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Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 8,598 films · Page 55.
Documentation, Musical, documentary film
This Much I Know to Be True explores the creative relationship between Australian musicians Nick Cave and Warren Ellis. It features their first performances of songs from their last two studio albums, Ghosteen and Carnage. It was filmed in…
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Dance Film, Documentation, documentary film
Rize is a documentary following an interview schedule of two related dancing subcultures of Los Angeles called clowning and krumping. The first series of interviews introduces, describes and develops the dance style known as clowning. A de…
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Documentation, documentary film
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Combat Obscura does not feature an overarching narrative, instead being composed of various disjointed scenes showing Marines in combat and R&R. The film lacks a narrator, as Lagoze wanted to show an unfiltered view of war, saying "I think…
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Stormy Daniels navigates being a mother, artist, and advocate working hard to reinvent herself following the Stormy Daniels–Donald Trump scandal.
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Documentation, Reality Soap, documentary film
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Documentation, documentary film
The film details the hard-fought mayoral campaign by a young community activist and City Council member (Booker) against a 16-year incumbent mayor (James) with a powerful political machine. The documentary follows Booker and several of his…
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Drama, Fake Documentary, Musical, comedy drama
In the early 1970s, the twins are essentially purchased by a sleazy talent manager with plans to turn them into rock stars. The brothers form a pub rock band called the Bang Bang. As the band's success grows, a music journalist, Laura (Tan…
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The documentary is about a British mother, Sally Evans, whose son, Thomas, had been recruited by and joined the Islamist terrorist organisation, Al-Shabaab, in Somalia.
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Theroux returned to Topeka after four years, to investigate the departure of several members of the Phelps family since his last visit. His return was prompted by an email he received from a young member of the church he had interviewed pr…
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The documentary investigates the history, process and workflow of both digital and photochemical film creation. It shows what artists and filmmakers have been able to accomplish with both film and digital and how their needs and innovation…
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Christian art, Documentation, Scientific Documentary, documentary film
Documentation, documentary film
The film vividly portrays the devastating aftermath of war: shattered homes, demolished bridges, and charred machinery. The static visuals are accompanied by audio recordings of intercepted phone calls between Russian soldiers and their fa…
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documentary film, exploitation film
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The film focuses on the issues of the commercialization of Christmas, materialism, the over-consumption in American culture, globalization, and the business practices of large corporations, as well as their economic and cultural effects on…
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Documentation, documentary film
documentary film, drama film, romance film
The documentary follows Jennifer Brea, who was a PhD student at Harvard before she fell ill at age 28. Brea gets progressively more ill and is initially disbelieved by doctors, who attribute her symptoms to stress. She starts a video diary…
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Biographical picture, documentary film, drama film
The film closely follows the "American" version of Brecht's play Galileo. In 1609 Galileo is a mathematics professor in Padua, Italy. While his salary is inadequate, he possesses the freedom to pursue controversial scientific studies under…
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