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2011

Popular Documentary Movies

The Woodmans
The Woodmans
The story of a family that suffers a tragedy, but perseveres and finds redemption through each other and their work - making art.
The Woodmans 2011
Snapshots From a Vacation or a Film Titled a Fine Balance
Snapshots From a Vacation or a Film Titled a Fine Balance
A reflexive essay film shot on a beach in Goa, SNAPSHOTS is a work of political and social commentary that deconstructs the very nature of the documentary film genre. Through stylized tableaux that portray locals and tourists, it observes the relationship between the West and the East while examining the dynamic that exists between the filmmaker, the camera, the subjects being filmed and the spectator.
Snapshots From a Vacation or a Film Titled a Fine Balance 2011
G-Spotting
G-Spotting
This fun and witty documentary feature seeks to answer the decades-old question of whether the G-spot (named after German gynecologist Ernest Grafenberg) is a myth or reality. The film also tackles the question of its location within the female genitalia. Sparked by a study written by Andrea Burri (King’s College, London) in which she denounces the physical existence of a G-spot, narrator Ségolène Hanotaux sets out to interview numerous authors, citizens, subject experts, geneticists, and therapists about the subject matter thus sparking a renewed interest in this debatable arena.
G-Spotting 2011
Crying Wolf
Crying Wolf
In 1995 and '96 the decision was made by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service to transplant wolves from their homeland in Canada and release them in Yellowstone National Park and central Idaho. The agency, along with many environmental and animal rights groups, praised the decision: it was almost as though they were triumphantly heralding the return of some unjustly banished royalty. But their real triumph was that, by elevating animal over man once again, they were given access to tens of millions of dollars and greater control over both private and public property. Putting wolves in Yellowstone was never about saving wolves or balancing ecosystems. There was another agenda. One they would not reveal to the American public, but would see through, no matter how far they had to bend the rules, no matter how much they had to steal, no matter how bad they had to lie, no matter the cost. And they did it. What’s done is done. And nobody has ever looked back since… …Until now.
Crying Wolf 2011
Decadence: Decline of the Western World
Decadence: Decline of the Western World
All civilisations rise and fall. For 300 years, the Judeo-Christian West has been the world's pre-eminent civilisation. So, where is the West on the timeline? Many have theorised about the fall of the western world but now we appear to have the evidence. Negative birth rates, ageing populations, debt-laden economies and immigration - the West consumes without consequence, loves without longevity and lives without meaning. Decadence, a simple powerful essay-style documentary, asks if the West has peaked? And due for a new renaissance or a final dark age
Decadence: Decline of the Western World 2011
Psyche II
Psyche II
Master climbing film maker Al Lee, does it again with his film of Leo Houlding's ascent of The Prophet on the East Face of Yosemite's El Cap. This is the main feature and is 43 minutes long. Also includes deep water soloing with Neil Gresham and Liam Cook, Mary Jenner (Dave Birkett's Mrs) on Bleed in Hell - the hardest female trad leed in the UK, Dave Pickford on Dusk till Dawn in Pembroke and Leo again, big wall climbing in Africa.
Psyche II 2011
Nuclear Nightmare: Japan in Crisis
Nuclear Nightmare: Japan in Crisis
Nuclear Nightmare: Japan in Crisis presents a comprehensive timeline of the massive earthquake and tsunami that triggered a horrific domino effect at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi power plant.
Nuclear Nightmare: Japan in Crisis 2011
An Inconvenient Tax
An Inconvenient Tax
An Inconvenient Tax is a 2010 documentary film produced by Life Is My Movie Entertainment. The film explores the history of the income tax in the United States and the causes of its many complexities.
An Inconvenient Tax 2011
Looking for Lenny
Prime Video
Looking for Lenny
In-depth documentary that uses Lenny Bruce's legacy to explore the present condition of the fear of words and expression.
Looking for Lenny 2011
The Universe: Nemesis - The Sun's Evil Twin
The Universe: Nemesis - The Sun's Evil Twin
The theory of a Nemesis star that orbits the sun and causes catastrophic events every 26 million years is explored.
The Universe: Nemesis - The Sun's Evil Twin 2011
In Heaven Underground: The Weissensee Jewish Cemetery
In Heaven Underground: The Weissensee Jewish Cemetery
In the north of Berlin, tucked away in a residential area surrounded by walls, there is a jungle of trees, rhododendrons and ivy. In between the rampant foliage are thousands of stones – large and small, some artistic-looking, others simple, some magnificent and crumbling; some nameless and others with indecipherable inscriptions. Weißensee is the largest Jewish cemetery still in use in Europe. It is so large that it could contain approximately eighty-six football pitches. Walking through the cemetery is like taking a walk through history and the list of famous artists, philosophers, lawyers, architects, doctors, teachers of religion and publishers who are buried here is long indeed. Not many are aware that in a few years’ time, this protected area will officially be listed as one of UNESCO’s world heritage sites.
In Heaven Underground: The Weissensee Jewish Cemetery 2011
Vodka Factory
Freevee
Vodka Factory
Tatiana and her daughter Valentina live in the boring, provincial town of Zhigulyovsk 1000 kilometres south-east of Moscow. Valentina, 22, works in a vodka factory, while Tatiana, 50, is a bus conductor. Valentina, whose dream is to be a TV star in Moscow, has to overcome her own limitations as well as the irony and malice of her comrades at the vodka factory. Tatiana has to adapt her expectations to reality when her potential life partner turns out to be a part-time drunkard and a deadbeat. And on top of all this, both women have to think about Valentina’s son Danilo’s future. One of them has to give up the dream.
Vodka Factory 2011
The Antics Roadshow
The Antics Roadshow
The Antics Roadshow is a celebration of the pranksters, hoaxers, jokers, activists and stunt merchants who use public space for their own unauthorised ends. This film brings together a wide range of individuals with all sorts of motivations, who have all hijacked the public arena to make a noise, be it for comedic, artistic or political ends, and have all done so using a variety of illicit and eccentric methods, which the audience should probably not try at home.
The Antics Roadshow 2011
Jan Troell - Sökaren
Jan Troell - Sökaren
A portrait of Swedish film maker Jan Troell.
Jan Troell - Sökaren 2011
Seahorses: Wanted Dead or Alive
Seahorses: Wanted Dead or Alive
With a horse's head, a monkey's tail and sex-swap parenting, seahorses are one of the ocean's strangest and most charismatic inhabitants. In this one hour special, wildlife filmmaker Natali Tesche-Ricciardi sets out to investigate something that most people don't realize - seahorse populations are in crisis from pollution and overfishing for tourist souvenirs, aquarium stock and traditional Chinese medicine. With the help of Project Seahorse, traders and fishermen are changing their ways to help wild seahorse populations. The future for wild seahorses remains uncertain but one fact cannot be disputed - our future generations will want to experience these enchanting fish - in their natural habitat and very much alive.
Seahorses: Wanted Dead or Alive 2011
Pendarvia
Pendarvia
Pendarvia is a 30 minute film that documents the recording process of The Decemberists album "The King Is Dead" (Capitol, 2011). The album was recorded in a barn in rural Oregon. Pendarvia is heavily driven by the natural surroundings of the area, inter-cutting music with beautiful shots of the surrounding scenery. The film follows the abstractly linear narrative of the recording process, inter-cutting found moments of dialogue from the band, producer Tucker Martine, collaborators and friends. The film is a beautiful audio/visual collage that explores the trials and tribulations of the creative process.
Pendarvia 2011
Surprising Europe
Surprising Europe
Surprising Europe follows Ugandan born journalist Ssuuna Golooba making a film and website about life in Europe, and his return back to Africa to warn his brothers back home that Europe is not the paradise they imagine it to be. But do people want to hear his message?
Surprising Europe 2011
Money as Debt III
Money as Debt III
This third and final movie in the Money as Debt trilogy presents a comprehensive picture of how “money” could work in the future.
Money as Debt III 2011
The Price of Sex
The Price of Sex
The Price of Sex is a documentary about young Eastern European women who’ve been drawn into a netherworld of sex trafficking and abuse. Intimate, harrowing and revealing, it is a story told by the young women who were supposed to be silenced by shame, fear and violence. Photojournalist Mimi Chakarova, who grew up in Bulgaria, takes us on a personal investigative journey, exposing the shadowy world of sex trafficking from Eastern Europe to the Middle East and Western Europe. Filming undercover and gaining extraordinary access, Chakarova illuminates how even though some women escape to tell their stories, sex trafficking thrives.
The Price of Sex 2011
The Cuba Prostitution Documentary
The Cuba Prostitution Documentary
It is not a documentary about "prostitution" in Cuba per se, as in the guy pays money in exchange for sex, it is more about Andrew trying to pick up girls in Cuba. The author, Andrew Lindy, is obsessed with beauty. A New York based fashion and travel photographer Andrew longs as much for connection as he does for beauty. Being a travel photographer and having written travel articles for ELLE magazine, Andrew feels at home anywhere in the world... and as a fashion photographer, he is comfortable around beautiful women. This is a look at the lack of sexual taboo in Cuba, as well as the financial difficulties that lead to prostitution in some Cubans, for the purpose of survival.
The Cuba Prostitution Documentary 2011
Brew City Bombshells Burlesque
Brew City Bombshells Burlesque
A documentary on the Brew City Bombshells Burlesque neo-burlesque troupe in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Brew City Bombshells Burlesque 2011
Cigars: The Heart & Soul of Cuba
Cigars: The Heart & Soul of Cuba
Written and directed by James Orr, the 53-minute video chronicles the entire process of Cuban cigar making, from planting to packaging, offering rare, never before seen footage of the facilities where these cigars are produced, and the people who make them. Suckling serves as host of the movie, guiding viewers through this journey across Cuba. Suckling has been traveling to Cuba regularly since the early 1990s, first as European Editor of Cigar Aficionado magazine, and now with his own website, www.jamessuckling.com. He has visited the tobacco plantations, sorting houses, factories, and cigar shops hundreds of times over two decades, but in “Cigars: The Heart And Soul Of Cuba,” he aims to discover why Cuban cigars are the best in the world – and he does. The documentary has already garnered much praise from premiering to select audiences in Cuba, Mexico, the United Kingdom, Canada, and China, and is now available for purchase online worldwide.
Cigars: The Heart & Soul of Cuba 2011
Leaving Amish Paradise
Leaving Amish Paradise
Documentary following the lives of two Amish families leaving the only world they've ever known and trying to get to grips with the modern world. The Amish travel by horse and buggy and dress exactly as their forebears did when they first arrived in America almost 300 years ago. They have countless rules which keep them separate from the modern world, with electric lights, mobile phones, television and radio all forbidden. For those born into this culture, leaving is the biggest decision they'll ever make.
Leaving Amish Paradise 2011
Regreso a «Viridiana»
Regreso a «Viridiana»
Spain, 1960. French student Monique Roumette lives in Madrid on a scholarship. Thanks to a friend who works in the production company Uninci, she has the privilege of attending the shooting of Viridiana, a film directed by Luis Buñuel.
Regreso a «Viridiana» 2011
Dudamel: El sonido de los ninos
Dudamel: El sonido de los ninos
Hundreds of children and youth orchestras around the world are emerging musical inspired by the Venezuelan phenomenon known as "The System." This rebellion of thousands of children are being held internationally to give children everywhere the opportunity to grow in an atmosphere of creativity, companionship, entertainment, art, discipline and high social values. The brilliant and charismatic Venezuelan conductor Gustavo Dudamel leads to an unforgettable journey to some of the most remote corners of the world, about the transformative stories of a group of children who bring us a clear and powerful message: "music is a universal right. " Filmed in seven countries, Dudamel: the sound of children is a journey into the bowels of this global phenomenon that elevates the importance of art as a spiritual weapon against a dehumanized world.
Dudamel: El sonido de los ninos 2011
Boys of Bonneville
Prime Video
Boys of Bonneville
This documentary tells the story of an unsung hero and self-made man, David Abbott Jenkins, who, with almost superhuman stamina and boyish charm, set out to single-handedly break every existing land speed record on his beloved Bonneville Salt Flats of Utah. More than a century later, many of "Ab's" records remain unbroken and the legacy lives on in his custom car. Looking like something Batman would have owned, the story comes full circle when Ab's son Marv, restores the 12-cyclinder, 4800-pound "Mormon Meteor" to its glory days for a ceremonial lap on the salt.
Boys of Bonneville 2011
The Finland Phenomenon
The Finland Phenomenon
Finland’s education system has consistently ranked among the best in the world for more than a decade. The puzzle is, why Finland? Documentary filmmaker, Bob Compton, along with Harvard researcher, Dr. Tony Wagner, decided to find out. The result of their research is captured in a new film, "The Finland Phenomenon: Inside the World’s Most Surprising School System". In the 60-minute film, Dr. Wagner guides the viewer through an inside look at the world’s finest secondary education system. A life-long educator and author of the best-selling book "The Global Achievement Gap," Dr. Wagner is uniquely qualified to explore and explain Finland’s success. From within classrooms and through interviews with students, teachers, parents, administrators and government officials, Dr. Wagner reveals the surprising factors accounting for Finland’s rank as the #1 education system in the world.
The Finland Phenomenon 2011
Steve Jobs: iChanged The World
Steve Jobs: iChanged The World
Few men have changed our everyday world of work, leisure and human communication in the way that Apple founder, Steve Jobs, has done. This documentary looks not only at how his talent, his style and his imagination have shaped all of our lives, but also at the influences that shaped and moulded the man himself. Since his untimely death, tributes from around the world have secured Steve's place in the pantheon of great Americans. Now, we talk to the people who changed the man, who changed our world. Through interviews with the people who worked closely with him or chronicled his life, we gain unique insight into what made him tick. In a never before broadcast, exclusive interview, Steve Jobs expounds his own philosophy of life, and offers advice to us all on changing our own lives to achieve our ambitions, our desires and our dreams.
Steve Jobs: iChanged The World 2011
Böikzmöind
Böikzmöind
BÖIKZMÖIND is a 30 minute documentary film about riding fixed gear bikes in beautiful Bristol. The film shows the diverse cross section of riders and asks why ride bikes with no gears in a city full of hills
Böikzmöind 2011
Def Leppard: Mirrorball (Live & More)
Def Leppard: Mirrorball (Live & More)
Documentary of the Sparkle Lounge Tour
Def Leppard: Mirrorball (Live & More) 2011
Most Haunted: Christmas Spirits
Most Haunted: Christmas Spirits
This Christmas, Yvette Fielding and the ‘Most Haunted’ team of investigators will take you on a supernatural adventure like no other. Alone and in the dark they experience their worst nightmare yet as they try to find out who (or what) is haunting the manor. On a mission to capture paranormal evidence of things that go bump in the night, the team will find themselves pushed to the very limits. Have they gone too far this time?
Most Haunted: Christmas Spirits 2011
Soulja Boy: The Movie
Soulja Boy: The Movie
The young and charismatic yet polarizing entrepreneur offers an all access glimpse into his life, his music, and his fascinating career.
Soulja Boy: The Movie 2011
Arduino The Documentary
Arduino The Documentary
Documentary about the open source hardware project called Arduino
Arduino The Documentary 2011
The Education of Auma Obama
The Education of Auma Obama
The Education of Auma Obama is a captivating and intimate portrait of the U.S. president's older half-sister, who embodies a post-colonial, feminist identity.
The Education of Auma Obama 2011
Yes-Ja! The Kwaito Documentary
Yes-Ja! The Kwaito Documentary
A musical trip through southern Africa to the tunes of the post-apartheid generation. Kwaito music originated in the 1950's in the dusty streets of South Africa's townships such as Sophiatown, Pimville and subsequently in Soweto. It is inseparable from the Pantsuela culture of the rebellious youth gangs during the Apartheid regime. Since there was no money for musical instruments or for extravagant costumes, they concentrated on their dancing and singing skills and, turning the streets into their stage. Currently almost fifty years later - Kwaito culture is experiencing a renaissance in a manner completely inconceivable in those days.
Yes-Ja! The Kwaito Documentary 2011
Back to Space-Con
Back to Space-Con
On February 22, 1975, Northern California's very first Star Trek convention was held at Lincoln High School in San Francisco, CA. It was called "The Red Hour Festival." A huge success with the fans of the original TV series (1966-69), the smash event led to much larger conventions in San Francisco, Oakland and Los Angeles. These "Space-Con" conventions left an indelible mark on the science-fiction fans and "Trekkers" who attended. In the end, conventions like Space-Con helped awaken Paramount from hibernation and led to the creation of the first installment of the major motion picture series "Star Trek" in 1979. This full-length documentary film is the story of how fandom revolutionized an industry.
Back to Space-Con 2011
Sleeping Soldiers
Sleeping Soldiers
Intimate photographs of soldiers sleeping are paired with video footage depicting their often violent day-to-day work. Detailed editing and sound design by Magali Charrier help echo the surreal and brutal realities of war—realities these men all too often carry into their only moments of peace. Sleeping Soldiers’ unique format allows viewers to engage in their own dreamlike, immersive experience, evoking critical consideration of the strains of war placed upon the men engaged in the conflict.
Sleeping Soldiers 2011
Tren Paraguay
Tren Paraguay
The Paraguayan railroad, created in 1861, fell in the late twentieth century in decline. Operated for decades by foreign companies and later by the Paraguayan State has been in a growing abandonment since the late 90s. Since then there have been projects of recovery, but the stations are empty and the main terminal was demolished late last year.
Tren Paraguay 2011
Patriocracy
Patriocracy
An examination of the current state of political polarization in the United States of the America.
Patriocracy 2011
Deep Ocean Experience 3D
Deep Ocean Experience 3D
Journey down to the Black Void of the Deep Oceans and get a 48 minute experience of the astonishing creatures that rule down in the dark.
Deep Ocean Experience 3D 2011