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Framing Britney Spears (2021)

documentary film

In 2021, at age 39, Britney Spears, one of the world's most successful pop stars with an estimated net worth of $59 million, has remained legally under the control of her father Jamie Spears since 2008. Framing Britney Spears re-examines S…

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Taxi to the Dark Side (2007)

Arranged Documentary, Documentation, crime film, documentary film, war film

The documentary concerns the death of Dilawar, an Afghan peanut farmer, who gave up farming to become a taxi driver and who died after several days of beating at Bagram detention center. Dilawar left his home of Yakubi in eastern Afghanist…

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Blink (2024)

documentary film

The film follows a family that embarks on a journey around the world after learning that their children have been diagnosed with a rare genetic disorder that will eventually cause vision loss. Aware that their children’s ability to see is …

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The Last Dragon (2004)

Drama, pseudo-documentary

The docufiction features two interwoven stories. Jack Tanner, an American paleontologist working for the Natural History Museum in London, suggests the theory that a carbonised Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton on display was killed by a prehisto…

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Cartel Land (2015)

Documentation, documentary film

The film focuses on two vigilante groups who fight drug cartels from different sides of the United States–Mexico border. In Mexico, the film focuses on José Manuel Mireles Valverde, known locally as "El Doctor". Mireles becomes fed up with…

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Running from Crazy (2013)

documentary film

thumb|left|140px|The documentary is told through the eyes of Mariel Hemingway, author Ernest Hemingway's granddaughter. Mariel comments early in the film on the fact that seven family members have committed suicide, including Ernest and Ma…

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The Beach Boys (2024)

Documentation, Musical, documentary film

The film chronicles the band's rise from their modest family origins to becoming a revolutionary force in pop music. It begins by detailing the formation of the band with brothers Brian, Dennis, and Carl Wilson, their cousin Mike Love, and…

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Dave Chappelle's Block Party (2006)

Arranged Documentary, Komödie, Musical, comedy film, documentary film, musical film

right|thumb|250px|The Broken Angel House, the site of the documentary, in May 2007 The film follows Chappelle during the summer of 2004, ending on September 18, 2004, when he threw a block party on the corner of Quincy Street and Downing S…

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I Am Chris Farley (2015)

Biographical documentary, documentary film

This documentary on the life of comedian Chris Farley follows the growth of Farley's career from his first production at a summer camp in Wisconsin to the movies. The film focuses on the importance of The Second City and Saturday Night Liv…

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The September Issue (2009)

Documentation, documentary film

The film revolves around the making of the September 2007 issue of Vogue. (The September Vogue is traditionally the biggest, most important issue of the year.) It depicts the effort that goes into making the magazine, and the passion that …

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I Am (2010)

Documentation, LGBTQ-related film, documentary film

Natchez (2025)

Documentation, documentary film

Explores Natchez, Mississippi, which relies on antebellum tourism to survive, reckoning with the past, an uncertain future, and what it owes to descendants of slavery.

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