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Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 8,598 films · Page 43.

Witches (2024)

documentary film

Filtered through Sankey's own experience with post-partum anxiety, depression, and psychosis, the film attempts to connect women's mental health conditions with accusations of witchcraft throughout history. It includes interviews with Sank…

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The Ultra Zionists (2011)

documentary film

In The Ultra Zionists, Louis Theroux interviews a group of ultranationalist Israelis at the border of advancing settlements in the West Bank. He explores Israelis who consider it a religious imperative for them to settle in some of the mos…

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LA 92 (2017)

Documentation, documentary film

Consisting entirely of archival footage, the documentary chronicles the 1992 Los Angeles riots after 25 years have passed. It includes film and video from the 1965 Watts Riots, the 1973 election of Tom Bradley, the 1978 promotion of Daryl …

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The Indrani Mukerjea Story: Buried Truth (2024)

crime documentary, documentary television film, miniseries, thriller

The documentary revisits the Sheena Bora murder case, which gained national attention in India following Bora’s disappearance on April 24, 2012. Initially reported as Indrani Mukerjea’s sister, Sheena was later revealed to be her daughter.…

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Four Trails (2024)

documentary film

Founded by Andre Blumberg, a German expat in Hong Kong in 2012, the Hong Kong Four Trails Ultra Challenge is considered the most overwhelming race in the city. It requires strong contenders to finish four major hiking trails, MacLehose, Wi…

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Red Army (2014)

Documentation, Sport, biographical film, documentary film, sport film

Meeting People Is Easy (1998)

Documentation, Musical, documentary film, rockumentary

Meeting People Is Easy takes place during the promotion of Radiohead's 1997 release OK Computer, containing a collage of video clips, sound bites, and dialogue going behind the scenes with the band on their world tour, showing the eventual…

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Assault in the Ring (2008)

boxing film, documentary film

The documentary examines a 1983 boxing match that took place between the undefeated fighter Billy Collins Jr. and Luis Resto. The fight was on the undercard occurring before the headline or "main event" between Multi-Division World Champio…

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Los Angeles Plays Itself (2003)

Documentation, Essayfilm, documentary film

In the film, Andersen argues that the influence of Hollywood overshadows Los Angeles, and is one of the reasons the city's name is frequently abbreviated. He makes the case that directors have a distaste for modernist architecture, which i…

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Becoming Bond (2017)

Documentation, documentary film

The story itself is told through an interview with Lazenby, with cutaways to reenactments where actors lip-synch to or voiceover Lazenby's dialogue. Lazenby describes his birth as an at-risk infant and how his humiliation at being the only…

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The Gift (2003)

LGBTQ-related film, documentary film

Doug Hitzel, a young man, reveals that after a year of unsuccessful dating he decided to engage in unprotected sex in an attempt to fit in; he is then seen crying. Kenboy, another young man, explains he moved to an LA sex house with sex pa…

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Wilding (2023)

Documentation, documentary film

The documentary follows Tree and Burrell – both in the present and through filmed recreations of their younger selves using actors – as they transition Knepp away from intensive farming and instead encourage natural processes and biodivers…

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