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documentary film, sport film
The documentary takes place in the 2002–03 PBA Tour season, and follows four professional ten-pin bowlers who are at various stages of their careers. Facing declining popularity and TV ratings, the Professional Bowlers Association had been…
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Biographical documentary
Documentation, Musical, documentary film
Avicii: True Stories is Tim Bergling's own story, told from the inside and made from his extensive personal and family archive and behind-the-scenes footage. The director, Levan Tsikurishvili, followed Bergling for over four years while ca…
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Documentation, documentary film, rockumentary
docufiction, documentary film, drama film
Created in a genre defined as docufiction, semi-documentary/semi-fiction, the film is not tightly scripted. The writers wrote a basic story outline but allowed the eight women to improvise their dialogue. Each of the women, all but one of …
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documentary film
The film opens with Serling asking open-ended philosophical questions about the origin of humanity on Earth, juxtaposing evolution and religion with a variation on ancient astronauts. Serling steps in front of the camera, similar to his ro…
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Documentation, documentary film
The film centers on the April 1992 murder of Ford's brother William, a 24-year-old African-American teacher in New York, who was shot and killed by Mark P. Reilly, a 19-year-old white chop shop mechanic. An all-white grand jury in Suffolk …
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Documentation, documentary film
The film follows documentary filmmaker Alex Gibney as he examines the abuse of power in the Catholic Church system through the story of four deaf men—Terry Kohut, Gary Smith, Pat Kuehn and Arthur Budzinski—who set out to expose the priest …
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Documentation, Musical, documentary film
Ted Rodrigue is a homeless man living under a bridge in California. He describes an average day of "survival" for him, which consists of collecting cans and bottles for recycling in order to buy food, cigarettes, and beer for the day. He e…
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Arranged Documentary, documentary film
The film begins with a historical overview, starting at its Hawaiian beginnings, then moves on to focus on the dangerous lure of big-wave surfing (surfing waves that can reach up to ). The documentary chronicles the evolution of riding at …
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Biographical documentary, documentary film
documentary film
Documentation, documentary film
thumb|left|upright|O'Brien promoted the film at the 2011 SXSW convention The film opens with a short segment explaining the events which transpired to culminate in O'Brien's launch of the Legally Prohibited Tour. It focuses on the rift wit…
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Documentation, documentary film
'WE ARE LEGION: The Story of the Hacktivists' takes us inside the complex culture and history of Anonymous. The film explores early hacktivist groups like Cult of the Dead Cow and Electronic Disturbance Theater, and then moves to Anonymous…
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documentary film
documentary film, experimental film
Documentation, documentary film
Documentation, documentary film
Animal Documentary
The film takes place in the Cascade Mountains of Washington (despite much of the filming having been done in North Central Idaho). Charlie the cougar's mother lost her life when he was a cub, leaving him alone. Jess Bradley finds Charlie, …
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documentary film
Documentation, documentary film
The film charts the build up to the 2010 races, and then documents each of the races and their results. These take place along public roads through the Isle of Man, covering 37.73 miles of terrain, and packed with thousands of spectators w…
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documentary film
documentary film