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Documentation, documentary film
Compiled from Mekas' home movies, the film is an attempt by the director to re-construct his life through various home movies filmed over a period of about 30 years. Events shown in the film are things such as birthdays and picnics, as wel…
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Biographical documentary
Fake Documentary, LGBTQ-related film, parody film
Mockumentary film about fictional male supermodel and convicted murderer Chauncey Ledbetter.
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Concert film, documentary film, progressive rock
Drama, Drama Documentary, drama film
The film concentrates on the safety inspections and arguments surrounding the O-rings that ultimately were blamed for the explosion of Challenger. While doing this, it also aims to show the personal humanity of the seven crew members. Gene…
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Documentation, documentary film
A group of ordinary women in Liberia, led by Leymah Gbowee, came together to pray for peace. Armed only with white T-shirts and the courage of their convictions, they demanded a resolution to the country's civil war. Under Leymah Gbowee's …
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Concert film, Documentation, documentary film
Documentation, documentary film
Documentation, documentary film
Animal Documentary, Drama, Drama Documentary, documentary film, nature documentary
In Taï National Park in Ivory Coast, Oscar is a young chimpanzee in his toddler years and is part of a close-knit tribe of chimpanzees who occupy a forest territory which is rich in native fruits, nuts, and figs. The chimpanzees hunt small…
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Biographical documentary, LGBTQ-related film, documentary film
The film follows the story of Teena, a transgender man who was raped and murdered in rural Nebraska in 1993. The filmmakers drew on interrogation tapes, trial transcripts, photographs, and archival footage to reconstruct the events surroun…
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documentary film
Two brothers Saud and Nadeem were raised in New Delhi, looking at a sky speckled with black kites, watching as relatives tossed meat up to these birds of prey. Muslim belief held that feeding the kites would expel troubles. Now, birds are …
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Documentation, biographical film, documentary film
The film follows the life story of Lamarr from her youth as the daughter of assimilated Austrian Jews through her rise to fame, the Nazi onslaught, her departure for the United States, six marriages, her acting career, her landmark inventi…
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True Crime, documentary film
Documentation, Sport, association football film, documentary film
Ronaldo documents the life and way of thinking of Cristiano Ronaldo (born Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro; 5 February 1985), from his childhood until 2015, through a series of interviews with Ronaldo himself as well as friends and fami…
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Documentation, Musical, documentary film
Rather than a linear narrative, the film follows several intertwining plot threads in a stream-of-consciousness style. Billie is seen performing her song "Bored" at a small venue in Salt Lake City. After seeing a fan being carried out afte…
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Documentation, biographical film, documentary film
In 1957, Jane Goodall is assigned by paleoanthropologist Louis Leakey to observe chimpanzees in the jungles of Tanzania (the site of the future Gombe Stream National Park). She is an untrained 26-year-old, but grew up with a love of animal…
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documentary film, documentary television film, true crime
documentary film
In Lost Soul Gregory looks at the filming of The Island of Dr. Moreau, specifically the period that director Richard Stanley spent on the project. Stanley was brought on to the project early but was fired only a few days after principal ph…
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Biographical documentary, biographical film, documentary film
Marjoe Gortner was a child preacher, who was popular in the American South starting in 1949. His parents earned large sums of money from his preaching; Gortner speculated their take to be in the millions. The novelty of Gortner's youthfuln…
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documentary film, propaganda film
Documentation, Musical, music documentary film
Documentation, documentary film
Man has to fight for his existence in the Aran Islands. Three men, among them "A Man of Aran", land a flimsy currach in the midst of high winds and huge waves with help from "His Wife" and "Their Son". The Man and his Wife work to make a f…
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Documentation, documentary film
Briski, a documentary photographer, went to Kolkata to photograph sex workers. While there, she befriended their children and offered to teach the children photography to reciprocate being allowed to photograph their mothers. The children …
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