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Explore documentary storytelling about people, events and ideas.

Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 8,613 films · Page 236.

The Internet Must Go (2013)

documentary film

The docufiction short centers on John Wooley, a (fictional) market researcher who "has been dispatched to help the big Internet service providers sell their vision of a faster, cleaner Internet". He embarks on the journey, believing he's doing something great and important. Over the course of his journey he interviews several people (notably non-fictional people whose business depends on net neutrality), who one by one help him to understand why his mission is misguided.

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Universalove (2010)

Arranged Documentary, musical film

The film follows the individuals of six unrelated love stories from around the world, some ending in happiness and some ending in tragedy. In Marseille, a young man (Rashid) flees from a gangster. His girlfriend follows him on a motorcycle.

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Snow Blind (2006)

independent film

The film is segmented into six major thematic sections: Inventors: The individuals who started creating snowboards Pioneers: The individuals who started riding snowboards before it was a sport Back Country: The individuals who risk their lives riding in non-designated snowboarding areas Pros: The teen and twenty-something professional athletes and Olympians Adaptors: The individuals who have lost limbs or their eyesight but continue to snowboard Families: Interviews the Teters and how snowboarding has influenced their lives The film also has one mini section on Banana George, a 93-year-old snowboarder.

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The Eyes of Thailand (2012)

documentary film

The Eyes of Thailand tells the true story of Soraida Salwala's 10-year quest to help two elephant landmine survivors, Motala and Baby Mosha, walk again after losing their legs in landmine accidents. Along with Soraida's efforts to care for the injured elephants and ultimately help them to walk again, the film also highlights the dangers posed by landmines.

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The List (2012)

documentary film

The film focuses on Kirk W. Johnson and his List Project, a nonprofit organization seeking to bring help Iraqis that collaborated with the US during the Iraq War to the United States. It covers the dangers faced by Iraqi collaborators in their home country and Johnson's attempts to help them reach the United States.

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The Harvest Shall Come (1942)

documentary film

The opening titles appear over scenes of farm workers stacking hay. In 1900, Tom Grimwood as a boy leaves his family cottage, carrying his trunk to take a job on a farm for a weekly wage of 2/6 plus keep. The commentary notes that farm workers receive the lowest pay and worst housing of all workers, but that there had been improvements since 1870.

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Now — The Peace (1945)

documentary film

After the First World War, the League of Nations was created, but despite the efforts of leaders such as Woodrow Wilson, the organization failed to ensure world peace. The concept of collective security against attack was thought to be the means to stop wars. The constant conflicts of the 1930s with Japanese aggression in China, Italian invasion of Ethiopia and the beginning of the Spanish Civil War showed how ineffective the League had become.

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Another Romance of Celluloid (1938)

documentary film

The film starts with a brief reprise of the previous film, before cutting to the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios in Culver City, California where assistant cameraman Bill Reilly picks up the film from the lab for Marie Antoinette (1938) which he passes on to cameraman William H. Daniels. Behind the scenes footage shows W.S.

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