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Popular Documentary Movies
Glory to the Heroes
An eye-opening documentary capturing Ukrainian soldiers in trenches and civilians facing ongoing destruction by invading Russian military forces.
The Killing of JFK: Minute by Minute
A dissection of events around the assassination of President John Kennedy, charting the timelines of head of security Roy Kellerman, Lee Harvey Oswald and Jackie Kennedy.
Consuelo
Presented as a documentary, the film revolves around scenes from the life of Consuelo, a 71 year-old widow, captured through the lens of her grandchild for what she claims to be a school project. The two women speak and interact as they work together to make the film. Along the way, they reveal to one another the small desperate ways they hold onto things that have since slipped away from their grasp.
Lost Scrolls of Vesuvius
Professor Alice Roberts uncovers the science being used by computer scientist Professor Brent Seales as he utilises cutting-edge technology to read hundreds of carbonised scrolls that were buried in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in the year 79 AD.
Blind Mr. Shiratori Goes to See Art
Kenji Shiratori, a blind man, visited an art museum for the first time on a date with his girlfriend. That day, as he listened to the words spoken in front of the work, he began to think, Maybe it's possible to see art even if you're completely blind.
Why the Long Coffee?
In the winter of 2019, to overcome my fatherly pain, the filmmaker captures the hospitalization of his son Nathan, on the threshold of his uncertain entry into adulthood.
Yasmyn. Clarity for a Day or Two.
Experience the captivating journey of Yasmyn, a visionary artist whose roots span Dominican and Estonian heritage, a fusion that reflects her unique perspective in a world still discovering diversity. Yasmyn’s daring, experimental music carved a niche and won a devoted following.
Whacked
How do disabled or impaired workers perceive global warming? In the North-East of France, a succession of interviews in an ESAT, a sort of factory in a protected environment, leads these atypical people to question climate change and its consequences.
Journey to Bakhmut
A director returns to visit his friend and cinematographer on the front lines.
O'SOLE MIO or "We're gonna loose our way going home"
Wind blew and almost knocked me over, but if I hadn't been there I wouldn't have remembered that day.
A Diary of Sexual Solitude
Full of desire, I accumulate sexual encounters with men. But between my desires and the reality of these nights, there is a gap. Thus, I write and film.
Clinch
A hearing-impaired coach conducts classes in sports knife fighting. For the coach, this is not only martial arts. He walks the path of learning the limit of his abilities in order to understand how to fight on an equal footing with a superior opponent. Not to let them anywhere near to avoid them hurting you, or to allow rapprochement. Does this mean making vulnerable not only the opponent, but also yourself?
Being Heraclitus
Heraclitus was born gifted. He has a high level of intellect and tremendous memory, he is extremely imaginative and emotionally mature. His first year at school was a big disappointment. However, Heraclitus doesn’t give up. He learns to fall and rise again. At the age of six, he has two key weapons: his sense of humor and an adorable sense of audacity.
Blue roots
In the midst of the global environmental crisis, Jamie, a young Caribbean girl relocated to the city, must return to her native island, a world biosphere reserve, to take care of family property left behind by her father, including a mythical passageway said to connect the hill to the sea. Uprooted, Jamie intends to sell everything to pay for expensive medical treatment, however, her plans are postponed when her suitcase is temporarily misplaced with ownership documents. This incident buys her time to reconnect with the ways and customs of her people and eventually reconnects her with the sea, where swimming through plastic debris she is confronted with the dramatic global reality. Discovering her mythical maternal heritage, Jamie turns her actions into an example for the islanders' children and, rekindled by this small gesture of optimism, she finds the strength to challenge her fears, embrace her culture and fulfill her destiny.
Greener Pastures
Contemplating the future of farming in America through the day-to-day lives of four small, Midwestern, multigenerational family farms over the course of three years.
Nietzsche’s Doctors
In a Buenos Aires hospital, Dr. Esteban Rubinstein tackles general medicine from an extramoral viewpoint. Basing himself on Friedrich Nietzsche’s philosophical oeuvre, in his office he builds with his patients a space of reflection on the body, health and sickness.
Holding Back the Tide
This impressionist hybrid documentary traces the oyster through its many life cycles in New York, once the world's oyster capital. Now their specter haunts the city through queer characters embodying ancient myth, discovering the overlooked history and biology of the bivalve that built the city. As environmentalists restore them to the harbor, Holding Back the Tide looks to the oyster as a queer icon, entangled with nature, with much to teach about our continued survival.
Grow Outside
A documentary on Grow Outside C.I.C and the positive work it does to support the local community
Cat City
Cat City (2023) is a documentary chronicling Chicago’s love/hate relationship with feral cats.
The Zola Experience
Anne, director, adapts L’Assommoir by Emile Zola in which she plays the role of Gervaise. The story echoes her life. Through the mise en abyme, the film challenges this troubling border where fiction merges with reality, where life merges with art. A naturalistic approach that questions intimacy, drama, passion, work and love, and seeks to shed light on the most vibrant, timeless and universal aspects of life.
An Elegant Weapon
In the early 2000s, a group of friends from East Texas made a pair of short films exploring a scenario where they ended up with real lightsabers. After teasing a third short, they disappeared from the spotlight for 15 years.
CONTRABANDO – Seeking Melpo
The life of Melpo Axioti, a modern Greek novelist and poetess. A navigation in the labyrinth of her life and her expression, through the analysis of the psychiatrist Spilios Argyropoulos.
For the Love of Paul O'Grady
ITV pays tribute to the iconic and much-loved entertainer Paul O'Grady in this special celebratory film, featuring highlights from his incredible career and interviews with those who knew him best. Celebratory documentary broadcast following the death of the comedian and presenter. Features Paul O'Grady
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Questions about celebrating 200 years of independence from Brazil with 300 years of slavery.
Mira
A portrait of 90-year-old Mira Perlov, the widow of the Israel Prize-winning film director David Perlov, through her granddaughter's point of view and their close relationship which is gradually crumbling.
Ever Since, I Have Been Flying
Vakıf, a 60-year-old Kurdish man who grew up in a nomadic tribe in the mountains of southeast Turkey, recalls moments from his youth that have shaped his life. He takes us back to his idyllic childhood with his mother, his first love found in a cotton field and lost in the woods, and the mistreatment suffered at the hands of the police, in a cold and dark place.
Time in the Garden
A documentary that explores the relationship between three families in Suzhou and their private gardens. Each family invested considerably in creating serene and classic gardens, seeking ancestral tranquility. However, they face challenges when trying to maintain a poetic relationship between people and their gardens in an ever-changing modern world.
Life and Death of a Christmas Tree
Most of the Christmas trees sold in Europe originate from a small mountainous region of Georgia. Together with the families running Christmas tree businesses we follow the journey of the ultimate winter symbol crossing countries and cultures, from Georgian fir forests, through Christmas tree farms in Denmark, shopping rush and festive fireworks. As the holidays are over and the cities quiet down, here and there lie the abandoned Christmas trees.
Girls in the Water
You can count the number of female paddlers in Futaleufú, Chile on one hand... and they want to change that. After many riverside matés and floating conversations, the idea to create a kayak course for local teenage girls was hatched. Thanks to a committed group of women from around the globe, what started as a dream is now an inspirational contribution to the local community.
Horses Are Destiny
The film is about Mikhail Kozlov, a master rider of international class, a living legend of the Moscow hippodrome and about his famous horses.
Andrey Konchalovsky’s Cinema Odyssey
The film “Andrey Konchalovsky’s Cinema Odyssey” is a tribute to the creative path of one of our outstanding contemporaries, Andrey Konchalovsky, spanning from his debut film, “The Boy and the Dove”, which was immediately invited to the Venice International Film Festival, to the present day. The documentary features notable figures who starred in the master’s films, from Sergei Shakurov to Tom Holtz, from Inna Churikova to Irina Kupchenko. Dividing his work into ‘periods’ — classical, American, and the perestroika era — Konchalovsky, with the help of the cinema, embarks on a cinematic journey akin to Odysseus, ultimately returning to his own ‘Penelope’: Moscow.
