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Explore documentary storytelling about people, events and ideas.

Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 8,603 films · Page 154.

Happiness Is (2009)

documentary film

Happiness Is is a road trip documentary that explores American's "pursuit of happiness". It is the second film from Andrew Shapter, director of the popular music documentary, Before the Music Dies and his first with producer, Tracy Marino, who is also a producer on his next film, The Teller and The Truth. Happiness Is examines America's constant struggle to find more happiness as it breaks down the many interpretations of what Thomas Jefferson really meant when he wrote the words "Life, Liberty and the pursuit of happiness".

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4 Clowns (1970)

documentary film

The film is divided into three sections. The first section deals with early silent film works of Laurel and Hardy prior to the two becoming a team as well as their later work as a team. The second section deals with the career of Charley Chase.

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The Hacker Wars (2014)

documentary film

The Hacker Wars tells the story of three young information activists, or hacktivists, and their battles with the US Government. These hacktivists are either terrorists or freedom fighters depending on one's perspective on who should control information. It is about: “Weev,” infamous hacker and troll; Barrett Brown, journalist and propagandist for the hacktivist collective, Anonymous; and Jeremy Hammond, aka Anarchaos, who, before his arrest, was number one on the FBI's cyber-criminal list.

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Show Business at War (1943)

documentary film, propaganda film

Al Jolson sings “Mammy”; Phil Baker asks the $64 question; Kay Kyser gives a clue; Rochester upsets his boss Jack Benny while Mary Livingstone taunts him and Don Wilson laughs. Charlie McCarthy gets in Bergen’s hair, or tries to find it. Darryl Zanuck, a colonel in the Signals Corps, and only recently back from North Africa, and John Ford, a Commander in the Navy, also doing photographic work on many fronts, are featured too.

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Crime After Crime (2011)

documentary film

Crime After Crime tells the dramatic story of the legal battle to free Debbie Peagler, an incarcerated survivor of domestic violence. She was wrongly convicted of the murder of her abusive boyfriend and sentenced to 25 years to life in prison. Her story takes an unexpected turn two decades later when two rookie land-use attorneys step forward to take her case.

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