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Explore documentary storytelling about people, events and ideas.

Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 8,598 films · Page 62.

The Beales of Grey Gardens (2006)

documentary film

The Beales of Grey Gardens gives greater insight into the simultaneously contentious and loving relationship between the mother and daughter, as well as their relationship with the young caretaker, Jerry, their multitude of cats, and Lois …

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Heaven Adores You (2014)

documentary film

The film focuses on Smith's life in the three cities he lived in during his music career (Portland, New York and Los Angeles), highlighted by his five solo albums from 1994–2000 and his 1998 Academy Award nomination for Best Original Song …

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Every Body (2023)

documentary film

NPR wrote that the film, "uncovers the misconceptions around intersex people and the mistreatment they've faced". The definition of intersex is a person who looks to be one gender but has subtle biological characteristics of the other, and…

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Demi Lovato: Stay Strong (2012)

documentary film

Demi Lovato: Stay Strong commences with fans shouting Lovato's first name while waiting for her to arrive at the Fox Theatre in Detroit where she is about to perform on November 16, 2011. The tour date marks the opening night of the Unbrok…

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The Russian Woodpecker (2015)

documentary film

The films focuses on Fedor Alexandrovich's research into the cause of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in Ukraine and its potential connection to a Soviet Cold War-era structure, the Duga over-the-horizon radio antenna. His investigation is …

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Happy (2011)

documentary film

Roko Belic was inspired to create the film after producer/director Tom Shadyac showed him an article in The New York Times titled "A New Measure of Well Being from a Happy Little Kingdom". The article ranks the United States as the 23rd-ha…

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Stupidity (2004)

documentary film

The film traces the public fascination with perceived stupidity, from I.Q. tests in the early 1900s, to present-day silliness in the form of Jackass and boy bands. Nerenberg compares George W.

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Let Me Die a Woman (1978)

LGBTQ-related film, sexploitation film

The film contains interviews with the gender dysphoria pundit and caregiver Dr. Leo Wollman as well as transgender people, including the transgender rights activist Deborah Hartin. Between the interviews, there are staged dramatizations of…

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A Small Act (2010)

documentary film

Chris Mburu is a United Nations human rights advocate. As a child in Kenya, he was a good student, but would not have been able to enter secondary school, as only Primary School is free of cost in Kenya. Due to his outstanding grades, Chri…

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