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Sick of suburbia, Natalie and Richard Newman move to rural Vermont, where they expect the unspoiled setting and intrinsic values to rejuvenate their marriage. Natalie wants to start a family; Richard, who has grown children from a first marriage, does not. As a compromise they build a trophy house.
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The film follows American punk fan Kastle Waserman as she journeys to Berlin, Prague, Paris, Houston and Theresienstadt to unearth the details of her father's time in Hitler's Germany and his time in Theresienstadt concentration camp. The film concludes with a return visit to Berlin during which Benjamin Waserman meets Berlin mayor Klaus Wowereit.
Biography, documentary film
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Joanes sets out to profile people who are breaking away from conventional models of agriculture and food production. In the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, Joel Salatin explains how he keeps his cows, chickens, pigs and natural grasses flourishing without using artificial fertilizers by closing the nutrient cycle. At Growing Power farm in Milwaukee, we meet Will Allen, who is turning three acres of industrial wasteland into nourishing farmland for his neighborhood.
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The film follows musicians Liam Ó Maonlaí (The Hothouse Flowers) and Paddy Keenan (Uilleann pipes player from The Bothy Band, who was raised in the traveller community) on a journey covering thousands of miles from Bamako in the south to Timbuktu, from where they enter the Sahara. Their journey takes them along the river Niger, stopping in villages and river towns such as Mopti and Djenné, playing instruments such as the harp, bodhrán, whistles and Uilleann pipes with local musicians including Afel Bocoum, Toumani Diabaté, Tinariwen, and Tartit. The film highlights the many similarities between Malian and Irish music, including circular…
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documentary film, Documentation
Godfrey Cheshire is an American film critic who had helped found Raleigh's Spectator Magazine and written for various publications such as The New York Times and more. In early 2004, he learns that his cousin Charlie wants to move the buildings of Midway Plantation. The documentary features interviews with many of the family members, who worry that moving the buildings would destroy Midway.
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Song of Lahore tells the story of Sachal Studios, a Pakistani music group who prepare for a New York City performance after being invited by Wynton Marsalis. They rehearse with Marsalis' band, the Jazz, then take the stage together at Lincoln Center.
documentary film, Documentation
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animated documentary
thumb|left|The film Technical Fairy, First Class gives the troops "A Lecture On Camouflage" with the aid of Private Snafu. He points that modern camouflage, if used intelligently, is both an art and a science. The camera shifts from the Fairy to what seems to be a small boat on wheels, traveling down a road.
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A Tuba to Cuba centers on Jaffe, the son of Preservation Hall founders Allan and Sandra Jaffe, as he seeks to fulfill his father's wish to trace the band's musical roots to Cuba. The film follows members of the Preservation Hall Jazz Band during a two-week trip to Cuba, including stops in Havana, Santiago de Cuba and Cienfuegos. The documentary combines travel footage, performances and interviews with members of the band and Cuban musicians.
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documentary film, LGBTQ-related film
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Concert film, documentary film, Documentation, musical film
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Oscar Micheaux was America's preeminent black filmmaker for three decades, having directed or produced 22 silent movies and 15 talking pictures. The Czar of Black Hollywood chronicles the real life experiences that inspired Micheaux's films, including the production of the first feature-length film, The Homesteader (1919), and sound motion picture, The Exile (1931), by an African-American.
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Biography, documentary film
Biography, documentary film
The film is a portrait of Frank's life and career. It covers the making of his book The Americans, his documentaries featuring friends such as Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac, and a film commissioned by The Rolling Stones.
documentary film, Documentation, Event Documentary
News broadcast about the strike of the workers of the steel factory "Republic Steel" on May 30, 1937, which ended in a violent escalation when the police shot at the strikers, killing and seriously injuring several people. Because of the historical significance of the footage, it was added to the U.S. National Film Registry in 1997.