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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 169.

The First Step (2021)

documentary film

The film follows Van Jones as he pushes for criminal justice reform. Louis L. Reed, Jessica Jackson, Virgie Walker, Pete White, Tylo James, Fabian Debora, Douglas Copenhaver, Martin West, Dee Pierce, William Thompson, Rhonda Edmunds, Jared Kushner, Bernie Sanders, Cory Booker, Kamala Harris, Shelley Moore Capito, Rand Paul, Mike Lee, Karen Bass, Bonnie Watson Coleman, Patrisse Cullors, Charlamagne tha God, Karen Hunter, and Kim Kardashian appear in the film.

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Okie Noodling (2001)

documentary film

The film documents "noodling", the practice of wading in murky water and reaching into dark holes in the attempt to catch a catfish, a dangerous practice that often causes noodlers to lose fingers and toes. The method is hundreds of years old, and the documentary also examines the subculture surrounding handfishing, The film depicts noodling as believed to have originated with white settlers, with at least one reference dating from 1775. Most evidence suggests that Native Americans typically only fished using tools such as spears and cages.

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Dragonslayer (2011)

documentary film, Social Study, sport film

The film follows Josh "Skreech" Sandoval, a skateboarder living in California. It was shot in various California towns as well as Copenhagen, Denmark and Malmö, Sweden. The film begins with Sandoval cleaning out a pool behind an abandoned house.

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Birth of the Living Dead (2012)

documentary film, Zombie

Rob Kuhns interviews a range of authors, critics, and filmmakers about the impact, legacy, and enduring popularity of Night of the Living Dead. Romero describes the film's background, production, and distribution, including how it accidentally fell into the public domain. Fessenden describes Night of the Living Deads aspects of postmodernist film, including an early commentary on horror films inside of a horror film – Johnny's taunting of his sister, Barbra, in the opening graveyard scene.

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Graduating Peter (2001)

documentary film

Before he entered the third grade, Peter Gwazdauskas was originally in a separate school for students with disabilities. When he entered the third grade, he enrolled in a traditional school due to a change in federal law stating that students with disabilities should be educated with typically developing students in general education. Even though Peter had improved since third grade, he still had some challenges, including depression and occasional behavioral outbursts.

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I Want Your Money (2010)

documentary film

The film examines and contrasts the differences between "Reaganomics" and "Obamanomics" as American economic and governmental policies, as well as their respective impact on life in the United States of America, as summarized from film's official web site: Two versions of the American dream now stand in sharp contrast. One views the money you earned as yours and best allocated by you. It champions the traditional American dream, which has played out millions of times through generations of Americans, of improving one's lot in life and the entrepreneurial spirit of daring to dream and to build big.

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A Girl like Me (2005)

documentary film

The video begins with interviews with Kiri Davis and her peers about how black features did not conform to society's standards of beauty. The next section was a repeat of an experiment conducted by Kenneth Clark in the 1940s where African-American children were asked to choose between black or white dolls. In the original experiment(s) the majority of the children choose the white dolls.

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Operation Malaya (1953)

documentary film

The film portrays the actions of British and Commonwealth troops against Communist insurgents in Malaya, focusing around the tracking down of a group of communists who killed a rubber planter. Scenes included: Sir Gerald Templer thanking troops a patrol of armoured cars ambushed by terrorists Singapore history of the communist insurrection a journalist traveling through Kuala Lumpur a military patrol finding a communist camp a look at a squatting community which is removed to a resettlement area (known as "new villages") the role of the Malayan Navy and Air Force.

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