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Biographical picture, Drama, Drama Documentary, biographical film, drama film
The film tells the story of four young men and the extremes they went to in order to capture their photographs of anti-apartheid protests and the resulting police brutality, while the State President, F.W. de Klerk made negotiations to end…
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Documentation, documentary film
Concert film, Documentation, concert film, musical film, thriller film
Amid aerial footage of Vancouver and BC Place, a radio DJ publicizes Metallica's concert. An overweight heavy-metal fan drives into the empty parking lot, and climbs on the car's hood, whooping and laughing. Trip, a roadie for Metallica, s…
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Biographical documentary, documentary film
A portrait of contemporary fatherhood, the film blends the reflections of Howard's own father, film director Ron Howard, other Hollywood celebrity fathers and everyday men from around the world on what being a father means to them.
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documentary film, musical film
Political Documentary, documentary film
The film follows James Carville and George Stephanopoulos, at first during the New Hampshire primary, and then mostly in Little Rock, Arkansas, at the Clinton campaign headquarters. Several key events of the 1992 election cycle and their r…
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Documentation, documentary film
Concert film, documentary film, rockumentary
Arranged Documentary, Horror, documentary film, horror film
Director Andrew J. Kuehn excerpted brief segments of terror and suspense in a wide variety of horror films and strung them together with added commentary, as well as some enacted narrative, to create a compilation of fright-inducing effect…
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Concert film, Drama, documentary film
Documentation, documentary film
In 2010, married couple Molly and John Chester decide to leave their old lives in Los Angeles behind and purchase a 234-acre farm near Moorpark in neighboring Ventura County, California. Rechristening it "Apricot Lane Farms", the couple sp…
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Documentation, Drama, documentary film, drama film
Documentation, documentary film
docudrama, documentary film
Biographical documentary, documentary film
In the film, director Griffin Dunne, Joan Didion's nephew, incorporates archival footage and conversations with Didion about the eras she covered in essays, novels and screenplays, as well as events in her personal life.
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Documentation, Drama Documentary, documentary film
In the winter of 1937, the Japanese army occupied Nanjing and killed over 300,000 and raped tens of thousands of Chinese people, one of human history's worst atrocities. In order to protect Chinese civilians, a small group of European and …
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Documentation, documentary film, musical film
docudrama, documentary film
On October 27, 2002, a year after the release of Grand Theft Auto III, the American gaming company Rockstar Games releases Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, which immediately shatters sales records, with 1 million units sold within 24 hours, an…
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Documentation, documentary film
Documentation, Musical, documentary film, musical film
American singer Aretha Franklin records her gospel album Amazing Grace live at the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Los Angeles in 1972. She is accompanied by the Southern California Community Choir, directed by Alexander Hamilton, …
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Biographical documentary, Musical, biographical film, documentary film, musical film
A group of people who knew Baker, ranging from ex-associates to ex-wives and children, talk about him and his life. Weber's film traces the musician's career from the 1950s, playing with jazz greats like Charlie Parker, Gerry Mulligan, and…
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Concert film, Documentation, documentary film, musical film, rockumentary
The film documents the varied playing and recording styles of guitarists Jimmy Page, David "The Edge" Evans, and Jack White. Page's history with guitar traces back to his childhood when he played in a skiffle band. After desiring to do mor…
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