Cinema HoundSniffing out great movies.Explore documentary storytelling about people, events and ideas.
Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 8,598 films · Page 50.
Documentation, documentary film
Four young girls whose ages range from 5-15 prepare for a special Daddy Daughter Dance with their incarcerated fathers, as part of a unique fatherhood program in a Washington, D.C., jail. Aubrey, Santana, Raziah, and Ja’Ana are participant…
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Belinda Lane tracks down those involved in the murder of Crystal Theobald, her daughter, using MySpace.
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Using a combination of interviews and archival footage including live band performances, the film traces the life and career of Hanna from her troubled upbringing and her start in spoken word performance poetry, through her riot grrrl zine…
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Biographical documentary, Political Documentary
While We Watched explores the changes in contemporary Indian mainstream media over the previous decade, through profiling Ravish Kumar, senior executive editor at NDTV, at work in the studio and with his subjects. Indian media ownership, b…
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Adventure, nature documentary
The film begins when Lobo is a 6-week-old pup, identical to his brothers and sisters. While his father, El Feroz is out hunting for meat to feed the family, Lobo follows his nose to his first adventure, and takes a tumble down the cliff wh…
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Documentation, Musical, documentary film, music-themed film
The film follows the life and career of brothers Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb, the Bee Gees. It includes interviews with Barry, alongside archival interviews with Robin and Maurice, plus new interviews with Vince Melouney (former Bee Gees…
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Documentation, documentary film
The 1978 discovery of 533 reels of nitrate film beneath the permafrost of a decommissioned swimming pool, later known as the Dawson Film Find, serves to frame a narrative of the Klondike Gold Rush, the dawn of 20th century America, Hollywo…
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The documentary deals with The Exodus, the founding story of the Israelites. While few mainstream historians would consider the Book of Exodus as a reliable narrative, Cameron and Jacobovici present a speculative question as to whether the…
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Documentation, documentary film, drama film
The film narrates the events of African nationalist and independence movements in the 1960s and 1970s which challenged colonial and white minority rule.
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Biographical documentary, Musical, documentary film
Documentation, Sport, documentary film
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Biographical documentary
The film explores the life and career of actress Elizabeth Taylor, told through access to her archives and newly found audio.
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Biographical documentary, documentary film
For over 70 years, Rita Moreno has inspired audiences with her performances, the film follows her journey from her childhood to stardom.
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Documentation, documentary film
The film begins by exploring theories about General Tso. It then shifts focus to China, where few recognize the eponymous dish. The film then traces Tso's real-life history in the Qing Dynasty as well as the history of Chinese immigration …
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Documentation, Investigative Documentary, documentary film
thumb|right|John Fenton, a farmer and rancher from Pavillion, Wyoming, became an internationally recognized anti-hydraulic fracturing activist following his appearance in Gasland. He is pictured here at a public event in Sheridan, Wyoming,…
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Documentation, documentary film
Documentation, documentary film, drama film, family film, romance film
Owen Suskind was diagnosed with autism at the age of 3. As Owen withdrew into his silent state, his parents almost lost hope that he would find some way to meaningfully interact with his world. That way was found through animated films, es…
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Paris–Roubaix is one of the oldest and most consistently documented events among the spring classics. Much of the latter portion is over narrow, cobbled tracks that choke with dust on dry days and become slick and muddy in rain. For the ri…
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Biographical documentary, Musical, documentary film, musical film
Biographical documentary, documentary film
The film presents the life and career of Gilda Radner through her own eyes using her diaries, audio tapes, home movies and interviewing some of her closest friends at that time.
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