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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 255.

Sifuna Okwethu (2011)

documentary film

The film tells the story of both sides claiming the same land as their own. The Ndolilas family’s land was taken by the apartheid government in the 1970s without compensation, and ever since then they have been on a quest to get it back. Standing in their way are working class black homeowners who purchased portions of the Ndolila's land during apartheid.

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Cat College (1940)

documentary film

While at his winter headquarters in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, in 1938, famed lion tamer Clyde Beatty founded a school for those aspiring to learn to tame jungle-bred lions and tigers. Among the ten girls who enrolled was 15-year-old Patricia English, a Bayside High School student. Eight quit after their first encounter with a lion, and another after watching lions maul a mule.

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Poison Dust (2005)

documentary film

Documentary about U.S. soldiers returning from Iraq who had been exposed to radioactive dust from dirty bombs when artillery shells coated with depleted uranium or DU are fired. Many suffer mysterious illnesses and have children with birth defects such as death.

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Unwanted Cinema (2005)

documentary film

On his American debut, director Henry Koster stood in the lobby waiting to see if the audience would laugh at his film. If they laughed, he knew he could make a career for himself. If they didn't, he'd have to return to Europe, where he could be killed by the Nazis.

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Picturing War (2015)

documentary film

Picturing War follows freelance journalist and war photographer Benjamin Hiller, who is traveling to conflict zones around the world. The first station is Iraqi Kurdistan, where the filmmakers visit the front line between Peshmerga and ISIL. Hiller portrays the situation of the Christian refugees.

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Wounded in Action (1944)

documentary film

Every day during the Second World War, fighting men are "wounded in action", the terse military declaration in telegrams sent back to family and loved ones. Compared to similar wounds suffered in the First World War, 97% of the wounded are brought back to health. The first line of medical care takes place directly at the frontlines where medical services operate advance stations.

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