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Popular Documentary Movies
The last argument
Documentary film that tells, on behalf of football fans, how football and everything around it has changed under the influence of time and money.
Inside 9/11: The War Continues
Inside 9/11: The War Continues tells the evolving story of radical Islam's war against the West. Osama bin Laden has finally been brought to justice, but al Qaeda is still going strong.
Soup
The film Soup is the story of a trip in search of lost time. Only instead of Marcel Proust’s Madeleine cookie, the chicken soup by Podravka, well remembered by many generations in former Soviet countries and in Eastern Europe, is the triggering element.
Testemunha 4
A character, an actress and the passing of hours in a Holocaust interrogation. The film moves through the echoes of reality: representation, testimony, memory, fiction and investigates the limits between actress and character.
No Ashes, No Phoenix
A locker room expose about young basketball players in Hagen, Germany who face their fears of losing and challenge enormous odds to succeed.
Lightflight
In 1953 Herbert Tobias was the first German photographer to work for Vogue in Paris. He was expelled from France in the same year however on account protesting during a raid at a gay venue in the French capital. Success and failure were always Herbert Tobias’ twin companions. Having taken his first photographs as a soldier in the German army, after the war he worked as an actor and fell in love. After coming out in 1950, he escaped arrest by going to Paris where he found refuge at Willy Maywald’s studio. His initial success as a photographer was swiftly followed by his expulsion. Moving to Heidelberg, he competed successfully with 18,000 contestants to win a newspaper photography competition run by the Frankfurter Illustrierte. Tobias was on top again; much in demand as a photographer, his work was shown at exhibitions and he was also the subject of articles. This film illuminates the life and work of this artist in all its breadth and diversity.
Land of women: From Winifreda to Famatina
This documentary addresses the struggle that, since 1995, Argentine women have undertaken in certain areas of the Pampa to preserve their lands and communities in the face of devastating open pit mining.
Sous la main de l'autre
In Their Hands follows the psychotherapy of vulnerable people, sometimes destroyed by acts of torture.Their speech deals with an inhuman past: they want to stop the pain, rule out the folly and protect their family from violence in them, be understood and recognized - these are the issues that drive them.
Bom
Malana, a remote village in the Himalayas, isolated from outside civilization for thousands of years has been fostering a primitive existence in harmony with nature and a unique model of democracy of consensus. They have also been producing some of the best quality hashish in the world. A real life story of transition, this ancient civilization being invaded and obliterated by the modern democracy. Narrated in an epic structure, a visual essay from the edge of the world with a message of trust, peace and eternal unity.
Behind the Screen
7 computers are currently being produced worldwide per second but only 4 humans are born at the same time. Everyday activities like buying a computer always generate a greater global impact on social and ecological levels. BEHIND THE SCREEN gives people behind the major electronic product a face and demonstrates the links of a decentralized economic system that are difficult to understand based on true life processes. The main stages which a computer passes through its life span are presented: Gold-mining in West Africa, electronics manufacturing by migrant workers in the Czech Republic, the use of computer products in the rich western world and their final disposal in the electronic waste dumps of Ghana.
Hope
The film consists of four stories. The documentary part of the film is an interview with a man who got into a difficult life situation and chose to help people living with HIV as his life credo. The film also contains three game stories of people facing the problem of HIV.
Cleaning up the Studio
At the invitation of the Nam June Paik Art Center museum, Jankowski travels to Korea. There he gets to know Nam June Paik's studio. Shortly before his death, Paik sold the untidy studio as an installation. After his death, the entire studio was shipped from New York to Seoul and faithfully reconstructed in the heart of the museum. Jankowski decides to clean up the mess. He commissions the professional cleaning company “Beautiful Cleaning” to put things in order.
O Homem que Gostava de Zombies
The story of Eurico Bernardes Catatau, the precursor of Portuguese zombie films.
Tia Creuza
Tia Creuza is a lady who works in a family home, and tells in a very funny way how is the day to day in the house of the bosses, personal life and everyday things. Mockumentary made by MTV, starring Marcelo Adnet.
Ruth Lyons: First Lady of Television
Even though her program was only seen in four Midwestern cities, Ruth Lyons presided over America's highest-rated daytime TV talk show for nearly two decades! This documentary draws upon rare and previously undiscovered footage, along with comments from associates and admirers to create a portrait of an outspoken, multi-talented woman who became one of the most beloved and influential figures in TV history. Featuring the Recollections Of: Carol Channing, John Davidson, Phyllis Diller, Phil Donahue, David Letterman, Johnny Mathis, Peter Nero, Bonnie Lou, Nick Clooney, Oscar Robertson and many others, along with archival audio and video of Ruth Lyons' 50-50 Club.
Red Red Red
A personal and political film about a law in Iowa that severely limits the social liberties of people with HIV. Eclectic in the presentation of its rhetoric, the film also considers broader questions like the contemporary state of queer politics, the dimensions of an identity for HIV-positive persons, and how it is that a local convenience store chain came to be called Kum 'N Go.
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Homeless in Japan
From camping out in the Park, to capsule hotels and cyber cafes, we dive into the weird and wonderful world of the homeless in Japan. Their cardboard houses may be painted in technicolor, but the shame of the former day laborer still runs deep.
The Last Remaining Seats
The local cinema in the village of Panayia that once used to be the vibrant centre of the village, has been closed for more than 30 years. This documentary follows the journey of two retired local men, and life-long friends, trying to reopen the cinema, in the hope of bringing people back to the village centre and reliving the good old times of their youth.
One Billion Happy People
A compelling story about a clash between two powerful personalities - the backstory of cooperation of Bayer Full frontman with a Polish-born Chinese businessman. Will the most popular disco polo band make it big in China?
Transgenders: Pakistan's Open Secret
Day to day lives and hardships of Pakistan's discriminated transgender class.
La sombra de Evita: Volveré y seré millones
Eva Peron visits Spain in the summer of 1947, as part of her European tour that she named as the tour of the Rainbow. Just 28 years, her mission is to sell wheat to Spain and, according to reports and historical research, also to facilitate evasion of Nazis to Argentina and to recover Nazi gold from a Swiss bank. The image of Eve fascinates Spanish people and irritates Franco and, above all, his wife Carmen Polo. The wife of the leader is the antagonistic image of Evita.
Justice for Sale
Justice for Sale follows the young, courageous Congolese human rights lawyer Claudine who refuses to accept that justice is indeed 'For Sale' in her country. When Claudine investigates the case of a soldier convicted of rape, she discovers that his trial was unfair and that he was convicted on the basis of little evidence. In her journey to obtain justice, she uncovers a system where the basic principles of law are ignored. And when the system fails, everyone becomes a victim. The documentary not only provides a glimpse into the failings of the Congolese judicial system but also raises questions about the role of the international community and non-governmental organizations in reforming it.
Taiwan, Where Mountains Meet the Sea
The film gives a glimpse of Taiwan's natural features, from high steep mountains, to shallow coral reefs. In between you'll find lush green fields, many wild life, but also the diverse way its people live. Because though Taiwan houses some of the world's biggest cities, the mountains running through the middle of the island cut the urbanised west from the more rural east. At the same time, Taiwan has a lot of different aboriginal tribes. Through this you might just come to appreciate Taiwan better than ever before.
The Life of Muhammad
Three-part historical miniseries on the life of the founder of Islam.
Wonders of the Universe
Who are we? Why are we here? Where do we come from? These are among the most enduring and profound questions we can ask, and it is an essential part of human nature to want to find the answers. We can trace our ancestry back hundreds of thousands of years to the dawn of humankind, but in reality our story extends much further back: it starts with the beginning of the universe. Professor Brian Cox tells the epic story of the universe and shows how its story is also our story.
Timeless - Taiwan
Depicting the beauty of Taiwan's "3D Taiwan shock point", the content, Taiwanese folk landscape, but also the market's first DVD films with 3D way we work in Taiwan to write his autobiography. This lifelike image appears three-dimensional over Taiwan attractions, natural scenery, shot through the 3D camera, monuments of a previously never seen out of style, especially in Taroko Gorge, the Su-Hua Highway cliff of water and other scenes, screen can show a very strong soul of momentum, 3D effects to create a large depth of field picture charm, sea, space, mountains, etc. can be presented with a sense of distance effects, very real sense of the scene. View 3D images with well-known buildings in Taiwan do not have a flavor, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, Taipei 101, CKS Memorial Hall, Chihkan Tower, Confucius Temple, Eluanbi lighthouse, Longshan Temple? Buildings can show sharp edges, clear and realistic picture the three-dimensional!
Madagascar
On the east side of the island, rugged mountains rise dramatically from the palm fringed Indian Ocean. These uplands catch drenching rains almost all year round - steep and inaccessible, they are the most diverse part of the island. "Lost Worlds" travels from the highest mountains, where trees are few and it's cold enough for frost, through the lush, cloaking rainforests, down to the tropical coast, discovering the ringtailed lemurs, the jeweled geckos and the predatory wasps. So what is it that has made this narrow eastern strip in particular so rich in life?