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Explore documentary storytelling about people, events and ideas.

Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 8,612 films · Page 229.

You Are What You Act (2018)

documentary film

thumb|left|110px|George Lakoff thumb|left|110px|Gabor Maté thumb|left|110px|Paul Ekman thumb|110px|Amy Cuddy The film explores a new field of science called embodied cognition, with some of the leading researchers in the field including George Lakoff, Gabor Maté, Paul Ekman, Philip Zimbardo, and Harvard psychologist Amy Cuddy. The shorthand expression, "fake it till you make it", appears to ring true, though it can also backfire (people behaving overconfidently) and it also applies to undesirable outcomes (acting depressed and becoming depressed). A section of the film explores the "hack for love" as proposed by psychologist Robert…

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Cloudy Times (2014)

documentary film

For as long as Arami can remember, her mother has had epilepsy and Parkinson's. Her parents were separated, so Arami was left alone with a mother who had seizures that she remembers as terrifying. At a very young age, she was to care for herself and her mother.

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Air Cadets (1944)

documentary film

In 1941, the Secretary of State for Canada granted a Charter to the Air Cadet League of Canada. The organization was officially incorporated as a charitable, voluntary non-profit corporation with the mandate of working in partnership with the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) to sponsor young males from 12 to 18 years of age, as future aircrew. With headquarters in Ottawa, sponsors and volunteers were recruited provincially and a Chairman was appointed in each province.

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Scotland Yet (2014)

documentary film

The film concentrates primarily on the left-wing arguments for Scottish independence, as seen through the eyes of political activists such as Tariq Ali and Robin McAlpine; also journalists such as Ian Bell (journalist) and Lesley Riddoch. The film sets out to document the smaller, less publicised elements of the 2014 pro independence campaign, such as National Collective, Radical Independence and Common Weal. The documentary combines this with a commentary on the historical context of the independence movement, and the controversies surrounding perceived media bias during the campaign.

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City Slickers Can't Stay With Me: The Coach Bob Larsen Story (2015)

documentary film

The plot line of the film combines a chronological documentation of the 50+ year career of National Track and Field Hall of Fame Coach Bob Larsen with his current day work with long-time protégé, Meb Keflezighi. The narrative toggles between historical segments and glimpses into the training of an elite marathon champion. Along the way viewers learn about the success Larsen has had at all levels – high school, junior college, UCLA, the elite club level where he worked in tandem with Coach Joe Vigil to create Mammoth Track Club, and are introduced to Meb's story and learn about the commitment and dedication needed to achieve at world class…

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Gypsy Davy (2011)

documentary film

The film is narrated by the director, Rachel Leah Jones, as a letter to her father. Her father is "David Serva," who was born David Jones, in Berkeley, California. Described as a "white-boy with Alabama roots", he went on to become a well known flamenco guitarist- the first American to have a successful career in flamenco in Spain.

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My Song Goes Forth (1937)

documentary film

The advance publicity booklet on the film when it was entitled "Africa Sings", touted it as showing "what the white man achieved for himself" and "what he has done for he natives." "Africa Sings" was one of the first documentary films from South Africa to take a look at the lives of South Africans of all races. There are images of location life, schools and colleges, and a cross-section of occupations, from mine-workers to road-gangs, school-teachers to house- servants, waiters to cane-cutters. Mainstream reviewers gave the documentary a tepid response; the London Daily Worker thought it was too bland to serve a staunch liberationist purpose.

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Bullied to Death (2016)

Biography, documentary film, Drama, LGBTQ-related film

The film is inspired by the true story of a fourteen-year-old American boy who died by suicide in the wake of a dramatic sequence of serious acts related to school bullying and cyberbullying. Bonded to this story are those of other young gay, lesbian, and transgender teenage victims of homophobic attacks, who have been killed or induced to commit suicide in different parts of the world. On May 17, 2071, sixty years after the death of the protagonist and during the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia, a group of artists gather together to create a commemorative performance that will last the whole day.

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