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Category: Documentary

Documentary

  • From Star Wars to Star Wars: The Story of Industrial Light & Magic

    The incredible evolution of George Lucas’ special effects dream factory, including an inside look at “Star Wars: Episode One – The Phantom Menace.”

  • Sex: The Annabel Chong Story

    The documentary follows Annabel Chong, former record holder for the world’s largest gang bang, which she set in 1995 by having sex with 70 men. It focuses on her reasons for working in porn, and her relationship with friends and family.

  • Zapatista

    “Zapatista” is the definitive look at the uprising in Chiapas. It is the story of a Mayan peasant rebellion armed with sticks and their word against a first world military. It is the story of a global movement that has fought 175,000 federal troops to a stand still and transformed Mexican and international political culture forever.

  • Bruce Lee: The Legend Lives On

    This insightful documentary takes an in-depth look at the life of Bruce Lee, and the physical and mental practices he employed on his way to becoming the most popular martial arts star in the world. Utilizing footage of Lee both practicing and teaching Jeet Kune Do, as well as interview footage with the people who both knew and worked with Lee–including James Coburn, Bob Wall, Van Williams, Brandon Lee, and more–THE LEGEND LIVES ON is a comprehensive examination and celebration of a true artist.

  • Jackie Chan: My Stunts

    Jackie Chan: My Stunts shows some of the tricks of the trade that Jackie and his stunt team utilize to perform their stunts. This is not an endless gag reel of stunts gone wrong, but an in depth look at how timing and camera placement can make or break a shot. Jackie will show you what is done to enhance fights and protect the stuntmen from getting injured. Of course, if the character you are portraying is wearing shorts and a tank top, you just have to get hurt!

  • Millennium Actress: Tracks

    A documentary about the production of the famous Japanese animation “Millennium Actress” by genius director Satoshi Kon, a god-like work. Unfortunately, genius is always short-lived.

  • A.I. Revolution

    Can we harness the power of artificial intelligence to solve some of the world’s most challenging problems without creating an uncontrollable force that ultimately destroys us? New A.I. tools like ChatGPT can now answer complex questions, write essays, and generate realistic-looking images in a matter of seconds. In NOVA “A.I. REVOLUTION,” correspondent Miles O’Brien meets some of the scientists who are at the forefront of A.I. advancement and explores the promise, perils, and possible future of this unprecedented technology taking the world by storm.

  • We Need to Talk About A.I.

    Conflict between man and machine has been a science fiction staple for over a century. From 2001: A Space Odyssey to The Terminator the perceived threat posed by super-intelligent robots has been exploited by Hollywood for decades. But do advances in Artificial Intelligence mean we are now facing a future in which that threat could become a reality?

  • Film Beyond Cinema: The Dumpster Kid Experiment and Other Utopias

    For over half a century, the filmmaker Edgar Reitz, one of the signatories of the Oberhausen Manifesto and a pioneer of epic film narration, has explored, as a practitioner and theoretician, the rules and limits of cinema, which he always seeks to break and extend in new ways. One example of his tireless search and research are the Geschichten vom Kübelkind, which he co-directed with Ula Stöckl in 1969/70, 22 absurdly funny, subversive and anarchistic short films of different lengths, which consciously oppose all conventions, with incredible success. The films remain unrivalled in their Dadaistic inventiveness.

  • Das Experiment – So verschwindet ein Mensch spurlos

    Private investigator Tamer Bakiner dares to try an unusual experiment: he tries to go underground himself. Is this even possible without leaving any traces behind? “On the trail of the truth” – that is the motto of experienced private investigator Tamer Bakiner. During his elaborate undercover missions, he regularly delves into the most diverse milieus, tracks down witnesses and perpetrators – and documents their perfidious methods. His investigative research is often decisive in ensuring that the perpetrators are caught in cooperation with the authorities and the truth comes to light.