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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 172.

The Presumption of Justice (2012)

documentary film

The film focuses on an incident in which French football fan Brice Taton died in Belgrade, and which led to 12 young people being sentenced to a total of 115 years of prison. On September 17, 2009, a fight broke out on Obilićev venac Square when Partizan fans attacked several Toulouse fans, which - the film claims - led to Brice Taton falling off a ledge and dying in a hospital ten days later. According to the director Ivana Rajović, one of the Partizan fans, Stefan Veličković, couldn't have been a part of the fight, because he was getting a traffic violation ticket in Makedonska street several blocks away at the time the fight was taking…

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Kvadrat (2013)

documentary film

DJ Andrey Pushkarev wakes up in his Moscow apartment, packs his vinyl records into a rolling bag and leaves for Domodedovo airport, to fly to Zurich. Upon arriving, he is greeted by the promoter of the Supermarket club. After falling asleep in the hotel, he is suddenly awakened by the alarm, resulting in a prolonged moment of disorientation.

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Fire from the Heartland (2010)

documentary film

The documentary looks at the idea of the conservative political female in the United States and how they have impacted and been impacted by the Tea Party movement. Bannon interviews women from different socioeconomic backgrounds and how this has had an effect on their outlook on life and in politics; the women also discuss what they believe what the future will bring and their opinions on how conservative politics and the Tea Party is portrayed in the media.

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Brazil: A Report on Torture (1971)

Political Documentary

The film features interviews conducted with 17 of the 70 Brazilians brought to Chile in January of that year as part of an exchange for the Swiss ambassador Giovanni Bucher, who was kidnapped the month before in Rio de Janeiro by the armed guerilla group VPR (Popular Revolutionary Vanguard). In addition to testimonies, reenactments are conducted by the former prisoners which demonstrate the cruelty suffered—including the use of the pau de arara method.

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Dennis Skinner: Nature of the Beast (2017)

documentary film

Nature of the Beast roots Skinner in his elements: the confined chamber of the House of Commons, the great outdoors of the Derbyshire countryside, his love of nature and an obsession with London's parks where he walks every day between parliamentary sessions. It looks at what lies behind his passion and drive, and tracks his rise from miner and local councillor to becoming one of Britain's best known MPs. The film uses a combination of archival and recent footage, along with interviews with Skinner, his family and his friends.

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The Tall Man (2011)

documentary film

The Tall Man explores the community reaction and events surrounding the death of Cameron Doomadgee, a 36-year-old Palm Island man who, while walking home intoxicated singing his favourite song Who Let the Dogs Out?, was arrested for harassing and attacking public bystanders. Doomadgee was arrested by Sergeant Chris Hurley, or 'the tall man', and was 45 minutes later found dead in police custody with his liver almost split in two, four broken ribs, a ruptured spleen, severe bruising to his head and a torn portal vein. The police claimed that his death was caused by him tripping on a step and colluded to protect Chris Hurley from facing any…

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In The Company of Actors (2007)

documentary film

The documentary shows actors rehearsing for a play in the rehearsal room. While the action of re-staging the play Hedda Gabler, the film also has interspersed talking heads of the cast talking about the craft of acting. The education materials also have short films from the technical crew and production staff.

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