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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 242.

Kinshasa palace (2007)

documentary film

A man about whom we know very little searches for his brother who disappeared after leaving his children at the station. As he traces his steps through Paris, Kinshasa, Brussels, Lisbon and Cambodia, childhood memories flood back. Little by little, he metamorphoses until it's difficult to tell him apart from his missing brother.

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Amazing Azerbaijan (2012)

documentary film

Amazing Azerbaijan! pulls back the glittery facade that this oil-rich nation presented to the world when hosting Eurovision 2012, telling personal stories of human rights abuses to which Europe’s leaders have turned a blind eye. The film looks at Azerbaijan in the run-up to the Eurovision Song Contest 2012, which took place in Baku.

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Abortion: Stories From North and South (1984)

documentary film

The film provides a historical and contemporary overview of European, Asian and North American women’s approaches to terminating unwanted pregnancies despite legislative and stigmatic barriers. The film further depicts how abortion transcends race, religion and social class, and how differences in the practice and perception of abortion are mainly in the degree of secrecy and danger accompanying it. During the shooting of the film, the subject of abortion often had to be disguised or downplayed due to the polarizing content of the film.

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Food - Weapon of Conquest (1941)

documentary film

During the Second World War, food has become a weapon of war, validating Napoleon's adage that "An army moves on its stomach." In Allied nations such as the United States and Canada, vast reserves of farmland have to be harnessed to meet the needs of the war effort. While rationing is still in place in Canada for civilians, the food produced in the Prairies has been made available to the overseas military forces. In other Allied nations, food scarcity is a daily misery.

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Million Calorie March: The Movie (2007)

documentary film

Million Calorie March: The Movie documents the Million Calorie March awareness and fundraising campaign and incorporates stories from Marino's 2005 book, "Big & Tall Chronicles: Misadventures Of A Lifelong Food Addict." Through flashbacks to his childhood, Marino documents the influences that led to his health struggles and his personal battle to overcome food addiction. The purpose behind Marino's film is the increasing awareness and acceptance of the diseaseobesity and food addiction throughout the United States and inspiring people to dig deep to fix themselves. The 95 minute documentary premiered on September 21, 2007 at the Boston…

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Routine Flight (1955)

documentary film

In 1955, Winnipeg Airport is one of the main bases of Trans-Canada Air Lines, housing the airline's largest maintenance centre. One of the main functions of the base is to overhaul piston and jet engines in an engine shop as part of a complex system of operational and maintenance routines that underline the safe operation of each TCA aircraft. The TCA Canadair North Star airliner has its Rolls-Royce Merlin piston engines overhauled in Winnipeg on a regular schedule.

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The Gay Marriage Thing (2005)

documentary film, LGBTQ-related film

The Gay Marriage Thing follows Gayle and Lorre, thirtysomething college sweethearts who marked their 15th anniversary a year after the Massachusetts Supreme Court ruled a ban on same-sex marriage stating that it was unconstitutional. The film includes footage of protests outside the Massachusetts State House, the churches of the Reverends Rich Wiesenbach and Carlton Smith, and the state legislature leading up to May 17, 2004, the first date same-sex couples could file for marriage licenses in Massachusetts.

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Before They Were Dubz (2011)

documentary film, found footage film

The documentary film follows footage filmed by Jessica Grace Mellor, an amateur director and photographer who filmed footage of the band during their early days in 2002, in an attempt to secure them a record deal with a major label. At the time, band members Dappy, Tulisa and Fazer were fourteen, thirteen and fifteen respectively, and had begun working with Garage producer Donna Dee, who helped them create some of their very first tracks, and perform some of their first gigs, and is the person who requested that Grace Mellor film some footage of the band. Footage included in the film includes the band working with Dappy's father and…

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