Documentary Movies
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Le système Octogon
2008
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211: Anna
2008
Witness journalist Anna Politkovskaya's austere approach to covering stories such as the Chechen War and Beslan school hostage crisis. Politkovskaya's 2006 assassination earned her place no. 211 on the Russian Union of Journalists record of members killed in Russia since 1991, but her highly lauded work lives on in this documentary that features interviews with her children, spouse and newspaper colleagues.
Pamela Anderson & Tommy Lee : Sexe, romance et vidéo
2022
With its over-mediatized excesses, the love story between the playmate and the hard rocker of Mötley Crüe was one of the celebrity saga of the 1990s and upset the codes of the star system.
Bravos valentes: Vaqueiros do Brasil
2021
Maria Eduarda, a cowgirl from the backwoods of Pernambuco, Adelino, a farmer from Pantanal, Mato Grosso do Sul, Augusto Leal Filho (Nico) and Pedro Costa (in memory), Marajoara cowboys, Pará, and Afonso, a cowboy from the Pampas Gaúchos. Among them, the relationship with the place, with the animals, with freedom and with the heritage of the craft that has been passed down for generations. The story of one of the oldest works in Brazil, based on the record of the daily bravery of working in the field.
Alalá
2016
A children's arts center in a multicultural Seville neighborhood uses the power of flamenco to generate opportunities and encourage social change.
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Overburden
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A young girl feels guilty because she did not take her books with her before she was forced to leave her home, making her feel like a prisoner in one of the novels about the Palestinian migration in 1948.
Soy Rocío
2021
Rocío, a 17 year-old transgender girl in Rosario, fights for her identity amidst bullying, discrimination, and oppression. She champions LGBTQ+ rights, standing strong as a beacon of hope for those seeking acceptance and equality.
Brilliant Moon: Glimpses of Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
2010
Brilliant Moon chronicles the life of the writer, poet, and meditation master Khyentse Rinpoche, one of Tibet's most revered 20th-century Buddhist teachers. Spiritual guide to His Holiness the Dalai Lama and the Royal Family of Bhutan, his life and teachings were an inspiration to all who encountered him. Richard Gere and Lou Reed provide the narration for his dangerous journey out of China, the subsequent spread of his influence and the search for his reincarnation after his death.
The Shaman
2020
How did the greatest autocrat of the 20th century, who perpetrated horrible massacres for decades, manage to win the sincere, devoted love of 20 million people and still keep it burning in many hearts today? What is the main secret of Joseph Stalin?
Farce of the Penguins
2006
In this spoof of "March of the Penguins," nature footage of penguins near the South Pole gets a soundtrack of human voices. Carl and Jimmy, best friends, walk 70 miles to the mating grounds where the female penguins wait. The huddled masses of females - especially Melissa and Vicki - talk about males, mating, and what might happen this year. Carl, Jimmy, and the other males make the long trek talking about food, fornication and flatulence. Until this year, Carl's sex life has been dismal, but he falls hard for Melissa. She seems to like him. A crisis develops when Jimmy comes upon something soft in the dark. Can friends forgive? Does parenthood await Carl and Melissa?
On the Red Carpet Presents: The Banshees of Inisherin
2023
On The Red Carpet presents an in-depth look at the making of The Banshees of Inisherin.
Divine Victorine
2019
What is a film studio? It's a multitude of shed-like buildings of varying sizes set on a piece of wasteland. This is exactly what we find at the Victorine Studios, except that the site overlooks Nice and the Mediterranean. The spot is not only remarkable but filled with ghosts. Visit.
Anarriê
2023
Renan and Alana rehearse for their Quadrilhas Juninas, a dance that portrays a meeting between youth, old age, and the popular cultures of northeastern Brazil.
När molnen skingras
2016
The story of the popular Swedish singer Ulla Billquist. The WW2's most famous voice in Sweden. The fate of a female that has never been told before.
Black President
2015
Exiled, yet internationally celebrated Zimbabwean artist Kudzanai Chiurai's demons come to life as he tries to flee South Africa following increasingly fractious experiences on the Johannesburg art scene. His greatest demon “Black Guilt” is one he can never shake off, this burden of having to speak for his people. But Is this responsibility really a burden at all, or is it actually a superpower? Either way, will Kudzi ever be President of His Own State of Being?
Malqueridas
2025
They are women. They are mothers. They are inmates serving long sentences in a prison in Chile. Their children grow up far from them, but remain in their hearts. In prison they find the affection of other inmates who share their same experience. Mutual support among these women becomes a form of resistance and emancipation. Malqueridas reconstructs their stories through the images they themselves shot with cell phones prohibited inside the prison, recovering the collective memory of a forgotten community.
Belushi
2020
Using previously unheard audiotapes recorded shortly after John Belushi’s death, director R.J. Cutler’s documentary feature examines the too-short life of the once-in-a-generation talent who captured the hearts and funny bones of devoted audiences.
