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Popular Documentary Movies
The many faces of Algerian war
With the intention to represent all points of view, this documentary tackles the eight years of the "Algerian war" or "War of Liberation" head-on through the accounts of those who experienced it. 25 witnesses, civilians and soldiers of both camps, deliver their perceptions of the conflict and help to explain the multiple facets of this war.
Help Us Find Sunil Tripathi
A fragile and depressed university student disappears from his apartment in the middle of a cold winter's night. Four weeks later his name and photo explode across social media and into the mainstream media as 'suspect 2' in the Boston Marathon bombings. The search for truth by citizen journalists, mainstream journalists and members of social media Web sites derails with tragic consequences as collective fear and suspicion rule the day and rain down upon a vulnerable family. Exclusive access and never released footage reveal the enduring love of a family in crisis.
Frackman
Frackman tells the story of accidental activist Dayne Pratzky and his struggle against international gas companies. Australia will soon become the world's biggest gas exporter as more than 30,000 'fracked' wells are sunk in the state of Queensland where Dayne lives. He and his neighbours have unwittingly become the centre of a massive industrial landscape and they have no legal right to stop mining on their land. Dayne embarks on a journey that transforms him from conservative pig-shooter to sophisticated global activist as the Frackman. He meets the people drawn into a battle that is crossing the ideological divide, bringing together a peculiar alliance of farmers, activists and political conservatives. Along the way Dayne encounters love, tragedy and triumph.
Wild Women: Gentle Beasts
Animal tamers from various continents shine in the spotlight and struggle for their existence behind the scenes. Between toiling and smiling, the female circus artists disclose their passion for their 'wild' animals and extraordinary profession: a daily life full of dedication and discipline in the midst of mortal danger.
Iraq: Children of the Crisis
Three film-makers travel to Iraq to film the ongoing crisis in which ISIS forces are trying to take over the country. The film-makers speak with locals, military, police and other media outlets to get their opinions on the crisis but it's the voices of the children which often goes unheard, so the film-makers listen to the children, and find out their views on the crisis.
Battalion 418
An Egyptian movie revolving around the war between Egypt and Israel, focusing on the efforts of the Egyptian air force and battalion 418 efforts in the period between 1967-1973 and October war.
Fully Charged
Filled with expertise and provocative real-world stories, this powerful film reveals practical ways to energize work and life. Fully Charged is about transforming lives through healthier choices, interactions that strengthen relationships, and the pursuit of meaning over happiness.
Compostelle, le chemin de la vie
The pilgrimage to Compostela is an experience that attracts more and more people.
The pilgrim is led to go beyond his limits, to confront himself and his environment. The trials are physical, but above all psychological. The director followed the journey of several pilgrims for 3 years. None of their paths are the same. Step by step a new rhythm of life sets in, offering new perceptions. The repeated contact with nature, the elements and other pilgrims puts each personality in its rightful place. The alchemy of the path operates little by little. Old clothes facing the setting sun. The old man disappears to give birth to the new man.
Twilight of a Life
When the doctor tells him that his mother, in her nineties, does not have long left, Sylvain Biegeleisen visits her everyday. Against all the odds, the venerable lady "decides" to hang around for a while - The director chronicles this uncertain and mysterious time in this luminous film on tenderness as a possible source of youth and full of an innocence regained every day.
Rocky Mountain National Park: Wilderness, Wildlife, Wonder
The official Rocky Mountain National Park Centennial film. The stunning cinematography will take you on a journey into Rocky Mountain National Park’s spectacular landscapes. This film includes historic images and interviews with national park rangers who share their heartfelt insights on the value of national parks to our generations and those to come.
My Friend Larry Gus
In May 2010, Pananagiotis, a student and ambitious musician, gets the chance to record an album for an American label. He drops his studies in Spain and returns to Greece to make music under the pseudonym Larry Gus. Years later, his good friend Vasilis Katsoupis decides to shoot a film about him.
At What Cost? Anatomy of Professional Wrestling
A behind the scenes look into the lives, injuries and sacrifices of professional wrestlers.
Machine Soul
Machine Soul is a documentary film about Finnish Electronic musicians. It is a glance at the methods, rituals and philosophy behind the music, but most of all at the burning passion that drives the artists forward year after year. Electronic music is discussed from the point of view of the artists. What are their early influences? How did their style develop? What has been the role of their environment? It is a form of music that is often perceived as cold and lifeless by outsiders, but in the eyes of the artists it is a multifaceted and soulful way of life. The movie is not an overview of the Finnish Techno scene nor a chronicle. Many of the artists are virtually unknown in Finland, but have a large fanbase outside their home country. Machine Soul is a homage to the pioneers and newcomers of the Finnish Electronic music scene.
Heimliche Helden - Keas in Neuseeland
Here are parrots that totally break the stereotypes! The Keas in New Zealand just love the snow and the cold, harsh mountain climate. To survive here, these mountain parrots have developed exceptional intelligence and resourcefulness. Watch these incredibly unique birds in action!
El Porvenir
El Porvenir tells the story of Abelardo Olguin, a third-generation cockfighter struggling to hold on to his family's way of life in the face of a growing movement to ban the sport across the Mexican states.
An Immortal Man
Red Sox legend Ted Williams grew up in front of America during baseball’s golden age. He served his country as an ace fighter pilot in Korea and was the last man to ever hit over .400 for a season. This story isn’t about how he lived, but about the mystery surrounding his world after his death. Williams’s head (yes, his head) is preserved in cryostasis in a facility in Arizona. How this came to be remains a mystery shrouded in claims that his children mistreated him and wrapped in a notorious dirty cocktail napkin.
Kacey Mottet Klein, Birth of an Actor
A body is growing and developing in front of the camera, absorbing sensations and emotions, confronting its limits and its darker hidden parts. A body that through the years abandons itself to the character, transforming what could be seen as simple (children's) play-acting into the true work of an actor.
Conflict
Six conflict photographers reflect on their experiences capturing the atrocities of war and other manifestations of violence on film.
Prime Video
Surviving the Serengeti
20 years after the TV Mini-Series "Tales of the Serengeti", our crew reunites to truly explore the Serengeti, with no fiction. We almost didn't survive it.
Carola Neher - Todesursache unbekannt
"Cause of Death Unknown" - Carola Neher (1900-1942) actress, singer and feminist. Brecht wrote the role Polly Peachum for her. She practiced boxing with Marlene Dietrich. After Hitler seized power, thousands of German communists and anti-fascists fled to the Soviet Union, the "fatherland of the working people". The tragedy of German communism is that the vast majority of them perished or were lost during Stalin's "cleansing". Carola Neher is one of the fate figures of that time. In the 20s, she belonged to the narrow circle of Brecht actresses. The film accompanies her son Georg Becker in search of his mother's traces in the sinking Soviet Union.
Prime Video
Message From Hiroshima
This documentary provides an inside look at the devastating effects of the first atomic bomb dropped, as depicted in testimonials from survivors, and computer-generated recreations of the city and way of life that were lost.
American Reflexxx
American Reflexxx is a short film documenting a social experiment that took place in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Alli Coates filmed performance artist Signe Pierce as she strutted down a busy oceanside street in stripper garb and a reflective mask. The pair agreed not to communicate until the experiment was completed, but never anticipated the horror that would unfold in under an hour. The result is a heart wrenching technicolor spectacle that raises questions about gender stereotypes, mob mentality, and violence in America.
Lilit
A little girl suspended in the air. An angel amidst the whispers of the thick night.
Larisa's Crew
In recent years, a special "folk craft" has developed in Russia: in-line production of paintings, which are then sold at markets, highways, street vernissages. The film tells about the artel of artists working in this most popular and democratic genre of fine art.
Norilsk in the First Person
Producer Aleksey Pivovarov and director Alexander Rastorguev started working on a documentary film dedicated to the 80th anniversary of Norilsk Nickel, moving away from the traditional form and choosing the web-doc genre. As a result, the project team created an interactive website, norilskfilm.com, filled with many short stories, archival materials and virtual panoramas.
Hitler's Last Secrets: Hitler and Wagner
From the moment in 1906 when he heard the first note of Lohengrin at Linz opera house until his death in the burning ruins of Berlin in 1945, Hitler was obsessed by the music and mythology of Richard Wagner. The latest research into the often overlooked relationship with musician August Kubizek, his only boyhood friend, has provided clues which have reveal the overwhelming importance of Wagner.
Sicily Jass. The World's First Man in Jazz
2017 will mark a century from the recording of what is historically considered the first Jazz record, but very few know that it was recorded by a Sicilian emigrant to New Orleans: Nick La Rocca. The record sold a million and half copies! Featuring exclusive interviews to American music critics, historians and archivists, as well as amazing archive picturing New Orleans at the beginning of the century, Sicily Jass takes us on a journey through music and history, telling the story of the world's first man in Jazz.
Viento de atunes
An ancient fishery known as the Almadraba Bluefin Tuna Fishing. 600 fishermen. The large bluefin tuna crosses the Atlantic to spawn in the Mediterranean. During the months of May and June, large schools of tuna cross Gibraltar to reach the coasts of the province of Cádiz. For 21 days we have followed the fishermen of the coastal areas of Conil, Barbate and Zahara de los Atunes, learning with them what this ancient fishing means. Originally from the Phoenicians and still preserved the same. Manual, artisanal fishing, in which the fish is trapped through an underwater labyrinth of nets. Many families from these coastal areas of the Iberian Peninsula depend on the experience, wisdom and effort of these workers every year.
Regreso a la Alcarria
In June 1946 the writer Camilo José Cela toured Alcarria on foot. The book “Viaje a la Alcarria” was published from his journeys through that region. 70 years later, a traveler follows the same itinerary that Cela outlined in his novel.
Seven Days in St. Petersburg
After a twelve-year separation from her son and from the city of her dreams, Liza travels to St. Petersburg to visit them both. The purpose of her trip is to convince Leonid to return with her to Israel, but an insurmountable barrier stands in her way, in Israel Leonid is waiting for a prison.
Near Far East
A personal road-movie where a Czech filmmaker goes to Ukraine, a country where he has familial ties, friendly bonds and which has been the place for a long working relationship. Individual meetings are a way and an opportunity for him to think about how local recent events are affecting him personally, but also helping him create successful social interactions.
Cogumelo 35 Anos
Remembering that this documentary is not an official documentary by Cogumelo Records, which aims to launch an official project about its history soon. I would like to take this opportunity to apologize to the bands and people who were not mentioned in the documentary, as it is impossible to cover everyone, especially the way we work, without sponsorship, without a producer, with our own resources. I hope you understand.