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Popular Documentary Movies
Bachelor Mountain
In his third film on life and work in the (once) heavily wooded north of China, Yu Guangyi (Survival Song) follows the lonely San Liangzi (46), who for the past ten years has been in love with a woman who doesn’t like men much. Intimate and revealing, but never rude. A moving and human portrait of a group of unemployed and above all lonely men who stayed behind when their wives moved to the city looking for work. They worked in the timber industry in the province of Heilongjiang, but deforestation has taken its toll. For instance, we see 46-year-old San Liangzi. Twelve years ago, he divorced his wife and became unemployed. For 10 years, he has had an eye on Wang Meizi, the only unmarried woman in the area. But the love is not mutual.
My Name Is Two-Ten
A day in the life of the tow truck driver who calls himself "Two-Ten." No car is safe.
Melville-Delon: Honor and Night
Documentary exploring the friendship between French director Jean-Pierre Melville and actor Alain Delon, and their collaboration on the 1967 film Le samouraï.
This Is Justin Bieber
The special includes behind the scenes footage with the teen pop star across the pond in London where he performs on The X Factor UK and collaborates with British rapper, Tinie Tempah.
Bottoms Up!
Bottoms Up! is a little anomaly in the field of Korean documentary films, which tend to lean toward grander themes. After watching this film, which captures moments of bar talk, you will be wondering whether the scenes are real or directed.
Jimmy
A unique point-of-view insight into a day in the life of Jimmy McIntosh, a wheelchair user living with cerebral palsy who on a daily basis fights for the rights of others.
Echoes from Chernobyl
It was the worst nuclear disaster in history and it took place in a small town in Ukraine called Chernobyl. The area surrounding the town has been sealed for 25 years. Join us as we walk through fields of the exclusion zone, explore the abandoned town of Pripyat and meet the people that live illegally inside the radioactive sector. Discover one of a kind interviews with operators, liquidator and safety inspectors as we give you the complete picture that the government doesn't want you to see. Experience rare historic footage of the disaster just discovered in Ukrainian archives and walk within four-hundred meters of one of the most dangerous buildings on earth. This is the story of Chernobyl that you haven't heard before.
Building Archaeology
The documentary Building Archeology (jiànzhú kǎo) (2011) considers the more recent past. It’s made up of three vignettes about different buildings in Beijing: a museum, an abandoned hospital, and a detention center. The latter two vignettes are especially interesting. In the second, a woman wanders around the ruins of a hospital built in a week to deal with the 2003 SARS outbreak. The third concerns a former prisoner, tracing out a map of the detention center where he was held in 2011.
Hitler's Suicide Ship
After battling in late 1939 with British cruisers off the coast of Uruguay, Hitler’s prized “pocket battleship” and high-tech wonder, the Admiral Graf Spee was blown up by its own captain, Hans Langsdorff. Denounced by the Nazi regime, Langsdorff commits suicide shortly thereafter. National Geographic Channel reconstructs the first naval battle of World War II and retraces the events that led to the Graf Spee’s ultimate destruction.
Gold Underground
Yulin, once the poorest region of Northwest China, has rapidly become "China's Kuwait" for the mining industry launched in recent years. People rush into the coal mine and other coal-related businesses, hoping to get rich overnight. They are possessed by anxiety and restlessness. However, it seems they have no other choices…
Pig Country
A third generation pig farmer in Denmark struggles during the economic crisis whether to refinance or give up his family business and pastoral way of life.
Story Of Queen: Mercury Rising
Follow the life of four talented musicians from their origins as they soared to one of the greatest Rock n Roll bands of all time. This documentary tells the story of Freddie Mercury and his impact on a band, which would become a worldwide sensation.
Barge
For a month, Uncle Misha has been guarding a barge arrested for debts. Nothing seems to happen to him here. For days on end, he moves around the ship following the shadow, escaping from the heat and a hangover, inventing activities for himself. Waiting for the owner. Uncle Misha is alone all the time, and only local children come to the barge to swim, fish, he allows.
Quiet House
An elderly couple retires and they are alone with each other in their large and very quiet Moscow apartment. Talking out loud about approaching old age, about loneliness and love is too awkward. They have been together for so long that they understand each other without words. But sometimes this silence becomes unbearable.
How I Ate My Scholarship
Almost like a lab experiment. A 2nd year student decided to live for a month on a scholarship of 2200 rubles.
Ritual Accessories
A human story about a man stuck between worlds. Boring observations of the everyday life of an old woman.
Interrupted Flight of "Ferrets"
On the evening of July 1, 1960, an American military aircraft was shot down over the Barents Sea, which violated the state border of the USSR. What did the RB-47 do in the Barents Sea near the borders of the USSR? How did the events of July 1, 1960 develop on the northern borders of the Soviet state and in Moscow? What was the fate of the surviving crew members of the American reconnaissance aircraft? What happened to the pilot Vasily Polyakov, who shot down the RB-47? The film includes an interview with a crew member of a reconnaissance aircraft, Vasily Polyakov, some materials from the still unclassified criminal case No. 45, film materials from the US State Archives.
Bitter Waters
The Chernobyl disaster dealt a blow not only to the environment, economy and human health, but also to the country's nuclear energy. The construction of nuclear power plants is frozen, the territories are in decline and devastation. And the devastation, as you know, begins in the minds. What is "Chernobyl"? And where is this "Chernobyl"? And whose?
Floating Symbol
In the age of total earning or extraction of money, such concepts as a favorite profession or dream are less and less common in our lives. How can you love a man who has long since died?
The Brethren
THE BRETHREN is a documentary about the monks of the world's northernmost monastery -- the Trifonov Pechengsky monastery located in Kolsky Peninsula, Russia. It was Russia's Northern outpost a few centuries ago. Later it was destroyed and abolished, and now it is being restored. The brethren of this monastery is small: 4 hieromonks and 2 monks. They are young, and every one of them has had his personal way to monastic ordination. All their life stories are nontrivial and even paradoxical. They are attempting not only to restore the buildings of the monastery but to build a temple in their hearts. The film features unique footage of the inner life of the monastery.
Woman with Flowers
A Mexican flower seller’s story of personal tragedy is delicately illuminated in an intimate and moving act of portraiture that is both unsettling and liberating. In her final film, Chick Strand mixes brutal heartbreak and palpable joy into a transformative vision of dignity and vitality.
Grandma Lo-Fi
At the tender age of 70 years, Sigrídur Níelsdóttir starts to publish her music – directly from her living room. This modern Icelandic fairy tale is one of the most beautiful stories to be told about music. In seven years, Grandma Lo-Fi recorded 59 records and wrote more than 600 songs. The creative senior is a cult figure of the Icelandic music scene and thus it seems obvious to go through Grandma Lo-Fi’s life accompanied by artists such as Múm, Sin Fang and Mr Silla.
Gypsy Davy
How does a white boy with Alabama roots become a flamenco guitarist in Andalusian boots, and what happens behind the scenes along the way? The movie uncoils a mesmerizing story of many hearts wound around one man. Traveling across continents and through a labyrinth of hidden meanings, filmmaker Rachel Leah Jones documents her beguiling journey toward her elusive father. As she retraces his path, she pioneers a new one for herself.
Troupers
Takes a look at twelve working actors in Hollywood over 80 and how they have managed to survive this crazy business.
Mother Croc
A fascinating look at how a crocodile's maternal instincts emerge with the birth of her young as they navigate the dangerous first days before they become expert killers.
Please Don't Beat Me, Sir!
Over sixty million Indians belong to communities imprisoned by the British as "criminals by birth." The Chhara of Ahmedabad, in Western India, are one of 198 such "Criminal Tribes." Declaring that they are "born actors," not "born criminals," a group of Chhara youth have turned to street theater in their fight against police brutality, corruption, and the stigma of criminality — a stigma internalized by their own grandparents. "Please Don't Beat Me, Sir!" follows the lives of these young actors and their families as they take their struggle to the streets, hoping their plays will spark a revolution.
37 Days
In the documentary 37 Rooz, we have a look at the life of Shapur Bakhtiar, the last prime minister of the Shah of Iran.
La calma
By the sea, there is a destroyed village. In the village, there is a man trying to rest.
Art of America
Andrew Graham-Dixon, a leading UK art critic, crosses the Atlantic to explore the story of American art.
Mu drua (Mi tierra)
Mu Drua [My Land] Its a documentary film about how Mileidy, an Indigenous girl from the Cañaduzales community of Mutatá (Antioquia), sees her land and everything that surround it. Shows her relationships with her family, with nature, her experiences and some of their customs practiced there. Suggests the changes that the ethnic group and herself, as part of the same, has gone through.
Duck Commander Presents: The Commander's Kitchen
Come on in and have a seat as Phil and Kay Robertson, along with their family, share with you their favorite dishes. Watch as they give step by step instructions on how to cook some of the best recipes Lousiana has to offer. This is one mouth-watering treat you will not want to miss.
RasTa: A Soul's Journey
Since the 1960's, journalists, scholars and filmmakers have been examining the Rastafarian movement in an attempt to explain its origins and its core beliefs. RasTa: A Soul's Journey, tells the story of the journey of Rita and Bob Marley's granddaughter's, Donisha Prendergast, to eight countries -- United States, United Kingdom, South Africa, India, Israel, Canada and Jamaica and Ethiopia -- to explore the roots, evolution and impact of Rastafari.
What's in the Basket?
A documentary on the making of Frank Henenlotter's Basket Case trilogy.
Mocca: Life Keeps on Turning
Mocca are Arina (vocal), Riko (guitar), Toma (bass) and Indra (drum). Mocca plays indie pop folk jazz swing bossanova music. They established in 1999, in Bandung, Indonesia. In 2011, the band has to take a break because Arina has to go to the USA to get married. This documentary tells the story of the band members during these 12 years.