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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 250.

Hairkutt (2005)

documentary film

The film stars Bryant "HairKutt" Johnson, director Elliott, Maurice Bradley, and Anthony Dorsey as four friends from St. Louis, Missouri, who travel to a remote cabin in the Great Smoky Mountains of Tennessee. Their plan is to spend a week together to help Hairkutt quit his 15-year addiction to heroin.

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Well Done (1994)

documentary film

1994: In a Swiss high-tech company, more than 1200 people are busy controlling the daily billions in Swiss monetary transactions in the form of endless data streams. Individual figures emerge from the mass of employees in the labyrinthine building. The camera follows the inconspicuous gestures, ways of speaking and glances of the PC supporter, the key account manager, the Goldcard clerk, the product manager, the department head, the director.

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Dying to Live (2008)

documentary film

Documentary filmmaker Ben Mittleman turns the camera on himself when confronted with the same open-heart surgery that derailed his father's life. A quest for truth, Dying to Live gives public exposure to his own fears about mortality. In the same year Mittleman's wife Valerie and mother Anne each struggle with their own life-threatening illnesses.

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Afrikaaps (2010)

documentary film

This documentary focuses on a theatre piece entitled Afrikaaps within a film. It is based on the creative processes and performances of the stage production. Using hip-hop the film and the stage play attempt to reclaim Afrikaans – so long considered a language of the oppressor – as a language of liberation.

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Fight for the Planet (2009)

Fight for the Planet is documentary about the geological, social and economical impacts of global warming. The film stresses the need for a change in politics—but also in behavior. It investigates both the science behind climate change, and technologies that will bring us into the new "green" future.

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Industrial Canada (1958)

documentary film

In the short span of 50 years, Canada has transformed from a primarily agricultural economy to a nation increasingly reliant on an industrial base. Throughout the 20th Century, more than half of the population was involved in agrarian activities and rural life, with numerous small towns and villages spread across the country. The traditional way of life based on back-breaking toil and skills passed on through the generations to provide for food and necessities was changing.

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Wings on her Shoulder (1943)

documentary film

As the Second World War continues, the Canadian contribution to the Allied bombing campaign over occupied Europe requires more aviators. The government responds by creating the Royal Canadian Air Force Women's Division in 1941. By 1943, 9,000 recruits, women from all backgrounds, are taking over a wide range of jobs.

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Save KLSD (2012)

documentary film

The film traces the events of 2007 when local radio station KLSD in San Diego, California, owned by radio giant Clear Channel Communications, decided to alter the programming from progressive talk radio to sports talk. Local activists hold protest rallies and try to persuade the owners to keep the liberal format, the only outlet for liberal talk in the San Diego market. At the time, the station was being considered for the change.

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