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Category: Documentary

Documentary

  • Elemental 7

    A visual art music/video album created by the members of the industrial/experimental group Throbbing Gristle, Chris Carter and Cosey Fanni Tutti.

  • Margaret Tait: Film Maker

    A documentary about the life and works of Margaret Tait.

  • Athens, Return to the Acropolis

    A poetic visit to the city of Athens, based on paintings, poems and philosophical texts.

  • Hopi: Songs of the Fourth World

    A compelling study of the Hopi that captures their deep spirituality and reveals their integration of art and daily life. Amidst beautiful images of Hopi land and life, a variety of Hopi — a farmer, a religious elder, a grandmother, a painter, a potter, and a weaver — speak about the preservation of the Hopi way. Their philosophy of living in balance and harmony with nature is a model to the Western world of an environmental ethic in action.

  • The Making of Jaws 3-D: Sharks Don’t Die

    Academy Award winner Lou Gossett Jr. takes you underwater on the trail of the great white shark and behind the scenes on the production of Jaws 3-D.

  • The Unlimited Dream Company

    An experimental documentary portrait of author J.G. Ballard. Ballard speaks about his life and work, and submits to a lengthy personality questionnaire; these sections are intercut with surrealist scenes inspired by Ballard’s fiction, centering on a downed pilot wandering through various landscapes.

  • Nice – À propos de Jean Vigo

    Part of a series in which foreign filmmakers portray a region or town in France. Manoel de Oliveira looks at Nice.

  • Target Nicaragua: Inside a Covert War

    Traveling through villages along the Nicaraguan-Honduran border, the filmmakers document the impact of the covert war against Nicaragua’s Sandinista government, featuring interviews with mercenaries, soldiers, spies and civilian victims.

  • The GPO Story

    Documentary which examines the work of the GPO Film Unit in its fiftieth year. Co-produced by The Post Office and Arena.

  • An American Family Revisited: The Louds 10 Years Later

    A ten-year update on the Loud family and their reflections on becoming the first reality TV stars. Their experience of becoming media celebrities and the parents’ subsequent divorce changed them in many ways. Each family member explains how they were affected by these dramatic life events.