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The Jesus Music (2021)

Documentation, documentary film

The film documents the history of contemporary Christian music, from its roots in the Jesus music of the 1970s, through the Christian rock and Christian metal eras of the 1980s and 1990s, into the rise of praise and worship music in the ea…

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The Donner Party (1992)

documentary film

In 1846, a large wagon train left Springfield, Illinois, for California. In July of that year, following the advice of The Emigrants' Guide to Oregon and California written by a pro-emigration promoter named Lansford Hastings, the Donner p…

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PoliWood (2009)

documentary film, political film

The Democratic and Republican National Conventions held in 2008 during the United States presidential election that year are examined in depth in PoliWood, which features interviews with well-known Hollywood celebrities like Susan Sarandon…

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So Much for So Little (1949)

Documentation

The cartoon begins by stating that, annually, 118,481 babies — out of well over two million born — will die before reaching their first birthday. From there, we are shown John E. Jones, a baby who, unless good oversight of the environment …

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Nuclear Now (2022)

Documentation, documentary film

As the narrator of the movie, Stone advocates nuclear power as a safe source of energy that can replace fossil fuels and thereby help to fight climate change. He predicts a doubling or quadrupling of the demand for electricity worldwide in…

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Last Play at Shea (2010)

documentary film

The 90-minute film uses historical footage and animation. It uses the concerts to tell a broader story of Shea Stadium's history and how that related to changes that occurred in American suburban life and how they affected Long Island and …

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Life According to Sam (2013)

documentary film

The documentary concerns the young teen, Sampson Gordon Berns, one of the few hundreds of patients around the world diagnosed with progeria. As stated in the film, progeria is an extremely rare and fatal genetic disease also referred to as…

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