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2013

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Timeline: The History of WWE – 1963-1969 – As Told By Bruno Sammartino
Timeline: The History of WWE – 1963-1969 – As Told By Bruno Sammartino
In early 1963, Toots Mondt and Vincent J. McMahon seceded from the governance of the NWA to form the WWWF. Shortly thereafter they would crown their champion and hang the fortune of their venture on him. That man will be your guide for a journey back to 1963 and the formative years of the WWWF up through 1969. Bruno Sammartino was selling out houses all across the northeast and was privy to all the inner workings of the company.
Timeline: The History of WWE – 1963-1969 – As Told By Bruno Sammartino 2013
Draft Day
Draft Day
In Thailand, all males turning 21 must participate in the military draft lottery. Drawing a black card grants exemption. Drawing a red card results in two years of military service. This short film follows two girls, who were born as males, as they participate in the drafting process.
Draft Day 2013
The Institute
The Institute
Thousands of participants in a San Francisco-based alternate reality game end up getting more than they bargained for. Told from the players’ perspectives, the film looks over the precipice at an emergent new art form where the real world and fictional narratives merge to create unforeseen and often unsettling consequences. Examining counter-culture, new religious movements and street art, this film takes the viewer on a journey into a secret underground world teeming just beneath the surface of everyday life.
The Institute 2013
Heavenly Voices
Heavenly Voices
Heavenly Voices tells the story of the castrato phenomenon, and how the most gifted amongst these singers rose to international stardom. Max Emanuel Cencic and Philippe Jaroussky, two of today's singing stars, take us back in time and talk about operatic entertainment in the Baroque Age. This is illustrated by paintings and prints from the time as well as major performances of today. In this film, many countertenors are featured in famous roles and in interviews, amongst them Jochen Kowalski, Andreas Scholl, David Daniels, Daniel Behle and Valer Barna-Sabadus.
Heavenly Voices 2013
A Fuller Life
A Fuller Life
Friends and admirers of iconoclastic film director Sam Fuller read from his memoirs in this unconventional documentary directed by Fuller's only child, Samantha.
A Fuller Life 2013
Benjamin Britten: Peace and Conflict
Benjamin Britten: Peace and Conflict
A feature film about Benjamin Britten, released as part of the 100 year celebrations of his birth. Britten is the most performed British composer worldwide. This film premiered at Gresham's School, which he attended, and focuses on how his life-long pacifism influenced his life and music. Written and directed by Tony Britten (In Love With Alama Cogan), narrated by John Hurt and with a superb cast of young people, including many supporting roles taken by students of Gresham's School, the film weaves dramatisation with a documentary narrative.
Benjamin Britten: Peace and Conflict 2013
I'm Now: The Story of Mudhoney
Prime Video
I'm Now: The Story of Mudhoney
This documentary tells the story of Mudhoney from their very beginnings, to following them on their recent world tour and everything in between. Complete with testimonials from friends, music industry veterans and musicians such as Pearl Jam's Stone Gossard and Jeff Ament, Sonic Youth's Kim Gordon and Thurston Moore, Soundgarden's Kim Thayil and Mudhoney themselves. This is the true story of the founding fathers of Grunge.
I'm Now: The Story of Mudhoney 2013
Legendary Nights: The Tale of Gatti-Ward
Legendary Nights: The Tale of Gatti-Ward
The brutal trilogy of light-welterweight fights between Arturo 'Thunder' Gatti and 'Irish' Mickey Ward is the focus of this documentary.
Legendary Nights: The Tale of Gatti-Ward 2013
The Director
Prime Video
The Director
How do you make one of the world's most revered fashion brands your own? A look at the life and work of Gucci fashion designer, Frida Giannini. Taking advantage of rare, behind-the-scenes access, director Christina Voros shows how the Florentine trendsetter has been re-imagined in the past few years.
The Director 2013
Barbed Wire City: The Unauthorized Story of Extreme Championship Wrestling
Barbed Wire City: The Unauthorized Story of Extreme Championship Wrestling
The film studies the history of, and people who made, Extreme Championship Wrestling a cult sensation in the 1990s. Its an intimate look at the subculture of a subculture, and the athletes who were willing to take massive amounts of punishment for little money based on the promise of something more within their industry. This is a film about culture and human beings - who just happen to use tables and chairs and violent acts as part of their performance art. This documentary is not owned or supported by the WWE.
Barbed Wire City: The Unauthorized Story of Extreme Championship Wrestling 2013
Inside the Fifty Shades: Real Women Confess
Inside the Fifty Shades: Real Women Confess
A cinematic exploration of the dominance and submission lifestyle as revealed in the best-selling book trilogy Fifty Shades of Grey. In this film, real women and men reveal their experiences, wants and desires as participants in the world of dominance and submission.
Inside the Fifty Shades: Real Women Confess 2013
Announcements
Announcements
The film Announcements paints the portraits of seven women reflecting on the same theme. Their starting point is the announcement to Hagar, Sarah and Mary as in the Old Testament, the New Testament and the Koran. Their thoughts spread out and weave a new web, drawing strands from their associations and interpretations of these texts. And by talking about their own history, their personal myths, they work up to subjects such as the birth of image in the Christian world or that of poetry in ancient Greece. Announcements is a film about the movement of thought, the power of words, the secret of the voice, and the seduction of the image.
Announcements 2013
JFK: The Final Hours
JFK: The Final Hours
A look at the final day in the life of President John F. Kennedy.
JFK: The Final Hours 2013
What Is Cinema?
What Is Cinema?
Using the words and ideas of great filmmakers, from archival interviews with Alfred Hitchcock and Robert Bresson to new interviews with Mike Leigh, David Lynch, and Jonas Mekas, Oscar-winning filmmaker Chuck Workman shows what these filmmakers and others do that can't be expressed in words - but only in cinema.
What Is Cinema? 2013
Earthflight
Earthflight
Nature documentary that takes a breathtaking flight on the wings of birds across six continents and experiences some of the world's greatest natural spectacles from a bird's-eye view.
Earthflight 2013
MURPH: The Protector
MURPH: The Protector
A documentary based on the honor, courage and commitment of Navy SEAL LT Michael P. Murphy, who gave his life for his men in 2005 and was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor in 2007.
MURPH: The Protector 2013
Confessions Of An Alien Abductee
Confessions Of An Alien Abductee
Interviews with extraterrestrial abductees.
Confessions Of An Alien Abductee 2013
Radical - The Controversial Saga of Dadá Figueiredo
Radical - The Controversial Saga of Dadá Figueiredo
This film chronicles the career of surfer Dadá Figueiredo, whose stormy personal life upended his status as a trendsetting '70s sports hero.
Radical - The Controversial Saga of Dadá Figueiredo 2013
Cristiano Ronaldo Footballing Superstar
Cristiano Ronaldo Footballing Superstar
Cristiano Ronaldo Footballing Superstar 2013
Vivian Maier: Who Took Nanny's Pictures?
Vivian Maier: Who Took Nanny's Pictures?
The incredible story of a mysterious nanny who died in 2009 leaving behind a secret hoard - thousands of stunning photographs. Never seen in her lifetime, they were found by chance in a Chicago storage locker and auctioned off cheaply. Now Vivian Maier has gone viral and her magical pictures sell for thousands of dollars. Vivian was a tough street photographer, a secret poet of suburbia. In life she was a recluse, a hoarder, spinning tall tales about her French roots. Presented by Alan Yentob, the film includes stories from those who knew her and those who revealed her astonishing work.
Vivian Maier: Who Took Nanny's Pictures? 2013
Given in Exchange
Given in Exchange
This documentary follows the story of a mother's love: from an empty heart to a tragedy that has changed her, to creation and love, from rejecting her own son to adopting someone else's child and accepting him as her own.
Given in Exchange 2013
Gingers
Gingers
Redheads. Fire crotches… This film collects samples of their testimonials and their body hair and skin. About being different genetically, about gay gingers, doubly in a minority, from Ireland to Israel to Brazil. A film made especially for ginger lovers.
Gingers 2013
Grazing the Sky
Freevee
Grazing the Sky
Grazing the Sky is a compelling look at the lives of trapeze artists and other circus performers. The film was shot for over two years covering 11 countries, including the Americas, Europe and the Near East. It follows the nomadic lives of circus performers. The audience follows 10 protagonists as they try to reach perfection and meet their lofty goals. The documentary sheds light on the contemporary circus world, and focuses on performers who devote themselves to the greatest show on earth.
Grazing the Sky 2013
Travis: The Ultimate Documentary
Travis: The Ultimate Documentary
Travis—a sex-addicted, multi-lingual Scientologist—travels across Thailand sharing stories and entertaining his company.
Travis: The Ultimate Documentary 2013
Finnish Blood Swedish Heart
Finnish Blood Swedish Heart
Rocker Kai Latvalehto has a wife and a son, almost everything a man could wish for. Still, he feels that something is missing. Accompanied by his father, he drives across Sweden to refresh his childhood memories of life in Gothenburg in the 1970’s. This journey of identities brings the two men closer.
Finnish Blood Swedish Heart 2013
Paul Bowles: The Cage Door Is Always Open
Paul Bowles: The Cage Door Is Always Open
The American composer and author Paul Bowles was a man with a great deal of charisma and influence. When he moved to Tangier, Morocco, in 1949, half the world followed him to the enigmatic city. His marriage with author Jane Bowles was a loving relationship of opposites, even though both were homosexual. Based on exclusive interviews with Bowles shortly before his death interwoven with anecdotes recounted by his friends and co-workers, the film portrays a daring and visionary life as well as a relationship shaped by an interdependency that encompassed much more than sexuality.
Paul Bowles: The Cage Door Is Always Open 2013
After Earth: 1,000 Years in 300 Seconds
After Earth: 1,000 Years in 300 Seconds
Shows Behind-the-Scenes footage compiled into a montage video clip set to music, with no dialogue.
After Earth: 1,000 Years in 300 Seconds 2013
Red Obsession
Prime Video
Red Obsession
France’s Bordeaux region has long commanded respect for its coveted wine, but shifts in the global marketplace mean that a new, voracious consumer base in China is buying up this finite product. Bordeaux both struggles with and courts the spike in demand, sending prices skyrocketing. Narrated by Russell Crowe, Red Obsession is a fascinating look at our changing international economy and how an obsession in Shanghai affects the most illustrious vineyards in France.
Red Obsession 2013
A Spell to Ward Off the Darkness
Prime Video
A Spell to Ward Off the Darkness
A man at three disparate moments in his life: as a member of a fifteen-person collective on a small Estonian island, alone in the wilderness of Northern Finland and as the singer of a neo-pagan black metal band in Norway. Three moments for a radical proposition for the creation of utopia in the present.
A Spell to Ward Off the Darkness 2013
Isaac Newton: The Last Magician
Isaac Newton: The Last Magician
Isaac Newton - brilliant rational mathematician or master of the occult? This innovative biography reveals Newton as both a hermit and a tyrant, a heretic and an alchemist. Magical images mix with actors and experts to bring alive Britain's greatest scientific genius in his own words.
Isaac Newton: The Last Magician 2013
Trainer!
Trainer!
This behind-the-scenes sports documentary follows the careers of three young German professional soccer coaches over the course of a single season.
Trainer! 2013
The Great Hip Hop Hoax
Freevee
The Great Hip Hop Hoax
Scottish rappers Billy Boyd and Gavin Bain reinvent themselves as West Coast Homeboys after they were signed by Sony.
The Great Hip Hop Hoax 2013
David Bowie Is Happening Now
David Bowie Is Happening Now
Directed by BAFTA Award winner Hamish Hamilton, the movie was filmed during the closing night of the V&A installation and features appearances by Pulp leader Jarvis Cocker, fashion designer Kansai Yamamoto, and more, as well as insight from David Bowie Is curators Victoria Broackes and Geoffrey Marsh.
David Bowie Is Happening Now 2013
This Ain't California
Prime Video
This Ain't California
A retrospective look at the youth cultures born in the German Democratic Republic. A celebration of the lust for life, a contemporary trip into the world of skate, a tale on three heroes and their boards, from their childhood in the seventies, through their teenage rebellion in the eighties and the summer of 1989, when their life changed forever, to 2011.
This Ain't California 2013
After Tiller
Prime Video
After Tiller
Since the assassination of Dr. George Tiller in Kansas in 2009, only four doctors in the United States continue to perform third-trimester abortions. These physicians, all colleagues of Dr. Tiller, sacrifice their safety and personal lives in the name of their fierce, unwavering conviction to help women.
After Tiller 2013
Running Wild: One Man's Quest to Save the Wild Mustang
Freevee
Running Wild: One Man's Quest to Save the Wild Mustang
Dayton Hyde’s destiny leads him on a dramatic journey through the West, from rodeos, conservation battles, and wild horse rescues to award-winning books, personal heartbreak and new-found love.
Running Wild: One Man's Quest to Save the Wild Mustang 2013
Balkan Spirit
Balkan Spirit
Filmmaker Hermann Vaske explores the creative Balkan world in the hopes of understanding the meaning of "Balkan spirit".
Balkan Spirit 2013
The Death and Resurrection Show
The Death and Resurrection Show
A music documentary exploring the turbulent, controversial and often unbelievable 30 year history of British post-punk industrial band Killing Joke.
The Death and Resurrection Show 2013
Sample This
Prime Video
Sample This
A documentary that reveals how a forgotten record by the Incredible Bongo Band helped cement the foundation of hip hop when DJ Herc extended its percussion by playing them back to back, creating an anthem on the streets of the Bronx.
Sample This 2013
Unstoppable
Unstoppable
UNSTOPPABLE is Kirk's personal and inspiring visual journey to better understand the biggest doubt-raiser in faith: Why? Kirk goes back to the beginning—literally—as he investigates the origins of good and evil and how they impact our lives … and our eternities. Reminding us that there is great hope, UNSTOPPABLE creatively tackles the age-old question: Where is God in the midst of tragedy and suffering?
Unstoppable 2013