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Popular Documentary Movies
Another Hayride
As the AIDS epidemic took hold in the early 1980s, self-help guru Louise Hay created a space for healing called the Hayride. Drawing hundreds of gay men confronting a deadly and stigmatized disease, Louise promised that they could overcome AIDS through self-love. Some said this early new age wellness movement was unscientific and harmful. Others who were suffering said that Louise healed them. In the face of a deadly pandemic and government neglect, resilience takes unusual forms, and for Louise Hay’s circle, intimate forms of reckoning were transformative.
Eso que nos lleva
Branco lives on a high, windy hill in Valparaíso. It links his childhood to the adult world into which he’s thrown despite himself, as well as the dreams and nightmares of the Chilean people’s painful past. The fog, haunted by the memory of Pinochet’s dictatorship, blends these worlds into a poem where the changing winds blow, at times fanning the flames of the youth’s revolutionary hopes and at others preventing them from escaping traced out destinies.
La Ramada
Jaime Estrada is the last artisanal fisherman in La Ramada cove, one of the most important ports of ancient Peru, with abundant flora and fauna. The beaches of northern Peru are disappearing due to coastal erosion, climate change and urban sprawl. Don Jaime is the guardian of La Ramada and the traditional techniques used by the fishermen of this area as many as two thousand years ago. Currently that beautiful beach exists only in his memory.
Persona non grata - Soran Ismail
Comedian Soran Ismail was accused of several cases of sexual harassment in the fall of 2017. The charges were dropped due to lacking evidence. The documentary checks in with Soran over three years later - three years without work, about someone who has not been found guilty but where the accusations remain.
HEAVEN
HEAVEN tells the story of a trailblazing high school wrestler named Heaven Fitch. In 2020, as a junior, Fitch became the first female athlete to win a boy’s state wrestling championship in North Carolina, claiming the top spot in the 106-pound weight class. The film documents her inspiring journey up the ranks and the challenges she faced along the way, from proving doubters wrong to defying the odds and making history.
Fati’s Choice
A beach reminds us of Fati’s recent past. She came to Italy by sea, without papers, pregnant for the fifth time. Longing for her children, she returned to Ghana six months later – without her husband. The people around her can’t understand this decision. “You’ve created a mess,” a friend says. “How do I tell people?” a sister asks. But Fati wants to provide for her family, even though she still has to liberate three of her children from the custody of her in-laws.
Mama Irene, Healer of the Andes
Mama Irene, Healer of the Andes, is the story of a remarkable 86 year old Shaman (Healer) from Peru who draws upon indigenous knowledge and traditions in danger of being lost forever. This film is not only a vital document of endangered wisdom; it is also a story about Women empowerment and a testament to living harmoniously with Mother Earth.
Send Proof
When his pastor leaves the faith, Elijah Stephens embarks on a journey to find proof for miracles. Along the way, he meets atheists and skeptics, medical researchers and academics, and those claiming to have experienced miraculous healing.
Green Jail
The film follows the last 4 years life of Grandma Hashima, the last existent from colonial Taiwan, who knows the secrets of "Green Jail," the notorious coal mine before World War II on Iriomote Island, Okinawa, Japan.
Four Journeys
China introduced its draconian policy in 1979. In 1986, Hothothot was born. The illegality of his existence cost his father three times his annual salary and the end of a promising political career. The profound guilt Hothothot felt over what his life cost his family, along with unspoken resentment that simmered between them failed to abate. Four Journeys sees him return to China to reconcile with his loved ones, only to be surprised by their demands. It also grapples with the legacy of the law, and the impact both Maoism and the Cultural Revolution had on Chinese family life.
Dubica
Hrvatska Dubica is a village on the border with the Republic of Srpska. It never recovered from the devastation of war so its number of inhabitants keeps decreasing. The film centres on Nikica Jukić, a former Croatian veteran who went to war when he was seventeen and received his pension when he was twenty-two. He, his unwed partner Svjetlana, who is of Serbian nationality, and the other characters in the film recount their daily life. They speak about love, hatred, co-existence, as well as current topics such as the European Union border and the arrival of immigrants from the East.
Of Other Spaces
Through episodes that display a high degree of idiosyncrasy, we follow a stranger who creates his own inverse reality and an imaginary order which serves to stress his inexistence elsewhere. The film is a personal documentary that represents a constellation of past time and suspended time while attempting to explore the Foucauldian phrase 'a placeless place'.
Pros and Con Artists: The True Cost of Covid 19
Costs and benefits; every decision has both. As the nation grows increasingly polarized with every passing day, we examine a series of wide reaching public policies and their consequences...for better or worse.
That Orchestra with the Broken Instruments
A broken string, fractured echo chamber, rusting valves. 100 musicians meet for four days of rehearsals. They speak different languages. Their instruments are broken.
Grandfather in the Garden
A disadvantaged area in the south of Kazakhstan is isolated due to coronavirus restrictions. Viktor Schmidt, once a resident of besieged Leningrad, many years later finds himself in a situation of blockade again.
Deborah Stratman to Nancy Holt: For the Time Being
A video letter to Nancy Holt, made in homage to a shared interest in terminal lakes, framed views, monuments and time. Filmed on and around the Great Salt Lake, Mono Lake and Meteor Crater.
Capturing the Death of the Universe
An exploration of micro and macro scales of time - from a single generation to the entire expanse of the universe's lifespan.
Smoky Mountain Park Rangers
Park Rangers work to protect and manage black bears and other animals in Great Smoky Mountain National Park as they prepare for the coming of winter.
Her Violet Kiss
A woman attends a party where she is observed by and finally meets a mysterious guest.
Every Single Minute
The Hanuliaks, a couple from Slovakia, have decided to bring up their son according to Kamevéda, a complex approach to developing the child’s motor abilities and intellect. Unique in its depth of focus, this reflection on child-rearing documents a year in the life of four-year-old Miško, where not a minute is wasted since there is no room for boredom and moments of rest are merely preparation for the next achievement.
Hidden Heroes: The Nisei Soldiers of WWII
Featuring sit-down interviews with experts and historians, follows the story of the Japanese American soldiers of WWII who fought for the ideals of American democracy.
The Co-op Wars
Today, co-ops are multi-million dollar businesses, so successful they’ve prompted mainstream grocery stores to stock organic food. But in the 1970s, it almost ended before it began, as internecine battles and even hostile takeovers threatened this burgeoning movement.
The Slightest Idea
For three college students, facing graduation is a rollercoaster of anxiety and anticipation. Follow 3 unique perspectives as they voice their outlook on the future, and what life has in store for them.
A Reckoning in Boston
Kafi Dixon dreams of starting a land cooperative for women of color who have experienced trauma and disenfranchisement in the city of Boston. By day she drives a city bus; at night she studies the humanities in a tuition-free course. Her classmate Carl Chandler, a community elder, is the class’s intellectual leader. White suburban filmmaker James Rutenbeck documents the students’ engagement with the humanities. He looks for transformations but is awakened to the violence, racism and gentrification that threaten Kafi and Carl's very place in the city. Troubled by his failure to bring the film together, he enlists the pair as collaborators with a share in the film revenues. Five years on, despite many obstacles, Kafi and Carl arrive at surprising new places in their lives—and James does too.
Dirty Feathers
On the streets of border towns El Paso and Ciudad Juárez we meet people living without a home. In intimate, unbiased black-and-white images, the film captures their everyday lives on the streets, as well as their hopes and their faith.
Robert Downey: Moment to Moment
To pay tribute to one of his filmmaking heroes, Sean Price Willams adopts a style that’s just as out there as his subject, mixing new material and never-before-seen archival footage in this portrait of the underground film titan Robert Downey (A Prince).
Tokyo Uber Blues
Director Taku Aoyagi, who has lost his job in his hometown of Yamanashi, goes to Tokyo without knowing right or left and starts delivering bicycles. What gradually came to light under the state of emergency was the real problem of modern Japan that was revealed by the corona wreck. The people he met in the city where the director himself ran around as a bicycle deliveryman. What does it mean to work? What does it mean to live a new life? A documentary film that "delivers" from a realistic experience and perspective is born.
Vodka: Friend and Foe of the Russians
What beer is to Germans, vodka is to Russians. The Russians consume around 60 liters of their national drink per capita per year - as cheap liquor, fine drink and home-distilled. But the high alcohol consumption has consequences: every year around 30,000 people in Russia die of alcohol poisoning. WELT reporter Christoph Wanner has taken a closer look at the production and sales of Vodka - a lucrative business in which not everything is right.
A Game of Three Halves: Where the F%*ck Is Hamish?
Guts and glory are at stake in the Saturday recreational soccer league. This hilarious animation perfectly captures the highs and lows of coaxing together a motley crew to show up on time and game ready every week, but at the end of the day it's all worth it for the beautiful game.
Amiről a fák suttognak
Our protagonist is a medium-high, lean, ca. 100-year old one. As for his origin, he belongs to the beech trees. Through the history and relations of our star, we get acquainted with the secrets of trees' lives and those skills that enabled them to be one of the oldest living things on Earth. We examine the macro-environment and social network of the beech, we meet the creepy, crawly and flying creatures that are inseparable from the trees, we witness the many dozen defensive, competitive and cooperative strategies.
They Survived Together
The Neiger family was living a peaceful life in the Jewish community in Krakow when the arrival of World War II changed their lives forever. When Nazi soldiers forced the family from their home into the harsh life of the Ghetto, they made a vow to escape as a family. But when circumstances forced the family to separate from older brother Ben, their will to survive was put to the test. They Survived Together" is the incredible, true story of one family as they desperately tried to stay alive... and together as a family with four small children, attempted to escape certain death at the hands of the Nazis. They are believed to be one of the only families to escape and survive as a family.
Felling Dangerous Trees
Pavel is an entrepreneur from the countryside. He fells dangerous trees in the cemetery, cleans roofs from snow, breeds Hungarian pigs, and studies dialectical materialism. On New Year's Eve, a bride comes to visit him.
Scusa se sorrido
Ready to live his new life, the protagonist finds himself dealing with his past, between joys and sorrows, between anecdotes and experiences.
Out of Time: The Material Issue Story
This documentary feature examines the tragic tale of Material Issue, a Chicago rock band on the cusp of superstardom that was cut short by its frontman's suicide. This is a power pop trio that was literally out of time, sandwiched between the post-punk era of the 80s and the alternative rock movement of the 90s, searching for its identity in the gritty world of rock and roll.