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Explore biographical films about the lives of notable people.

Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 3,019 films · Page 112.

Broke* (2011)

documentary film

Broke* begins two years in the past, at the beginnings of Gray’s independent journey, recording demos in the basement of his friend's home. The demos come to the attention of producer T Bone Burnett who asks to meet and listen to more of G…

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Beyond This Place (2010)

Documentation, biographical film, documentary film

Filmmaker Kaleo La Belle sets out on a cycling trip through Oregon with his eccentric father, Cloud Rock La Belle. As he seeks answers about their failed father-son relationship, the film also asks whether the hippie ideal of freedom has f…

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Snow Blind (2006)

independent film

The film is segmented into six major thematic sections: Inventors: The individuals who started creating snowboards Pioneers: The individuals who started riding snowboards before it was a sport Back Country: The individuals who risk their l…

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The Passionate Pursuits of Angela Bowen (2016)

LGBTQ-related film, biographical film, documentary film

The film looks into the life of Angela Bowen (1936–2018), who was a black lesbian feminist activist, a classical ballerina and renowned dance teacher, and ultimately a professor in the California State University system. Her activism was e…

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Waissman (2010)

biography, documentary film

From the intimacy of his atelier in the suburbs of Buenos Aires, Andrés Waissman reveals the complex circumstances that contributed to shape his life-time canvas. The fundamental theme of his focus are multitudes, displacement, exodus, shi…

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Paul Goodman Changed My Life (2011)

documentary film

Paul Goodman Changed My Life is the first documentary feature about Paul Goodman, social activist, lay psychologist, public intellectual and author best known for Growing Up Absurd. The film tells Goodman's story primarily through intervie…

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Behind the Water (2016)

biographical film, documentary film, drama film

The film is based in part on some fiction, which is based in three separate adventures in the mind of Kershaw. He is seen as multiple characters. The film weaves together the stirring true stories of individuals who have overcome devastati…

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Toscanini in His Own Words (2009)

Biographical picture, Drama Documentary

The film is based on 150 hours of taped interviews secretly recorded by Toscanini's son, Walter, at Toscanini's Wave Hill home, in the Bronx, New York City. In a fictional New Year's Eve, Toscanini, sitting in his armchair in his living ro…

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Hairkutt (2005)

documentary film

The film stars Bryant "HairKutt" Johnson, director Elliott, Maurice Bradley, and Anthony Dorsey as four friends from St. Louis, Missouri, who travel to a remote cabin in the Great Smoky Mountains of Tennessee. Their plan is to spend a week…

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Sculpting Memory (2015)

biographical film

thumb|Atom Egoyan in 2017 Atom Egoyan is shown setting up several television sets in a large room. The television sets show excerpts from Egoyan's films Next of Kin, Family Viewing, Calendar, The Adjuster, The Sweet Hereafter, Speaking Par…

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Hysteria: The Def Leppard Story (2001)

Biographical picture, Musical, biographical film, drama film, musical film

The film revolves around the humble beginnings of the band, their rise to stardom, drummer Rick Allen's car accident, Steve Clark's battle with alcoholism and the making of their most successful album to date, Hysteria.

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