Documentary Movies
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Antarctic Crossing
1958
This documentary records the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition, the first overland crossing of Antarctica. Narrated by Sir Edmund Hillary, the film features the preparation and execution of these historic journeys as Sir Vivian Fuchs and Hillary lead teams from opposite sides of the continent.
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O Buraco
2005
Where Everything Disappears
2026
Dmytro Dokunov, a Ukrainian cinematographer, is deployed in a combat unit to face the Russian invasion with his mobile camera always recording.
Negra
2020
I was about seven years old the first time someone called me \"black\" on the street. I turned around to see who they were talking to, until I realized they were talking to me.
Hitlers Ultimatum
2008
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Pressure Drop
2025
This fall, Teton Gravity Research proudly unveils Pressure Drop, our 30th annual ski and snowboard film. Pressure Drop captures that fleeting space between calm and chaos — when breath slows, vision sharpens and the mountain demands everything. It’s the moment before gravity takes over.
See You Tomorrow
2022
Nick and Michi roam the streets and meadows of their neighbourhood inseparably, but when Michi surprises Nick with unexpected news, they try to suppress it in their own way.
Battlefield
2020
Battlefield is a tribute to all second-wave feminist movements, an imaginary journey between different representations of femininity, in a process of subjective re-appropriation of the archive.
Café de los maestros
2008
Coffee Masters is a documentary by Miguel Kohan, produced by Lita Stantic, Gustavo Santaolalla and Walter Salles. It tells the story of great tango of the old guard who, summoned by a rock musician, proposing a record to demonstrate its validity. This adventure, full of memories, humor and poignant moments, culminating with a presentation of the Masters at the Teatro Colon.
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Bahar
2013
Bahar is murdered after nine years of marriage. Her family is convinced that her ex-husband is the one who killed Bahar. Her sorrow-ridden parents try to reconstruct what went through her mind as they go through diary notes, letters and conversations with friends.
Fire Flower
2026
Yoko Hayasuke's journal is set in the wake of the tsunami and nuclear disaster after the Tōhoku earthquake. Something happened yet life goes on: Tokyo continues to expand, new soil replaces irradiated land.
Yan'an and Eighth Route Army
1938
The propaganda documentary about youth coming to Yan'an and join the communist party. The film was shot and negatives were sent to Soviet for post-production. The film studio from Soviet Union evacuated because of the Nazi-Soviet war and all negatives for this documentary were lost during this situation. Years later, some shots were used as archival footages in multiple Soviet documentaries.
What Is a Woman?
2022
Matt Walsh's controversial doc challenges radical gender ideology through provocative interviews and humor.
The Man with the Big Hat
2026
An unsung pioneer of 1970s Texas Progressive Country, Steven Fromholz had a knack for snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. Revered by legends like Willie Nelson, Lyle Lovett & John Denver, he remained commercially unknown. He sought redemption on the Rio Grande as a river guide until a debilitating stroke erased his musical memory, stripping Fromholz of his artistic identity. With an almost obsessive persistence bolstered by newly discovered archives as well as never-before-heard recordings, this intimate and impressionistic portrayal unveils the evolution of Fromholz, and reshapes the notion of success and artistic fortitude.
