaurs, fish, plants, and more—a treasure trove of fossils! Both the Bible and the dinosaur evidence point to a recent, worldwide Flood!
Meanwhile in Mamelodi
Set against the raucous backdrop of the 2010 World Cup, MEANWHILE IN MAMELODI is a beautifully crafted portrait of a place and one family’s daily life inside it. The Mtsweni family lives in the Pretoria Township of the title, in the district known as Extension 11. Their world is a ramshackle collection of corrugated tin dwellings and makeshift shops, open sewers littered with debris and red-earth rectangles filled with soccer-playing children and teens. Seventeen-year-old Mosquito is one of those kids. As she studies for math tests, flirts with boys and shops with her best friend, her father Steven prepares his "tuck shop" for the promise of cash-flush tourists. Meanwhile, his wife struggles with mental illness. The Mtswenis' lives unfold as the Cup brings new hope to the ravaged town. Despite the poverty around her, Mosquito insists this is not her parents' country. She is the face of South Africa's future - part of "a new generation free to do all things."
Bollywood: The Greatest Love Story Ever Told
This spectacular montage of scenes from a wealth of classic Bollywood films
The Light in Her Eyes
Houda al-Habash, a conservative Muslim preacher, founded a Qur'an school for girls in Damascus, Syria when she was just 17 years old. Every summer, her female students immerse themselves in a rigorous study of Islam, in addition to their secular schooling. A surprising cultural shift is underway-women are claiming space within the mosque, a place historically dominated by men. Challenging tradition, Houda insists education for women is a form of worship. Using Qur'anic teachings, she encourages her students to pursue higher education, jobs, and public lives, while remaining committed to an interpretation of Islam prioritizing women's role as wives and mothers. In a world rarely seen, The Light In Her Eyes tells the story of a leader who challenges the women of her community to live according to Islam, without giving up their dreams. Shot right before the uprising in Syria erupted, the film is an exclusive look at a social movement thriving in a country controlled by a repressive regime
North Korean Film Madness
Vice.com We went to North Korea to try and penetrate the Korean Feature Film Studio, the state-run film production facility west of Pyongyang: a sprawling lot that at its height produced around 40 films a year.
The Natural State of America
A small group of residents in the Arkansas Ozarks battles the U.S. Forest Service and a rural electric coop to protect organic farms, wells, springs, and the first National River in the United States from being contaminated by herbicides.
Amazing
Relive the greatest season in the history of BYU Basketball! Watch Coach Dave Rose and his team, led by NCAA player of the year Jimmer Fredette, march to a record 32 wins and their first Sweet 16 appearance in 30 years! With exclusive interviews from the team, the coaches, legendary ESPN analyst Dick Vitale, NFL Hall of Famer Steve Young, Boston Celtics General Manager Danny Ainge, along with coverage from ESPN and the 2011 NCAA Tournament, this feature length documentary puts you court-side in the middle of the action. This is the official, most complete and comprehensive look you'll get into a season that can only be described as AMAZING.
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Too Sane for This World
Too Sane for This World explores the challenges, gifts, and distinct perspectives of 12 adults on the autism spectrum. Featuring an introduction by bestselling author, Dr. Temple Grandin, and interviews designed by adults with high-functioning autism, the film discusses many of the problems facing the autism community – from bullying to marginalization and discrimination. A unique collaboration between neurotypical and atypical individuals, men and women living on the spectrum speak candidly about defining and coming to terms with their autism, difficulties they’ve faced, and the experiences that have shaped their lives, illustrating the neurodiversity of the mind and its limitless potential.
Blakey
The life and times of sailor and adventurer Sir Peter Blake, one of New Zealand's favourite sons.
AREA 51: I Was There
Step inside one of the most notorious places on the planet in Area 51: I Was There.
Made famous by The X Files and generations of conspiracy theorists, only a select few have been to Area 51, and even fewer have spoken of what lies inside.
But now you can venture beyond the perimeter fence to discover some of its incredible secrets in our ground-breaking special, Area 51: I Was There.
Area 51 was established by the CIA in 1955 to develop classified military projects. Since then the base has gained worldwide notoriety. Satellite images of the area show seven runways and over 25 hangars, and many claim it is here that the US government carries out experiments on everything from UFOs to aliens themselves.
Indeed, many insist that the true purpose of the site is to reverse-engineer alien spacecraft recovered from the infamous Roswell crash site. Yet, officially, Area 51 doesn't even exist...
Tegan & Sara: Get Along
The first film, States, is a 30-minute documentary that showcases American touring footage and interviews with Tegan and Sara, detailing the early stages of their career and interactions with their fans. The second film, India, is a 25-minute documentary shot during Tegan and Sara's tour of India, utilising interview footage with the band as well as their family and friends. The third film, For the Most Part, is a 70-minute stripped-down studio concert, shot before a live audience of 75 people over two days at The Warehouse Studios in Vancouver.
Le temps que prennent les bateaux
In the port of Matane, there is a ferry, a shrimp factory, a shipyard, dredges, barges and a train that moves forward and backward all the time. Between the modern machines and the very old gestures, there are fishermen, passers-by, travellers. There is this film. Almost without words, almost without music. In balance between the devastating daily life and the sometimes wonderful effects of the salt water.
Pinatubo: Rising from the Ashes
In this special report, ABS-CBN host Noli de Castro looks back twenty years later on the catastrophic eruption of Mount Pinatubo in June 1991, putting together video footage of the days leading up to the tragedy and recollections of survivors years after it. With characteristic accessibility and emotional force, it covers a wide spectrum of discourses ranging from the abuse of nature and displacement of natives to the spirit of community and resilience in one of the darkest times in Philippine history.
Empire Me: New Worlds Are Happening!
Handmade utopias - a filmic search for the worldwide phenomenon of the micronation movement. Do-it-yourself states that have distanced themselves from the economic and political mainstreaming of globalization. A road movie covering land, water and the wildest realms of the imagination. Simultaneously creative documentary and pulsating cultural portrait, the film traces a new "unplugged" generation - their motives, their anxieties and their dreams.
Annie Nightingale: Bird on the Wireless
Radio 1's longest-serving broadcaster Annie Nightingale takes us on a counter-cultural journey through the events, people and sounds that have inspired her illustrious career.
Distinguished Flying Cross
A father tells his sons the epic yet nonchalant tale of his airborne "exploits" in Vietnam.
La Vérité Sur Le Rap Indépendant : vol.1
As rap compilations continue to multiply, some French artists have become indispensable. Think of Booba, Rohff, or Soprano. However, the French rap scene goes far beyond these few names, sometimes very commercial. It is this lesser-known milieu to the general public that "The Truth about Independent Rap" aims to explore.
The Flicker
Horacio is a 45 year-old Uruguayan soldier. For his good service at the Naval Forces, he received the duty of lighthouse keeper at the Island of Sea Lions in the Atlantic Ocean. Horacio is poor and will soon retire. Meanwhile he sits amongst the 250 thousand sea lions who keep him company, he dreams of building a sewing machine repair shop in his backyard and giving a future to his daughter. But Horacio has to go to war to save up sufficient money. He will soon part to Congo as member of Uruguay's peace keeping force.
Suffering Is Not for Nothing
It is often through the deepest suffering that God teaches His people the deepest lessons. As we trust the Lord in our trials, He brings us to a greater assurance of His love and sovereignty, knowing that He works all things together for the good of those who love Him. In this classic series, Christian author and speaker Elisabeth Elliot reflects on God's grace in the midst of hardship and loss.
The Bridge
Documentary on the outskirts of São Paulo. The rapper Mano Brown, the educator Dagmar Garroux and the writer Ferréz live daily with the ills of the periphery of São Paulo. Each in its own way, bringing a baggage of experiences that deserves reflection.
The Most Courageous Raid of WWII
Lord Ashdown, a former special forces commando, tells the story of the 'Cockleshell Heroes', who led one of the most daring and audacious commando raids of World War II. In 1942, Britain was struggling to fight back against Nazi Germany. Lacking the resources for a second front, Churchill encouraged innovative and daring new methods of combat. Enter stage left, Blondie Hasler. With a unit of 12 Royal Marine commandos, Major Blondie Hasler believed his 'cockleshell' canoe could be effectively used in clandestine attacks on the enemy. Their brief was to navigate the most heavily defended estuary in Europe, to dodge searchlights, machine-gun posts and armed river-patrol craft 70 miles downriver, and then to blow up enemy shipping in Bordeaux harbour. Lord Ashdown recreates parts of the raid and explains how this experience was used in preparing for one of the greatest land invasions in history, D-day.
Kaboul Ambulance
An ambulance company and its tireless heroes doing their job day and night in the chaotic streets and traffic jams of Kabul. A team made up of a driver and a doctor, who, having lost a child in a bomb attack, fights every day to save others’lives.
From No.37
This documentary is about Sadegh Hedayat an Iranian author. This movie is a collection of interviews with different people with some of his letters that show a picture from his birth to his death.
1st Afghan Ski Challenge
Documentary on the first downhill racing competition in Afghanistan.
The Star Wars Documentaries
Star Warriors(2007, color, approx. 84 minutes)
A Conversation with the Masters: The Empire Strikes Back 30 Years Later(2010, color, approx. 25 minutes)
Star Wars Spoofs (2011, color, approx. 91 minutes)
The Making of Star Wars(1977, color, approx. 49 minutes)
SPFX:The Empire Strikes Back (1980, color, approx. 48 minutes)
Classic Creatures: Return of the Jedi(1983, color, approx. 48 minutes)
Anatomy of a Dewback(1997, color, approx. 26 minutes)
Star Wars Tech(2007, color, approx. 46 minutes)
Beads On One String
Inspired by the life of Meher Baba, an indian mystic who likened the world religions to being like 'beads on one string', this extraordinary film takes the viewer on 3000km journey across India investigating mysticism, religion, and spirituality through the eyes of 50 pilgrims between the ages of 19 and 90.
Prime Video
Bull Runners of Pamplona
This fast-paced documentary captures the thrill of the annual running of the bulls in Pamplona, Spain. With red bandanas tied to their bodies, people scatter as the bulls make chase. Injuries are common, but the runners think it's worth the risk.
Hold on Tight
Holding hands or kissing in public isn't for everyone. When it comes to same sex relationships, showing your love outside of the home is sometimes a complicated personal choice. This short documentary moves between the public and private spaces in which lesbian and gay couples live, and explores small gestures of human connectedness. These gentle interactions not only carry a huge personal significance, but also the potent power to create social change. Yet, for most people, being affectionate beyond the hall door isn't intended as a political statement - it's an expression of love.
3 Champions
An intimate look at the history of Brazilian drivers from the '70s to the '90s, an era in which Brazil dominated Formula 1 racing, from the colorful point of view of its protagonists, especially Fittipaldi, Piquet and Senna, but without forgetting the drivers who failed to reach the profession's pinnacle, and the many behind-the-scenes helpers.