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Documentation, documentary film
Timothy "Speed" Levitch is a New York City bus tour guide whose tours combine historical commentary, personal reflection, humor, and philosophical digressions. The film presents his work as both a guided tour of Manhattan and a portrait of…
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Documentation, biographical film, documentary film
Maier was a French-American woman who worked most of her life as a nanny and housekeeper to a multitude of Chicago families. She carried a camera everywhere she went, but Maier's photographic legacy was largely unknown during her lifetime.…
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Documentation, documentary film
Documentation, documentary film, rockumentary
Documentation, documentary film
Five citizens of Khartoum, Sudan, share their stories of civil unrest and the military coup that eventually compelled them to escape to neighboring countries.
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Documentation, documentary film
The opening introduces two American art dealers, Alexander Parish and Robert Simon, who buy a painting titled "After Leonardo" at a 2005 auction in New Orleans for $1,175. Both think the work is a "sleeper", a painting by a much better art…
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Richard Johnson (referred to as "Dick") is a retired clinical psychiatrist who is suffering from dementia. His daughter Kirsten Johnson involves him in a series of imaginative enactments of his impending death, some of them violent "accide…
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Documentation, documentary film
The film focuses on the Troisgros family's Michelin 3-star restaurant "Le Bois sans feuilles" ('The Woods Without Leaves') and the farms which provide them the food, with more brief segments focusing on two other Troisgros' restaurants, Le…
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Documentation, Musical, documentary film
Mystify covers the life of INXS lead singer Michael Hutchence, featuring private home video and archive footage. During the relationship between Minogue and Hutchence, previously unseen privately shot footage shows them in Hong Kong harbou…
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documentary film
biographical film, documentary film
The film depicts Gottfried's everyday life with his wife and two children. The film also depicts Gottfried's interactions (on occasion in his real voice) with his two sisters and his relationship with his parents. The film also discusses T…
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Documentation, Musical, music documentary film
documentary film
The film is a tribute to Bruce Vilanch who writes material for celebrities making public appearances, from Oscar hosts and award recipients to Presidents. Vilanch's mother and photos of childhood are shown in the film; in Chicago, he write…
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Documentation, documentary film
The film consists primarily of interviews with the descendants of several of the most powerful figures in the Nazi regime, including Heinrich Himmler, Hans Frank, Hermann Göring, Amon Göth and Rudolf Höss, whose ties of kinship associate t…
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Fake Documentary, Komödie, Musical, comedy film
Three years after the final transmission of Kurupt FM and the crew moving to Essex (series 5 of People Just Do Nothing), Anthony "MC Grindah" Zografos works as a postman, Kevin "DJ Beats" Bates works in a bowling alley, and Steven "Steves"…
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Explores the life, career, and legacy of Sly and the Family Stone. Andre 3000, D'Angelo, Chaka Khan, Q-Tip, Nile Rodgers, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, Joel Selvin, George Clinton, Ruth Copeland, Dream Hampton, Mark Anthony Neal, and Clive Da…
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Documentation, Investigative Documentary, Political Documentary
Biographical documentary, documentary film
Animal Documentary, Social Study, documentary film
The documentary chronicles the stories of two men at the heart of the exotic pet debate. The first subject is Tim Harrison, an Ohio police officer whose friend was killed by an exotic pet, leading him to dedicate his life to protecting bot…
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Biographical documentary, biographical film, documentary film
Documentation, documentary film
Every year, thousands of Latin American migrants embark on a journey of hundreds of miles to reach the United States, with many traveling atop freight trains. Approximately five percent of these solo travelers are children. Amid ongoing de…
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Documentation, documentary film
Using archived footage and present-day interviews, the film follows the large dome that featured a replica of earth's ecosystem called Biosphere 2, constructed in the Arizona desert. Trying to see if it is possible to establish human exist…
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