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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 165.

Filmed in Supermarionation (2014)

documentary film

Filmed in Supermarionation tells the story of the development of Supermarionation, a term coined to describe the form of marionette puppetry employed by the teams at AP Films (APF; later Century 21 Productions) under the management of Gerry and Sylvia Anderson. The documentary is hosted by Lady Penelope and Parker, puppet stars of Thunderbirds, who seek to uncover the story behind their creation.

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Late Life: The Chien-Ming Wang Story (2018)

documentary film, sport film

The first and only Taiwanese player for the New York Yankees, Chien-Ming Wang held many titles: American League Wins Leader, World Series Champion, Olympian, one of Time’s 100 Most Influential People, and the “Pride of Taiwan.” Armed with a sinker with “late life,” Wang was once was named New York Yankees’ starting pitcher for the inaugural game at New Yankee Stadium in 2009. But after an ankle injury, Wang was released from the Major League rosters. Cameras follow Wang through his workout routines and minor league pitstops as he mounts his comeback.

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Hello London (1958)

documentary film

Sonja Henie arrives in London with her Stars on Ice touring company and after a show is asked to take part in a benefit concert the next evening in aid of the British Orphans Association. Her manager objects, because it would clash with a Paris engagement. Michael Wilding and Eunice Gayson kidnap him so he misses his plane, and take Henie to a nightclub and a bus tour around London, hoping to persuade her to do the show, which she does.

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Me & Isaac Newton (1999)

With a lightly humorous approach, the film explores human advances in the field of sciences. Both Apted and Paul G. Allen, director and film financer respectively, deploy segments of interviews with several scientists and researchers about their views in science, in the same way they previously did with arts in the documentary Inspirations.

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The War on Kids (2009)

documentary film

The War on Kids contends that students are denied basic freedoms based primarily on irrational fears, noting that they are searched, punished (and arbitrarily so in the crew's opinions), and forced to consume certain pharmaceutical drugs. The film begins by studying the Zero Tolerance policies in public schools in the 1990s, which were designed to eradicate drugs and weapons at schools. By arbitrary application of this policy via unchecked authority, soon nail clippers, key chains, and aspirin were considered dangerous and violations of the rules.

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Unfolding Florence: The Many Lives of Florence Broadhurst (2006)

documentary film

Unfolding Florence: The Many Lives of Florence Broadhurst chronicles the life of Florence Broadhurst, an Australian designer who owned her own fashion design company in London during the 1930s. Later in life she moved to Sydney, Australia, and became a painter, socialite and charity fund-raiser. At 60 years old she began her most prolific and successful occupation, becoming a wallpaper designer.

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Strong Enough to Break (2006)

documentary film

Strong Enough to Break follows Grammy-nominated music group Hanson and their three-year struggle with their record label, Island/Def Jam. In the aftermath of corporate mergers, deregulated radio, and an uncertain future, the band is faced with the challenge of making a new album while dealing with an endless array of obstacles in the music industry.

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Resident Alien (1990)

documentary film, LGBTQ-related film

At age 72, Crisp became an Englishman in New York. John Foster's camera follows Crisp about the streets of Manhattan, where Crisp seems very much at home, wearing eye shadow, appearing on a makeshift stage, making and repeating wry observations, talking to John Hurt (who played Crisp in the autobiographical TV movie The Naked Civil Servant), and dining with friends. Others who know Crisp comment on him, on his life as an openly gay man with an effeminate manner, and on his place in the history of gays' social struggle.

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Barista (2015)

documentary film

The film follows four baristas preparing for the 2013 United States Barista Championship. Eden-Marie Abramowicz, Charlie Habegger, Truman Severson and Ryan Redden obsess over every detail when it comes to extracting the perfect cup of coffee. As the film progresses, the makers add a fifth personality, Los Angeles-based Charles Babinski, who decides to compete.

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