Cinema HoundSniffing out great movies.Explore documentary storytelling about people, events and ideas.
Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 8,603 films · Page 168.
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Nathaniel Woods was convicted of capital murder in the killings of three police officers in Birmingham, Alabama. Despite never pulling a trigger, Woods was accused by the state of being an accomplice to the shooter, Kerry Spencer. The film features interviews from Woods, Spencer, family members of Woods and the deceased officers, and others involved in the case.
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Al Carbee is a true American original. An 88-year-old recluse living in Maine, he devotes nearly all his time to creating extraordinarily elaborate works of art from Barbie dolls. This captivating documentary, filmed over the course of the director's decade-long friendship with the artist, goes inside the mind of the enigmatic Carbee to reveal his rich, wondrous, and sometimes heart-wrenching inner-life.
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Welcome to Durham, USA shows how gangs are not only a problem in big cities, but also in smaller cities and towns. It shows how the rivalry between the Crips and the Bloods are spreading out far beyond big cities.
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Plimpton! tells the story of writer, editor and amateur sportsman, George Plimpton. Starting with his getting kicked out of Exeter, the film follows Plimpton as he joins The Paris Review as its first editor and the creation of the "Art of Fiction" series.
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The documentary details several United States programs that have negative impacted the Native American population. It argues that several of the United States' actions against Native Americans, including the Sand Creek Massacre and the 1970 Family Planning Act, meet the United Nation's definition of genocide. Additionally, the film also describes the numerous issues on Native American reservations.
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The film focuses on war-ravaged South Sudan fighting for independence from North Sudan and its President Omar al-Bashir.
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Liyana follows a number of orphaned Swazi children as they develop a story under the guidance of South African author and activist Gcina Mhlope. Their narrative stars a fictional young girl, Liyana, as she embarks on a journey to rescue her younger twin brothers from kidnapping with her pet bull, and overcomes various challenges along the way. As the students develop their tale, the live action documentary is interspersed with animated scenes depicting Liyana's adventure.
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An award-winning film narrated by Liam Neeson, Love Thy Nature points to how deeply we’ve lost touch with nature and takes viewers on a cinematic journey through the beauty and intimacy of our relationship with the natural world. The film shows that a renewed connection with nature is key both to our health and the health of our planet. Neeson is the voice of “Sapiens”, who, in the past few hundred years, has come to believe that we have transcended nature.
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The documentary examines how the changing economics of higher education contributed to mistreatment of low-income and minority students and includes interviews with experts, former college recruiters, former and current students, and former and current government officials such as F. King Alexander and Suzanne Mettler. It traces the problem back to a decision by Congress in the 1970s to switch from providing aid to colleges to instead allocating grants and loans to students to pay tuition at colleges.