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Leigh-Anne: Race, Pop & Power (2021)

documentary film

Leigh-Anne: Race, Pop & Power follows Leigh-Anne Pinnock as she opens up about her experiences of racism and colourism as a black woman in the UK and in the music industry, and confronts her struggles being the only black girl in Little Mi…

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The Ghost of Peter Sellers (2018)

Event Documentary

In September 1973, Peter Sellers was signed to star in a 17th-century pirate comedy, to be filmed in Cyprus for Columbia Pictures. What followed was a game of cat and mouse between Sellers, Director Peter Medak, cast, crew, and movie execu…

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The Unconquered (1954)

Documentation, documentary film

Helen Keller is a woman in her seventies who has been both deaf and blind since she was 19 months old, but that did not keep her from learning how to read, write, or talk (though she was never able to talk as clearly as she wished she was …

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Unmistaken Child (2008)

Documentation, documentary film

The documentary follows a Tibetan Buddhist monk's search for the reincarnation of his beloved teacher, the world-renowned lama (master teacher) Geshe Lama Konchog. The filming, which began in October 2001, spans a time frame of five and a …

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The Human Face (2001)

documentary film

Part One: Face to Face Original airdate: 7 March 2001 This episode looks at how the face communicates without speech, focusing on expressions, disguise and the mysterious art of face-reading. Part Two: Here’s Looking at You! Original airda…

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The Eye of the Storm (1970)

documentary film

William Peters follows Jane Elliott's schoolroom exercise, conducted over two consecutive days, during which an otherwise homogeneous group of elementary school kids was divided by their eye color. On the first day, members of one group we…

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Sunset Strip (2012)

documentary film

The film begins with a poem recited by Mark Mahoney, and utilizes several celebrities to discuss the history of the Sunset Strip. The Sunset Strip was born during the Roaring Twenties as a dirt road connecting Hollywood's big studios to th…

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Dinosaur 13 (2014)

Documentation, documentary film

The film depicts events that began in 1990, when American paleontologist Sue Hendrickson working with Pete Larson and his Black Hills Institute of Geological Research team discovered the largest and most complete Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton…

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