Died Young Stayed Pretty (2008)
documentary film
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Facing Sudan (2007)
documentary film
Straight Up Go-Go (1992)
documentary film
The directors analyze and theorize about the roots and historical impacts that influenced the development of go-go music. The documentary captures footage of go-go bands performing at various musical festival throughout the Washington metropolitan area (such as the "Georgia Avenue Festival", "F Street Festival", and music festivals at Anacostia Park and Wilmer's Park) and compares the rhythmic similarities to those found in West African music. It also traces many of the musical influences of Cab Calloway, James Brown, and Fela Kuti have added to the development of go-go culture.
The Battle of the Harvests (1942)
documentary film
In 1942, farmers have become an important part of the war effort on the North American home front. The prairie farmlands in Canada are the world's richest and provide the food for the Allied nations. Food production was aided by favourable weather and introduction of scientific innovations and methods such as irrigation, terraced fields and planned forms.
Between Rings (2014)
documentary film
The film tells Esther Phiri's story. She is famous for being Zambia's first female boxer, and for winning seven welterweight world championships. But her story started earlier, in the slums of Lusaka, where she was left impoverished by her father's death from malaria when she was 15, and then became a single mother at the age of 16.
Toscanini in His Own Words (2009)
Biography, Drama Documentary
The film is based on 150 hours of taped interviews secretly recorded by Toscanini's son, Walter, at Toscanini's Wave Hill home, in the Bronx, New York City. In a fictional New Year's Eve, Toscanini, sitting in his armchair in his living room, is joined for an intimate chat by his relatives and close friends: his son Walter and daughter Wally, his assistant and friend Anita Colombo, Canadian conductor Wilfrid Pelletier, and Iris Cantelli, wife of his protégé Guido. In this fictional conversation are encapsulated the "multiple revelations" of the secretly recorded tapes.
Women of '69, Unboxed (2014)
documentary film
Primitive Peoples (1949)
documentary film
The Trial: The State of Russia vs Oleg Sentsov (2017)
documentary film
Still Kicking (2006)
documentary film
The Elusive English Organ (2010)
documentary film
Ben Johnson: Third Cowboy on the Right (1996)
documentary film
Unclickable (2024)
documentary film
The documentary follows a former tech executive who assembles software developers to construct a digital advertising fraud operation. Over twelve weeks during the 2020 U.S. presidential election, the operation defrauds political advertisers, including the Trump campaign and pro-Biden organizations.
When Giants Collide (2007)
documentary film
In the Nuclear Shadow: What Can the Children Tell Us? (1983)
documentary film
Say God Bye (2023)
documentary film
Babe, I Hate to Go (2017)
documentary film
Kafi's Story (1989)
documentary film
Shot between 1986 and 1988, Kafi's Story captures scenes from the life of Nuba peoples just before they were involved in the Second Sudanese Civil War. Kafi, a young man from the Torogi village in the Nuba Mountains in Sudan, is one of the first men to travel north to the capital Khartoum in search of money. Having money is the only way for him to get a dress and to marry a second wife, Tete.
Rock in the Red Zone (2014)
documentary film, rockumentary
Train Busters (1943)
documentary film
In 1943, the RCAF strength and equipment consists of 32 overseas squadrons based in England. Two fundamental missions were essential to the Allied air strategy: night bombing and interdiction. While bombers struck at the heart of occupied Europe, the German war machine reacted by sending out supplies to their far-flung European bases by rail.
This is not a ball (2014)
association football film, documentary film
Brazilian artist Vik Muniz traveled the world and witnessed how can a small round object transform the lives of individuals and communities. This is not a Ball explores the passion for football and tries to replicate the impact of the ball on a larger scale trying to connect individuals with their society or even greater purposes. These endeavors range from Pakistan, Mexico, Brazil, China and all the way to Sierra Leone searching for the meaning and importance of a soccer ball in different societies.
Total Badass (2010)
documentary film
Bob Ray takes you on an outrageous and hilariously seedy adventure into the Austin underground music and arts scene via wild man-about-town, social deviant, musical/stunt performer, sex fanatic, Guinea pig enthusiast, writer-publisher, father, weed dealing felon, hip-hop impresario, trashcan jumper and local beloved weirdo Chad Holt. Exploiting life as his unwitting canvas, Chad's take-no-prisoners artistry assaults funny bones, political correctness, and common decency as he strives to leave a creative imprint on the planet. Strap in for the riotous ride and follow this icon of the Austin counterculture as he blazes through his final…
Hip Hop Eh (2012)
documentary film
The plot is an attempt to educate the Canadian public or any viewer about the hip-hop scene in Canada- do we have one? What is it? The director meets with a lot of famous Canadian hip-hop artists, as well as public in the street and asks them questions about the hip-hop scene in Canada.
Barely Dead (2006)
documentary film