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Explore documentary storytelling about people, events and ideas.

Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 8,599 films · Page 113.

Iris (2014)

Biographical documentary, documentary film

Body of War (2007)

documentary film, Political Documentary, Social Study

In this documentary the story of an injured American veteran returning home from the war in Iraq is set against the backdrop of a critical indictment of the government's handling of the U.S-led invasion.

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India: Kingdom of the Tiger (2002)

nature documentary

The plot is loosely connected to the personal stories from Jim Corbett's 1944 bestselling book Man-Eaters of Kumaon. Dramatic recreations and documentary footage deftly recreate the drama and era of early 20th century, with Jim Corbett portrayed by Canadian actor, Christopher Heyerdahl. In the film – Corbett is asked to kill a man-eating tiger, which has killed a young woman in Kumaon.

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The Naked Bunyip (1970)

documentary film

The Naked Bunyip is a sex documentary and a blend of fact and fiction; "[it] incorporates the fictionalizing of the 'real' that had been a feature of tendencies in French 'new wave' and the American avant-garde narrative cinema." Graeme Blundell plays a shy young man whom an ad agency hires to conduct a survey about sex in Australia. The film consists of "unrehearsed and unscripted" interviews as Blundell's character investigates a variety of sexual experiences, all except for the "normal" heterosexual experience. Among the interviewed are Dame Edna Everage, Jacki Weaver, Aggy Read, Harry M.

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Flag Wars (2003)

documentary film, LGBTQ-related film

Flag Wars is a look inside the conflicts that surface when black working-class families are faced with an influx of white gay homebuyers to their Columbus, Ohio neighborhood. Filmed over four years, Flag Wars’ “as-it-is-happening” cinéma vérité style captures the emotions and honesty of unguarded moments as tensions mount between neighbors.

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