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Category: Documentary

Documentary

  • Profession: Film Actor

    Vyacheslav Tikhonov’s roles are discussed by his colleagues.

  • Bastion Point: Day 507

    Merata Mita, Leon Narbey and Gerd Pohlmann’s powerful documentary Bastion Point: Day 507 depicts the eviction of protestors from Bastion Point during the struggle for Māori land rights.

  • Godard 1980

    The famous French film director Jean-Luc Godard is interviewed by British film theorist Peter Wollen and the editor of Framework Don Ranveaud. He talks of the developments in his work, the change in style epitomized by his most recent film, Sauve Qui Peut, his work with Francis Ford Coppola and the relations between his previous films and the new one. He also discusses his radical method of scriptwriting and the critical responses to his latest film.

  • The Torture of Mothers: The Case of the Harlem Six

    In 1963 a group of young Black boys living in Harlem were involved in an incident that earned them the nickname “The Harlem Six.” Intent on protecting and clearing the names of their sons, several mothers bonded together to make their story known. This work emerges as a powerful close up of police brutality, and of power dynamics of 1960’s Harlem.

  • Punk and Its Aftershocks

    Documentary about the pedigrees of punk featuring The Boomtown Rats, Sex Pistols, Pretenders, The Clash, The Jam, Madness, Ian Dury & The Blockheads, The Specials, Secret Affair, and many …

  • A Decade of Struggle

    This special three-part presentation of “Like It Is” examines the history of the black civil rights movement in the United States, emphasizing the role of black leaders and activists. Including the defected FBi-agent “Othello” Darthard Perry tells it all.

  • The JK Years: A Political Trajectory

    Documentary about Brazilian history, from 1945 until the 70s, focusing on president Juscelino Kubitschek, his political rise, his philosophy of economical development, his gigantic project …

  • The Mexicans

    1980. A report on political repression in Mexico.

  • Sweeney Todd: Scenes from the Making of a Musical

    Opening with the first day of rehearsals of the London production of “Sweeney Todd”, this ninety-minute documentary focuses on the rehearsal process with the musical’s director, composer and actors.

  • A Luta do Povo

    Short documentary on workers’ movement in Brazil in the 1970s, such as the Movement Against Famine, and the policial repression against demonstrators and activists.