Category: Documentary
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The Times of Harvey Milk
Harvey Milk was an outspoken human rights activist and one of the first openly gay U.S. politicians elected to public office; even after his assassination in 1978, he continues to inspire disenfranchised people around the world.
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Bambi: A Tale of Life in the Woods
The life of Bambi, a male roe deer, from his birth through childhood, the loss of his mother, the finding of a mate, the lessons he learns from his father, and the experience he gains about the dangers posed by human hunters in the forest.
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Sigui 1971: The Dune of Idyeli
The fifth year of the Sigui ceremonies, celebrated every sixty years by the Dogons of the Bandiagara cliffs, Mali, takes place in the village of Idyeli.
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Anatomia do Espectador
Actress Stela Freitas answers a series of questions that seek to show the figure of the Rio de Janeiro movie spectator, their habits, their preferences, how and why they watches movies.
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Children Drawing Rainbows
Mariko Miyagi is back documenting the activities of disabled children from her own school, Nemunoki. This time, the whole documentary focuses itself on the powers of creativity and drawing.
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Capoeira of Brazil
Features a performance of capoeira, an Afro-Brazilian martial art set to music in which men dance on their hands and use their feet as weapons. Blue Ribbon winner, American Film Festival.
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Pacific High
In April 1978, the annual Ensenada Yacht Race from Newport Beach, California, to Ensenada, Mexico, occurred over the course of twenty-four hours. More than 600 yachts and sailboats competed in the 200-mile race. In the final stretch into Ensenada Harbor, the winds calmed, leaving the boats moving slowly to the finish line.
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Portinari, O Menino de Brodósqui
Produced for Globo Repórter, a documentary by Eduardo Coutinho about the master Brazilian painter Cândido Portinari.
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Making ‘The Shining’
Directed and edited by Stanley Kubrick’s daughter Vivian Kubrick, this film offers a look behind the scenes during the making of The Shining.
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This Is America Part 2
The sequel to This is America, aka Jabberwalk. This film goes inside the real America circa 1980 – a world of punks, orgies and worm-eating hicks! Romano Vanderbes back on the film making side and Norman Rose back on narrating duty for the second of the This Is America trilogy. Things kick off slightly louder…
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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.
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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…
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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…
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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 …
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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.
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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 …
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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.
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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.