Burma VJ: Reporter i et lukket land (2008)
documentary film, Drama Documentary
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Recovery Boys (2018)
documentary film
Recovery Boys follows four residents (Jeff, Rush, Adam, and Ryan) during their time at Jacob's Ladder at Brookside Farm. Jacob's Ladder is a long-term residential recovery program for men, situated in a private farming community. The documentary shows the realities of addiction for both the men struggling with addiction and of their relatives.
The Peacekeepers (2005)
documentary film
When Nirvana Came to Britain (2021)
documentary film
Time Bomb Y2K (2023)
documentary film
An all-archival film, Time Bomb Y2K explores the Year 2000 problem, and the ensuing mass hysteria to evade potential technological collapse or, at worst, a doomsday scenario.
Rebel Hearts (2021)
documentary film
The film follows a group of progressive nuns at the Immaculate Heart College, including Anita Caspary, Helen Kelley, and Corita Kent as they made sure women received degrees, and transformed the education system.
Rock Hudson's Home Movies (1992)
documentary film, LGBTQ-related film
Heavy Petting (1989)
documentary film
In Our Water (1982)
documentary film
The Forgotten Village (1941)
documentary film
Esperanza and her oldest son Juan Diego belong to a Mexican peasant family who live and grow corn near a remote mountain village known as Santiago. She is keen to consult Trini, a local wise woman, as to the gender, health and future fortune of her unborn baby. The news is good as Trini casts a prophecy for a healthy boy and the family — the unnamed father, two younger sons (Carlos and little Paco) and some daughters — receive the good tidings with relief.
The Decent One (2014)
documentary film
The film is a biographical documentary produced and directed by Vanessa Lapa that explores the life of Heinrich Himmler, a leading figure in the Nazi regime and a key architect of the Holocaust. The film presents a compilation of source materials, including diaries, love letters, and official reports, read by unseen actors, alongside archival footage The documentary traces Himmler’s anti-Semitic beliefs to his college years and examines his relationship with his wife, Margarete, who expressed both affection and discomfort regarding his political activities. It highlights Himmler’s rationalizations for his role in the Nazi regime and his…
The Glorious Resolve (2011)
documentary film
The film tells the story of the heavily outnumbered infantry soldiers who fought off an assault by 1500 attackers who raided a section level outpost of an Infantry Battalion in South Waziristan Agency on the night of 29 May 2009. 43 Punjab jawans were killed in the battle, and their deaths are reenacted in the film, as well as the actions of two "Ghazis"—Sepoy Mashooq and Sepoy Muslim—who held their positions until reinforcements came. The film aims to depict the sacrifices and achievements of the Pakistan Army in the global war on terrorism as well as the Pakistan Army's "glorious resolve" to uproot the menace of terrorism from the "land…
Voices in the Tunnels (2008)
documentary film
Ornette: Made in America (1984)
documentary film
A Short Film About John Bolton (2003)
fantasy film, Vampire
In a posh London gallery, Carolyn Dalgleish (Carolyn Backhouse) prepares a showing of the latest works by John Bolton: disturbing portraits of beautiful, vicious vampiric women he encountered whilst pot holing. The Interviewer (Marcus Brigstocke) collects information on Bolton, who seems to perplex those who work with him and collect his art (like radio personality Jonathan Ross (playing himself)). Bolton appears to review the placement of the paintings before the opening.
Fuel (2008)
documentary film
Festival panafricain d’Alger 1969 (1969)
documentary film
In Festival panafricain d’Alger 1969, William Klein documents a variety of the festival's concerts, exhibitions, street marches, and performances, as well as the preparations and rehearsals for the festival. He blends images of interviews made with writers and advocates of the freedom movements with stock images, thus allowing him to touch on such matters as colonialism, neocolonialism, colonial exploitation, the struggles and battles of the revolutionary movements for independence, and African culture. Recorded in the film are the dozens of notable artists, musicians, activists, and political figures, as well as performances from Miriam…
Vinyl (2000)
documentary film
Orwell Rolls in His Grave (2003)
documentary film
51 Birch Street (2005)
documentary film, Documentation
51 Birch Street is the first-person account of a family's life-changing events. A few months after his mother's sudden death from pneumonia, Doug Block's 83-year-old father, Mike, calls him to announce that he's moving to Florida to live with "Kitty", his secretary from 40 years before. Always close to his mother and equally distant from his father, Doug and his two older sisters were shocked and suspicious.
Brooklyn Castle (2012)
documentary film
Forgotten Ellis Island (2008)
documentary film
Who the Fuck is That Guy? The Fabulous Journey of Michael Alago (2017)
documentary film
The documentary tells the story of gay Puerto Rican A&R executive Michael Alago who grew up in a Hasidic neighborhood in Brooklyn in the early 1970s. At a young age, he began sneaking out of his house and going downtown to frequent legendary New York clubs CBGB and Max's Kansas City. He formed The Dead Boys Fan club as a teenager and soon after became the talent booker at the Ritz nightclub in the East Village.
Better Living Through Circuitry (1999)
documentary film