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Dogs On The Inside (2014)

documentary film

Dogs On The Inside explores the problem of abandoned dogs in the Southern United States, where shelters are overcrowded and euthanasia is common. After a devoted team of rescuers transports the dogs, they begin an 8- to 10-week program with prisoner inmates who supply the dogs with basic obedience skills as well as much needed attention. Following research in animal behavior and psychology by Marc Bekoff Ph.D., the program shows that connected by their troubled pasts, the dogs learn to have faith in people again while the inmates are reminded of their own humanity and capacity for love and empathy.

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Imperfect Journey (1994)

documentary film

Imperfect Journey is a BBC commissioned film, exploring the political and psychic recovery of the Ethiopian people after the atrocities and political repression or "red terror" of the military junta of Mengistu Haile Mariam. Haile Gerima travelled to Ethiopia together with Ryszard Kapuściński. In the course of the journey they meet and talk with people from all levels of Ethiopian society.

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Martha & Ethel (1994)

documentary film

Martha & Ethel tells the stories of two women in their 80s: a German-Catholic woman named Martha and an African-American woman named Ethel, the former nannies of director/producer Jyll Johnstone and co-producer Barbara Ettinger. It examines each woman’s background and hiring into affluent New York families. The Johnstone and Ettinger children, now grown, reflect on how Martha and Ethel played formative—and often confusing—roles in their lives.

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My Cousing the Pirate (2010)

documentary film

After the outbreak of the Somali Civil War, Nasib's family sends him to a refugee camp in Europe, but they do not have enough money to send anyone else. Years later, Somalia has become the epicenter of large-scale piracy, and there are pirates from Nasib's family. When he learns that his cousin Abdi is considering becoming a pirate, Nasib returns to his home country to dissuade him from doing so.

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The Arc of Life (2012)

documentary film

Smith preempts the start of the interview by giving a summary of what he sees as the three inescapable problems that have faced humans from the earliest development of civilization: how to earn a living, how to get along with our fellow humans, and how to get along with our selves. He compares how the three enduring civilizations: East Asia (China), South Asia (India) and the West, have dealt with these problems in distinctive ways. In Smith's view, the West has focused on nature, and developed science - but this puts the emphasis on the material world, including the body, which ages and deteriorates.

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USS Cooper: Return to Ormoc Bay (2006)

documentary film

A daring world record scuba dive to the sunken is witnessed by a man who nearly perished on that same ship over sixty years ago. The destroyer was found to be at a depth of – deeper than the world record technical dive of . Traveling to dangerous depths, this film takes the time to remember fallen heroes, honor comrades and acknowledge those who made great sacrifices.

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I Was A Teenage Feminist (2005)

documentary film

I Was A Teenage Feminist examines how and why an uneasiness with the word "feminist" has developed among modern, young women. Throughout the film, Shechter expresses her own struggle with identity as it relates to modern feminism and past iterations of the feminist movements. To illustrate Shechter's beginnings as the titular Teenage Feminist, the film uses music and scenes from "Free to Be...

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Winning America (2011)

documentary film, Documentation, musical film

The film follows the members of the band Said the Whale as they're about to embark on their first tour in the United States. It starts by introducing the members of Said the Whale, showing that even though they get a lot of radio play and have successful tours in Canada, they don't actually make enough money to live off of their music earnings so they all have separate jobs. They play a send off show in Vancouver, and then hit the road down to California on their way to South by Southwest.

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100,000 Cobbers (1942)

documentary film

Five men enlist in the AIF – laid back Bill; World War I veteran Scotty, who pretends to be 37 years old; an "old school tie" businessman Peter, who is running his dead father's business, and whose secretary Miss Lane leaves for overseas service as a VAD; the rebellious "Bluey" William Baker; and Jim, who leaves behind his new wife, Jean. Bluey and Bill almost get in a fight when Bluey tries to cut into the line during enlistment but the five soon become friends. The five soldiers go through basic training and become good soldiers.

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