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2017

Popular Documentary Movies

A Bastard Child
A Bastard Child
In 1909, in an undemocratic Sweden, a bastard child is born and given the name of Hervor. Her mother is unmarried, due to which she is called a "whore' and is driven from her home. Hervor grows up at shelters and orphanages, unwanted, rejected by society. As an adult she spends her life struggling for social justice. In old age she tells us her story. Director Knutte Wester brings his grandmother's memories to life thought hand-painted animated images and has us witness someone being rejected in order to unite others. A story that all too often still repeating itself.
A Bastard Child 2017
Alkaid
Alkaid
Vaghe stelle is a seven-chaptered film, conceived as a musical album and composed of seven movements, which can be watched singly (like songs), or in the established order (like a record) or also mixing the films creating new combinations or possible narrations.
Alkaid 2017
Am Ballermann von Thailand - Deutsche in Pattaya
Am Ballermann von Thailand - Deutsche in Pattaya
Documentary about the city of Pattaya in Thailand, which is visited by thousands of Germans every year. Not only the weather attracts men to the coastal city...
Am Ballermann von Thailand - Deutsche in Pattaya 2017
To Chopsticks
To Chopsticks
To Chopsticks 2017
O Mar de Corisco
O Mar de Corisco
Son of the cangaceiro couple Corisco and Dadá, the boy Sílvio is scared when confronted with his true origins; the boy Sílvio goes in search of his biological mother; and the man Sílvio begins a journey to give his father's remains a minimum of dignity.
O Mar de Corisco 2017
Dark Waves
Dark Waves
Once you start feeling the effects of what invisible radiation can do, you might be trapped in an ongoing cacophony of terrible noise; but other symptoms can also occur in people affected by an intolerance to electromagnetic fields. And there’s virtually no getting away from it.
Dark Waves 2017
Harmony of Shades
Harmony of Shades
Harmony of Shades 2017
The Painter's View
The Painter's View
A documentary on a Korean painter Lee Jungseob. After the Korean War broke out, Lee and his family left Wonsan to flee to Jeju. While his wife and sons stay in Tokyo, Lee settles in Busan by himself.
The Painter's View 2017
Nairi
Nairi
Nairi 2017
American Psychosis
American Psychosis
Pulitzer-prize winning Journalist, Author and Activist Chris Hedges, discusses modern day consumerism, totalitarian corporate power and living in a culture dominated by pervasive illusion. American Psychosis is the first short documentary in a series of films that highlight a variety of issues under the umbrella of totalitarian capitalism and totalitarian corporate power. The intent of this series is to activate US citizens to fight against the corporate powers that are privatizing basic human rights, destroying the environment and oppressing the people.
American Psychosis 2017
The Long Season
The Long Season
A documentary by renowned filmmaker Leonard Retel Helmrich about life in Majdal Anjar, a Syrian camp in Lebanon. The film takes us inside and shows what daily life is like for those whose lives are postponed and waiting to return to Raqqa.
The Long Season 2017
Shut Up and Say Something
Shut Up and Say Something
Canadian icon Shane Koyczan has brought his spoken word poetry to stages all over the world, including TED Talks that have gone viral and the 2010 Vancouver Olympics. This documentary, both an introduction to his poetry and an exploration of his relationships with those around him, highlights his journey of seeking reconciliation with his father who abandoned him at an early age, and how in order to accomplish this, Koyczan has to rely on his poetry's vulnerability like never before.
Shut Up and Say Something 2017
Le Moulin
Le Moulin
Poetry, literature, painting and old film clips converge in this lyrical, unusually designed film essay about Le Moulin, the Taiwanese poets’ collective which protested in the 1930s against the cultural superiority of the Japanese occupier and the domination of realism in poetry.
Le Moulin 2017
My Enemy, My Brother
My Enemy, My Brother
The eight-year Iran-Iraq War was one of the most brutal conflicts to devastate the region in the 20th century. Zahed was 13 years old when he enrolled in the Iranian army. Najah was 18 when he was conscripted into the Iraqi army, and he fought against Zahed in the Battle of Khorramshahr. Fast forward 25 years, a chance encounter in Vancouver between these two former enemies turns into a deep and mutually supportive friendship. Expanded from the 2015 short film by the same name.
My Enemy, My Brother 2017
Circus City, USA
Circus City, USA
Since the early 1940s, more than 20 circus companies have made their home in Hugo, Oklahoma. Its unique history has earned the town the nickname Circus City, USA, and this film spends time with both the eccentric circus characters of the road and the people back in Hugo who keep it all going.
Circus City, USA 2017
Central Park: The People's Place
Central Park: The People's Place
Central Park: The People’s Place is a loving portrait of New York’s collective backyard. It is a biography of a living place that continues to evolve as the city changes. The documentary explores its historic creation as the first truly public park, its psychological and sociological significance, artistic design, and role as an urban oasis as the world becomes increasingly aware of the importance of green spaces. The film celebrates nature’s seasonal changes with beautiful photography and original music that capture the “good vibes” of a park filled with New Yorkers at play. Home to birdwatchers, sunbathers, kids playing in the snow, musicians giving impromptu concerts and big events like Shakespeare in the Park and the New York City Marathon, Central Park is central to the life of the city. Central Park: The People’s Place examines both the collective and individual experiences of Central Park, rejoicing in the diversity and splendor of an American experiment in social democracy.
Central Park: The People's Place 2017
The Porchlight Sessions
The Porchlight Sessions
A rare look at the inventiveness of the human spirit through reimagining the history of Bluegrass Music from Bill Monroe to today's musicians.
The Porchlight Sessions 2017
The Worldly Cave
The Worldly Cave
Here in The Worldly Cave (Fán Dòng), the Hakka people have all moved away from the place where generations of their families lived. Before the execution of the new development, all the villages on this land will soon be buried into continuous muck dunes. On the open grounds, there stocked huge piles of second-hand machines which would be resold in the southeastern countries. Estate investigation teams gathered in different groups, were talking about the potential prices of the land. After passing some huge muck dunes, between two higher muck dunes, the hunters built their sheltered pits and bird traps in the air. They tied a bee to a transparent string as it would lead them to the beehives hidden in the cracks. Fishermen even found a source of fish in the swamp that connects the groundwater. The men and women in the giant ferroconcrete caves on the clouds were still chattering about the bullfrogs from lunch.
The Worldly Cave 2017
Preparations for the Forest: A Portrait of David Footer
Preparations for the Forest: A Portrait of David Footer
Wildlife artist and taxidermist David Footer looks back at his time on planet earth considering his place in the cosmos and ruminating on the shallow threshold between life and death.
Preparations for the Forest: A Portrait of David Footer 2017
Phantom of Illumination
Phantom of Illumination
Once upon a time, cinema was mainstream entertainment in Thailand. Movie theaters in Thailand were the place where families hung out. 30 years ago, there were 140 standalone movie theaters in Bangkok. As time went by, old-fashioned movie theaters are forgotten. Most of them became second-class movie theater showing double feature or pornography and eventually closed down. Thonburi Rama is the last second class movie theater that opened until 2013 , when it had to close down. After the closure of Thonburirama, Rit, a projectionist who worked there for more than 25 years became a jobless person. His knowledge of film projecting became useless. He turned into an alcoholic and tried to study Dharma. Sometimes what he spoke were things that he mixed the reality with his own fantasy. Rit went back to his hometown where his wife and daughter owned a rubber plantation, but he felt that he didn’t fit in and lost all hope.
Phantom of Illumination 2017
Machel Montano: Journey of a Soca King
Machel Montano: Journey of a Soca King
With a lifelong mission to put soca music on the international map, Machel Montano has pioneered the evolution of the genre throughout his 34-year career.
Machel Montano: Journey of a Soca King 2017
These Silences are all the Words
These Silences are all the Words
Madiha Aijaz’s observational documentary on public libraries in Karachi, Pakistan, provides an entry point into present-day Karachi, where irredeemable changes feel imminent. While the libraries become a bastion for the literary tradition of Urdu, their frequent visitors lament the increasing dominance of English – a residual reminder of colonialism, partition and the ‘globalising’ present. Wrapped in quiet solitude, seated readers are shown hiding away from the hustle and bustle of urban life that can be seen outside.
These Silences are all the Words 2017
British Museum Presents: Hokusai
British Museum Presents: Hokusai
This fascinating new cinema event, British Museum presents: Hokusai, is a groundbreaking documentary and exclusive private view of the forthcoming British Museum exhibition Hokusai: beyond the Great Wave. Filmed in Japan, the US and the UK, the film focuses on Hokusai’s work, life and times in the great, bustling metropolis of Edo, modern Tokyo. Introduced by arts presenter Andrew Graham-Dixon, and featuring artists David Hockney, Grayson Perry and Maggi Hambling, this is the first UK biography of Japan’s greatest artist. Using extraordinary close-ups and pioneering 8K Ultra HD video technology, Hokusai’s paintings and prints are examined by world experts who are at the forefront of digital art history.
British Museum Presents: Hokusai 2017
The Way I See Today
The Way I See Today
The Way I See Today 2017
Battle of the Swamp Dragons
Battle of the Swamp Dragons
South Florida is the only place on Earth that is home to both the American alligator and the American crocodile (and most recently, the Nile crocodile). But who is the baddest Florida predator?
Battle of the Swamp Dragons 2017
Planet of the Reptiles
Planet of the Reptiles
Planet of the Reptiles 2017
Silent Witness
Silent Witness
In 2006 the Trikala Prison closes after 110 years of operation. Seven people who were strongly associated with the prison, return to it to reconstruct its past, illuminating with their personal narratives different aspects of the history of modern Greece.
Silent Witness 2017
Océanos de amor: Tributo a Ricardo Vicente
Océanos de amor: Tributo a Ricardo Vicente
Océanos de amor: Tributo a Ricardo Vicente 2017
Escrita Íntima
Escrita Íntima
Escrita Íntima 2017
Seeding of a Trend: The Birth of Hong Kong Splatter Cinema
Seeding of a Trend: The Birth of Hong Kong Splatter Cinema
Documentary that breaks down the rise of Hong Kong Splatter Cinema.
Seeding of a Trend: The Birth of Hong Kong Splatter Cinema 2017
Los Come Sombras
Los Come Sombras
Los Come Sombras 2017
Rest in peace, Mr. Hopper
Rest in peace, Mr. Hopper
In 1970, Dennis Hopper shot 'The Last Movie' in Chinchero (Peru), an enigmatic Western about the possibility of an indigenous rebellion against a Hollywood film crew. 44 years later, two filmmakers arrive at Chinchero with the intention to make a new film with the villagers about Hopper’s legacy.
Rest in peace, Mr. Hopper 2017
Dream Songs
Dream Songs
Dream Songs 2017
Displaced
Displaced
Displaced is a documentary about the stories of four third generation European-Turks who left their hometowns and comes to Istanbul in search of their own identies.
Displaced 2017
Albanian Women Are Our Sisters
Albanian Women Are Our Sisters
Anti-war documentary about relations between Serbs and Albanians during 1999 bombing of Yugoslavia.
Albanian Women Are Our Sisters 2017
The Pianist of Yarmouk
The Pianist of Yarmouk
"The Pianist of Yarmouk" tells the story of Aeham Ahmad: a classically-trained musician attempting to escape the war in Syria for safety in Europe.
The Pianist of Yarmouk 2017
Paradise Behind the Fence
Paradise Behind the Fence
Russian biggest summer resort Sotchi has been chosen the venue of the Winter Olympic Games of 2014. President Putin has promised enough snow for the Games, no traffic jams and big investments in building the Olympic facilities. How it will effect the neighbouring small villages and if they succeed to survive and keep the living pace they are used to?
Paradise Behind the Fence 2017
Our North Pole
Our North Pole
Become a part of unique VR Project and discover yourself at the North Pole. It`s the first 360° film that was made during an actual expedition to the North Pole. You will become a part of the extraordinary voyage aboard icebreaker “50 Years of Victory”.
Our North Pole 2017
How to DAD the Movie: Legend of the Gumboot
How to DAD the Movie: Legend of the Gumboot
One Ordinary Dad’s journey to impress his kids by becoming New Zealand’s best athlete. Ever.
How to DAD the Movie: Legend of the Gumboot 2017
Return Of Kung Fu Trailers Of Fury
Return Of Kung Fu Trailers Of Fury
Over Two More Hours Of The Greatest MARTIAL ARTS MADNESS In Motion Picture History!
Return Of Kung Fu Trailers Of Fury 2017