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Fata Morgana
Fata Morgana
Shot under extreme conditions and inspired by Mayan creation theory, the film contemplates the illusion of reality and the possibility of capturing for the camera something which is not there. It is about the mirages of nature—and the nature of mirage.
Fata Morgana 1971
Nueva York: A Musical History of Latin New York
Nueva York: A Musical History of Latin New York
When the film West Side Story was released in 1961, New York's reviled Puerto Rican community gained some visibility and, over time, both in Spanish Harlem and the Bronx, neighborhoods plagued by poverty, drugs and crime, Hispanic identity was reborn and strengthened, thanks to a syncretic and intentionally popular music that eventually conquered the entire city.
Nueva York: A Musical History of Latin New York 2021
Wait and See
Wait and See
One day, fifteen-year-old Emma wants to be an artist too, like her idol Ramses Shaffy. This documentary portrait shows how for the time being she is condemned to a life at school with bullying classmates. Emma dreams of blowing them and their fault-finding families away with her music. But to do so, she will need the guts to form a band and jump onto the stage. To muster courage, she roams around Amsterdam in Shaffy's footsteps and gives vent to her feelings in ardent songs. Just wait…
Wait and See 2023
Miss You Much Leslie Concert
Miss You Much Leslie Concert
Miss You Much Leslie Concert 2023
Climbing Blind
Climbing Blind
Blind climber Jesse Dufton's ascent of the Old Man of Hoy.
Climbing Blind 2020
The Grateful Dead
The Grateful Dead
The Grateful Dead performs live at Winterland in San Francisco in October 1974.
The Grateful Dead 1977
The Palindromists
The Palindromists
The Palindromists is a documentary delving into the world of palindromes – those peculiar words and phrases that read the same backwards and forwards. Explore palindromes in history and meet the world's greatest palindromists as they see everything backwards preparing for the World Palindrome Championship.
The Palindromists 2021
The Stone Roses: Made of Stone
The Stone Roses: Made of Stone
A documentary about the English alternative rock band, The Stone Roses. Meadows interweaves archive film, intimate behind-the-scenes footage and never-before-seen material, delivering the definitive account of the band and their music. He was also granted unprecedented access to their rehearsals for the summer 2012 Manchester concerts. A momentous occasion in modern music, these were the first gigs performed by The Stone Roses in 16 years.
The Stone Roses: Made of Stone 2013
Teddy Pendergrass: If You Don't Know Me
Teddy Pendergrass: If You Don't Know Me
The untold and ultimately inspiring story of legendary singer, Teddy Pendergrass, the man poised to be the biggest R&B artist of all time until the tragic accident that changed his life forever at the age of only 31.
Teddy Pendergrass: If You Don't Know Me 2018
Westwood: Punk, Icon, Activist
Westwood: Punk, Icon, Activist
The remarkable story of iconoclastic fashion designer Vivienne Westwood as she fights to maintain her brand’s integrity, her principles and her legacy.
Westwood: Punk, Icon, Activist 2018
Still Laugh-In: The Stars Celebrate
Still Laugh-In: The Stars Celebrate
Hollywood's finest pay tribute to "Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In" for an uncensored and unforgettable celebration at The Dolby Theater.
Still Laugh-In: The Stars Celebrate 2019
Full Circle
Full Circle
Faced with a traumatic injury that renders you permanently disabled; how would you reinvent yourself? Full Circle tells the story of Trevor Kennison and Barry Corbet’s shared resiliency and refusal to let their passion for life be limited by Spinal Cord Injury. It is an unblinking examination of the challenges of Spinal Cord Injury, and a celebration of the growth that such tragedy can catalyze.
Full Circle 2023
The Crash Reel
Prime Video
The Crash Reel
The Crash Reel tells the story of a sport and the risks that athletes face in reaching the pinnacle of their profession. This is Kevin Pearce’s story, a celebrated snowboarder who sustained a brain injury in a trick gone wrong and who now aims, against all the odds, to get back on the snow.
The Crash Reel 2013
Roaring Currents: The Road of the Admiral
Roaring Currents: The Road of the Admiral
The staff of "The Admiral: Roaring Currents", the biggest film of all time at the South-Korean box office, has assembled once again for a documentary. Critically acclaimed director KIM Han-min and his team delves into the actual background, prelude, and preparations of Admiral YI Sun-sin in 1597 and how the admiral’s battle plans have won him his most remarkable victory throughout his career.
Roaring Currents: The Road of the Admiral 2015
Der Imker
Der Imker
A documentary about Ibrahim Gezer, who escaped from war in Kurdistan to Switzerland. All is lost, except his love for beekeeping.
Der Imker 2013
Dorothy Dandridge: An American Beauty
Dorothy Dandridge: An American Beauty
Actor Obba Babatundé hosts this biopic showcasing the life of acclaimed African-American singer and actress Dorothy Dandridge, who overcame racism and personal tragedy to become one of the most acclaimed performers of Hollywood's golden age. The film combines rare historical footage of Dandridge, on and off the stage, and interviews with stars such as Laurence Fishburne, Jasmine Guy and Halle Berry discussing her powerful legacy.
Dorothy Dandridge: An American Beauty 2003
Gray State: The Rise
Gray State: The Rise
A documentary about America’s current militarized police state, the liberal use of deadly force against unarmed citizens, and a possible pending economic collapse. The world reels with the turmoil of war, geological disaster, and economic collapse, while Americans continue to submerge themselves in illusions of safety and immunity. While rights are sold for security, the federal government, swollen with power, begins a systematic takeover of liberty in order to bring about a New World Order. Fear-mongering, terrorism, police state, martial law, war, arrest, internment, hunger, oppression, violence, resistance. Neighbor is turned against neighbor as the value of the dollar plunges to zero, food supplies are depleted, and everyone becomes a terror suspect. There are arrests. Disappearances. Bio attacks. Public executions of those even suspected of dissent. Even rumors of concentration camps on American soil. The GRAY STATE is here. It always was. By consent or conquest.
Gray State: The Rise 2015
The Promise, Architect BV Doshi
The Promise, Architect BV Doshi
Balkrishna Doshi (1927-2023) is one of India's most influential 20th century architects and recipient of the Pritzker Architecture Prize. Doshi and his practice Vastu-Shilpa has a portfolio spanning over 70 years, including collaborations with both Le Corbusier and Louis Kahn. The film introduces viewers to his famous buildings and offers an exclusive look into his work process. Doshi shares his sources of inspiration and motivation and is also a brilliant storyteller. His presence of mind, his humor and his wisdom create the image of a man from whom we can not only learn to build humanly, but from whom we can learn – to be human.
The Promise, Architect BV Doshi 2023
Welcome to Chechnya
Welcome to Chechnya
This searing investigative work shadows a group of activists risking unimaginable peril to confront the ongoing anti-LGBTQ program raging in the repressive and closed Russian republic. Unfettered access and a remarkable approach to protecting anonymity exposes this under-reported atrocity–and an extraordinary group of people confronting evil.
Welcome to Chechnya 2020
The Graham Norton Story
The Graham Norton Story
Charting his unique journey from humble beginnings in Ireland to superstardom as Britain's best-loved chat show host, this documentary hears from people who knew Graham Norton, worked with him and helped shape his career, as well as his devoted fans, friends and media champions.
The Graham Norton Story 2016
Hale County This Morning, This Evening
Prime Video
Hale County This Morning, This Evening
Composed of intimate and unencumbered moments of people in a community, this film is constructed in a form that allows the viewer an emotive impression of the Historic South - trumpeting the beauty of life and consequences of the social construction of race, while simultaneously a testament to dreaming.
Hale County This Morning, This Evening 2018
Basketball Stories: Indiana Glory
Basketball Stories: Indiana Glory
Indiana native son Larry Bird, "Mr. Hoosier" Isiah Thomas, and all-time Pacer great Reggie Miller discuss their journey through basketball, relive their greatest on-court battles and share memories of Indiana basketball.
Basketball Stories: Indiana Glory 2024
Le Commandant Charcot, croisière hi-tech dans les glaces
Le Commandant Charcot, croisière hi-tech dans les glaces
Le Commandant Charcot, croisière hi-tech dans les glaces 2022
Malibu Hardbodies
Malibu Hardbodies
Bikinis are brief and the bodies hard in Malibu. Cover model Julie Strain, a former Penthouse Pet of the Year, and her girlfriends including Playboy Book of Lingerie Models Lori Jo Hendrix, Heidi Lynne Staley and Amy Rochelle Weiss show you how they work and play on the beautiful beaches of the California Riviera.
Malibu Hardbodies 1992
Arabic Secret
Arabic Secret
One who doesn't have roots won't be able to grow wings-a documentary project about a man tracking his origins to the Middle East and establishing a connection with his father, whom he have never met before.
Arabic Secret 2017
Avant-Drag!
Avant-Drag!
Avant-Drag! paints portraits of ten drag artists of varying gender expressions and sexualities who take to the streets of Athens to query, problematise and (yes, please!) undermine social strictures. Employing wildly imagined personas – like riot housewives and Albanian turbo-folk girls – who perform acts as revolutionary as praising abortion and as charming as drawing childish pictures, these artists call for social justice by taking aim at conservatism, patriarchy, patriotism, racism and sexism.
Avant-Drag! 2024
Monica in the South Seas
Monica in the South Seas
Finnish filmmaker and artist Sami van Ingen is a great-grandson of documentary pioneer Robert Flaherty, and seemingly the sole member of the family with a hands-on interest in continuing the directing legacy. Among the materials he found in the estate of Robert and Frances Flaherty’s daughter Monica were the film reels and video tapes detailing several years of work on realising her lifelong dream project: a sound version of her parents’ 1926 docu-fiction axiom, Moana: A Romance of the Golden Age.
Monica in the South Seas 2023
The Dale Winton Story: One of A Kind
The Dale Winton Story: One of A Kind
A celebratory tribute to the TV legend, host of the likes of Supermarket Sweep and Pets Win Prizes, and one the most successful prime-time presenters of his generation.
The Dale Winton Story: One of A Kind 2024
The Challenger Disaster: Lost Tapes
The Challenger Disaster: Lost Tapes
Challenger Disaster: Lost Tapes follows the story of the Space Shuttle Challenger and its crew, specifically Christa McAuliffe, the first civilian to be launched into space. The events of the days leading up to the disaster are detailed in this unique film, which uses no narration and no interviews. Instead the story is told solely with reports of journalists covering the story, extensive recordings from the NASA team, and interviews with McAuliffe and others who were part of this one-of-a-kind mission. Using rarely seen images and audio recordings, this show takes viewers behind the scenes of this compelling and historic story in a way never before seen.
The Challenger Disaster: Lost Tapes 2016
The Moshumentary
The Moshumentary
After being banned from moshing due to his violent past, a grown man must right his previous wrongs in order to come out of mosh retirement for his favorite band's reunion show.
The Moshumentary 2024
Bless Her Heart
Bless Her Heart
The child of a multiracial matriarchy explores their family's lineage from white sharecroppers to black educators, confronting secrecy & trauma along the way.
Bless Her Heart 2023
The Beginning: Making 'Episode I'
The Beginning: Making 'Episode I'
The entire process of making Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999) is shown here in this documentary. From pre-production through post-production, we get to see visual effects meetings, John Williams' music sessions, and even the storm that wiped out the pod-racers & props.
The Beginning: Making 'Episode I' 2001
Insecure: The End
Insecure: The End
A documentary which follows the cast and crew of HBO’s Insecure throughout the filming of the final season, tracing the show’s cultural impact.
Insecure: The End 2021
American Factory: A Conversation with the Obamas
American Factory: A Conversation with the Obamas
Barack and Michelle Obama talk with the directors of the documentary American Factory about the importance of storytelling and the impact of their film.
American Factory: A Conversation with the Obamas 2019
Børsen - Danmarkshistorie i flammer
Børsen - Danmarkshistorie i flammer
Børsen - Danmarkshistorie i flammer 2024
Doctor/Patient
Doctor/Patient
What is true healing? And where does it start? World-renowned functional medicine expert Dr. Jill Carnahan draws on her own experience overcoming chronic illness and trauma, finding inspiration and healing in the darkest of times.
Doctor/Patient 2024
Dona Rute – Uma História de Amor e Benzimentos
Dona Rute – Uma História de Amor e Benzimentos
Dona Rute – Uma História de Amor e Benzimentos 2024
L'Amour Fou
L'Amour Fou
This documentary examines the life and work of the late fashion designer Yves Saint-Laurent, recounting how a frail prodigy prone to bouts of depression became an icon of the fashion world. Initially appointed head of the House of Dior in 1957 before growing into a globally recognized designer in his own right, Saint-Laurent overcomes his struggles with substance abuse, accumulating a large art collection alongside his lifelong personal and professional partner, Pierre Bergé.
L'Amour Fou 2010
Ben Platt: Live from Radio City Music Hall
Ben Platt: Live from Radio City Music Hall
Backed by a full band and a ready wit, actor Ben Platt opens up a very personal songbook onstage -- numbers from his debut LP, "Sing to Me Instead."
Ben Platt: Live from Radio City Music Hall 2020
Why Are We Creative?: The Centipede's Dilemma
Why Are We Creative?: The Centipede's Dilemma
A 30 years odyssey: the world's most intriguing artists and thinkers from the fields of visual art, music, filmmaking, acting, literature, philosophy, politics, business and science, are asked the same question: "Why are you creative?"
Why Are We Creative?: The Centipede's Dilemma 2018