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Documentation, documentary film
An estimated 1.7 million Cambodians died during the rule of the Khmer Rouge, a radical communist movement that was led by Pol Pot. The victims included Thet Sambath's mother, father and brother. He says he did not understand why the Khmer …
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Documentation, LGBTQ-related film, documentary film
Documentation, documentary film
documentary film
Drama Documentary
In 2055, the world has been ravaged by catastrophic climate change; London is flooded, Sydney is burning, Las Vegas has been swallowed up by desert, the Amazon rainforest has burnt up, snow has vanished from the Alps, and nuclear war has l…
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Part science fiction mind-scrambler, part horror story, A Glitch in the Matrix is a multimedia exploration of the simulation hypothesis – an "idea as old as Plato's Republic and as current as Elon Musk's Twitter feed" – through the eyes of…
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documentary film
Documentation, Drama Documentary, documentary film
Documentation, documentary film
The documentary is split into two parts: a portrait of Fred Hampton and an investigative report into his death in the police raid. Through re-enactments, evidence from the scene, and interviews, the documentary argues that Hampton was murd…
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Documentation, documentary film
The documentary consists of conversations in person and over Skype between Akerman and her mother, Natalia, who was a survivor of Auschwitz. Halfway through the film, Akerman cuts to a succession of traveling shots of a desert, which "clea…
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Documentation, documentary film, musical film
Documentation, Sport, documentary film
In 1997, Vince McMahon's World Wrestling Federation (WWF) is embroiled in a fierce corporate rivalry with Ted Turner's World Championship Wrestling (WCW), which will come to be known as "The Monday Night War" among wrestling fans. Amid thi…
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Drama, anthology film, documentary film, drama film
Documentation, Sport, association football film, documentary film
documentary film
Fake Documentary, documentary film
After some comical animations involving Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, the film shows Spurlock visiting various countries associated with or affected by bin Laden. The film contains short interviews with many people about bin Laden and I…
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In 2004, John Wood and his father, Tom, are involved in a plane crash in Tom's Cessna. Tom is killed and John's leg must be amputated below the knee. John—celebrating a year of sobriety after an addiction to drugs in his youth—blames himse…
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Concert film, documentary film, musical film
documentary film
Explores the life and career of photojournalist Lynsey Addario.
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comedy film, documentary film
Drama Documentary
Documentation, documentary film
Documentation, biographical film, documentary film
The film looks at the life and career of actor Leonard Nimoy, and his iconic character Mr. Spock. It includes interviews with cast, crew and people connected with Star Trek, fans at conventions, as well as personal memories.
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Documentation, biographical film, documentary film