Cinema HoundSniffing out great movies.Explore documentary storytelling about people, events and ideas.
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In January 2007, thirty years after the first man-powered crossing of the Tasman Sea by row boat, Andrew McAuley set out on his quest to become the first person to kayak from Australia to New Zealand to cross 1600 km of one of the most dan…
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Documentation, documentary film
documentary film
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Filmed over ten years, this controversial documentary follows five roommates trying to make it in Hollywood who face the unexpected consequences of fame. Tony Zierra, an aspiring filmmaker with no money, stars or crew, resorts to filming t…
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Biographical documentary, documentary film
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Part 1. "Baby It's Cold Outside" The first part of the series discusses the origins of Islamism and neoconservatism. It shows Egyptian civil servant Sayyid Qutb, depicted as the founder of modern Islamist thinking, visiting the U.S.
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Documentation, biographical film, documentary film, rockumentary
Concert film, biographical film, documentary film, musical film
The sequel to Never Say Never continues to focus on Bieber's rise to international fame as he embarks on his Believe Tour. In new interviews with Bieber, the movie reveals long-awaited answers to questions about his passion to make music, …
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Documentation, LGBTQ-related film, biographical film, documentary film
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LGBTQ-related film, documentary film
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James Ronald Whitney, at the time a Wall Street executive, returns to his rural hometown of Carlotta, California, and interviews his family members about his maternal stepgrandfather, Melvin E. Just. Just sexually abused ten of Whitney's r…
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Komödie, Musical, comedy film, documentary film
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The film chronicles Flanagan for several years leading up to his death in 1996. It explores various aspects of his life, artwork, and philosophy through interviews and other personal footage depicting Flanagan, his wife Sheree Rose, and th…
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War Film, docudrama, documentary film
The story begins on April 16, 1746 at Culloden Moor in Scotland. The Jacobite Army, numbering fewer than 5,000 men under Charles Edward Stuart, awaits a government army of 9,000 troops under William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland. Many of th…
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biographical film, documentary film, drama film, historical film
Documentation, documentary film, rockumentary
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Drama, Komödie, Musical, documentary film, drama film
Horsemouth, a drummer living in a ghetto of Kingston, Jamaica, plans to make some extra money selling and distributing contemporary reggae records. He buys an orange-red 175 motorcycle on borrowed money to carry them to the sound systems, …
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Animal Documentary, documentary film, nature documentary
From Pripyat, a deserted area after the nuclear disaster, Attenborough gives an overview of his life. Interspersed with footage of his career and of a wide variety of ecosystems, he narrates key moments in his career and indicators of how …
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Documentation, Musical, music documentary film
Documentation, documentary film
Advertised as "The Health Film That Health Organizations Don't Want You To See", the film follows Kip Andersen as he interviews physicians and other individuals on diet and health topics. Andersen is also shown attempting to contact repres…
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