Category: Documentary
Posted on June 4, 2017 |
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Once I Was a Champion (2011)
Documentary
Adventure seeker, fighter, philosopher, writer and alcoholic died on September 8th, 2008 in the desert north of Brawley, California. He was on a quest to find buried treasure. "Treasure" does not necessarily refer to something material.
Starring: Randy Couture, Rich Franklin, Forrest Griffin, John Herzfeld
Director: Gerard Roxburgh
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Posted on June 3, 2017 |
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I Am Not Your Negro (2016)
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Writer James Baldwin tells the story of race in modern America with his unfinished novel, Remember This House.
Starring: Samuel L. Jackson, James Baldwin
Director: Raoul Peck
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Posted on June 3, 2017 |
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The Lost Arcade / Arcade (2015)
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The story of Chinatown Fair, the legendary arcade located in the heart of New York's Chinatown. This documentary explores how the arcade became a shelter to a community as diverse as the city surrounding it and changed lives in doing so.
Starring: Anthony Cali, Henry Cen, Akuma Hokoru, Seth Killian, Jason Scott Sadofsky
Director: Kurt Vincent
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Tags: Akuma Hokoru, Anthony Cali, Henry Cen, Jason Scott Sadofsky, Kurt Vincent, Seth Killian
Posted on June 3, 2017 |
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The Hollywood Complex (2011)
Biography | Comedy | Documentary | Family
We follow several kids with families with a dream of their offspring becoming a TV- or movie star, who for three months live in an apartment complex, where the management host a variety of events and trains them towards such a career.
Starring: Andrew Manley, Rosie Forti, Toni Casala, John McCarthy, Lynne Murphy Badgley, Paul Petersen, Carol Nicholson, Angie Peiris
Director: Dylan Nelson, Dan Sturman
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Tags: Andrew Manley, Angie Peiris, Carol Nicholson, Dan Sturman, Dylan Nelson, John McCarthy, Lynne Murphy Badgley, Paul Petersen, Rosie Forti, Toni Casala
Posted on June 3, 2017 |
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Fixation (2012)
Documentary | Sport
Fixation is a documentary, focusing on the thrilling world of fixed gear cycling. This film captures the excitement and popularity of this growing sport from all perspectives. With the resurgence of this original form of cycling, we discover the appeal to having only one gear. Though technology has developed multiple speed bicycles, for faster and easier riding, both fixed and freewheel single speeds continue to have a strong following. The range of riders is vast, from professionals to the casual everyday rider. Their styles and motives are different, but their outcome seems to be the same: the freedom, the simplicity and the challenge of having one gear is what brings them back to the basics. We explore the full spectrum of this lifestyle: Messengers, Olympic Racing, City Riders, Bike Polo, Brakeless, Freestyle and more. "Fixation" showcases the different personalities of those involved with fixed gear cycling community, in San Francisco, Los Angeles and San Jose.
Director: Alex Trudeau Viriato
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Posted on May 30, 2017 |
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Machete Maidens Unleashed! (2010)
Documentary
A fast moving odyssey into the subterranean world of the rarely explored province of Filipino genre filmmaking.
Starring: Carmen Argenziano, Allan Arkush, John Ashley, Alan Birkinshaw, Judith Brown
Director: Mark Hartley
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Tags: Alan Birkinshaw, Allan Arkush, Carmen Argenziano, John Ashley, Judith Brown, Mark Hartley
Posted on May 29, 2017 |
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The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara (2003)
Biography | Documentary | History | War
The story of America as seen through the eyes of the former Secretary of Defense under President John F. Kennedy and President Lyndon Johnson, Robert McNamara.
Starring: Robert McNamara, John F. Kennedy, Fidel Castro, Barry Goldwater, Lyndon Johnson
Director: Errol Morris
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Tags: Barry Goldwater, Errol Morris, Fidel Castro, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, Robert McNamara
Posted on May 29, 2017 |
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Guest of Cindy Sherman (2008)
Documentary
A documentary on art-scene commentator Paul Hasegawa-Overacker's relationship with enigmatic photographer Cindy Sherman.
Starring: Cindy Sherman, John Waters, Eric Bogosian, Danny DeVito, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Molly Ringwald, Carol Kane
Director: Tom Donahue, Paul Hasegawa-Overacker
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Tags: Carol Kane, Cindy Sherman, Danny DeVito, Eric Bogosian, Jeanne Tripplehorn, John Waters, Molly Ringwald, Paul Hasegawa-Overacker, Tom Donahue
Posted on May 28, 2017 |
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Thank You for Your Service (2015)
Documentary | Drama
An investigation into the failed mental health policies within the US military and the deadly consequences to the troops.
Starring: Mark Russell, Mike Mullen, Robert Gates, Nicholas Kristof, Michael Zacchea, Gary Sinise
Director: Tom Donahue
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Tags: Gary Sinise, Mark Russell, Michael Zacchea, Mike Mullen, Nicholas Kristof, Robert Gates, Tom Donahue
Posted on May 28, 2017 |
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The Desert of Forbidden Art (2010)
Adventure | Biography | Documentary | Drama | History | War
Risking being denounced as an 'enemy of the people,' Igor Savitsky rescues 40,000 forbidden fellow artists' works and creates in a far desert of Soviet Uzbekistan a museum now worth millions.
Starring: Edward Asner, Sally Field, Ben Kingsley
Director: Tchavdar Georgiev, Amanda Pope
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Posted on May 27, 2017 |
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All American High Revisited (2014)
Comedy | Documentary | History | News
A time capsule of teenage life in the 1980s.
Director: Keva Rosenfeld
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Posted on May 27, 2017 |
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Shut Up Little Man! An Audio Misadventure (2011)
Comedy | Documentary | Drama
When two friends tape-recorded the fights of their violently noisy neighbors, they accidentally created one of the world's first 'viral' pop-culture sensations.
Starring: Eddie Lee Sausage, Mitch Deprey, Daniel Clowes, Ivan Brunetti, Mike Mitchell, Robert Mothersbaugh
Director: Matthew Bate
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Posted on May 27, 2017 |
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The Mars Underground (2007)
Documentary
Visionary rocket scientist, Robert Zubrin, has a plan for getting humans to Mars in the next ten years and ultimately turning the Red Planet blue. But can he win over the skeptics at NASA and the wider world?
Starring: Neil Armstrong, David Baker, Penelope Boston, Sam Brownback
Director: Scott J. Gill
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Posted on May 27, 2017 |
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Deliver Us from Evil (2006)
Crime | Documentary
Documentary about Father Oliver O'Grady, a Catholic priest who was relocated to various parishes around the United States during the 1970s in an attempt by the Catholic Church to cover up his rape of dozens of children.
Starring: Oliver O'Grady, Thomas Doyle, Adam
Director: Amy Berg
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Posted on May 26, 2017 |
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Joshua: Teenager vs. Superpower (2017)
Documentary
When the Chinese Communist Party backtracks on its promise of autonomy to Hong Kong, teenager Joshua Wong decides to save his city. Rallying thousands of kids to skip school and occupy the streets, Joshua becomes an unlikely leader in Hong Kong and one of China's most notorious dissidents.
Director: Joe Piscatella
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Posted on May 25, 2017 |
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Fight for Space (2016)
Documentary
Fight for Space explores the past, present, and future state of the US Space Program, while making the argument that the exploration of space brings economic and cultural benefits to the nation. This film probes why and how the space program came adrift, will examine our current plans and asks, why don't we have a more ambitious space program and what steps can be taken to fix it?
Starring: Norman Augustine, Jeff Bingham, Jeff Greason, Michio Kaku, Gene Kranz, John M. Logsdon, Jim Lovell
Director: Paul J. Hildebrandt
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Tags: Gene Kranz, Jeff Bingham, Jeff Greason, Jim Lovell, John M. Logsdon, Michio Kaku, Norman Augustine, Paul J. Hildebrandt
Posted on May 25, 2017 |
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All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone / All Governments Lie (2016)
Documentary
A look at the life and work of American journalist, I.F. Stone, who leads a one-man crusade against government deception.
Starring: I.F. Stone, Chris Hedges, Leslie Moonves, Jeff Cohen, Matt Taibbi, John Carlos Frey
Director: Fred Peabody
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Tags: Chris Hedges, Fred Peabody, I.F. Stone, Jeff Cohen, John Carlos Frey, Leslie Moonves, Matt Taibbi
Posted on May 17, 2017 |
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Get Me Roger Stone (2017)
Documentary
A documentary exploring the life and career of notorious Republican dirty trickster and longtime Trump advisor, Roger Stone, who helped create the real-estate mogul's political career.
Starring: Roger Stone, Donald J. Trump, Paul Manafort, Jeffrey Toobin, Tucker Carlson
Director: Dylan Bank, Daniel DiMauro, Morgan Pehme
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Tags: Daniel DiMauro, Donald J. Trump, Dylan Bank, Jeffrey Toobin, Morgan Pehme, Paul Manafort, Roger Stone, Tucker Carlson
Posted on May 13, 2017 |
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Risk / Asylum (2016)
Documentary
The story of WikiLeak's editor-in-chief Julian Assange as seen by documentary filmmaker Laura Poitras.
Starring: Julian Assange, Sarah Harrison, Jacob Appelbaum
Director: Laura Poitras
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Tags: Jacob Appelbaum, Julian Assange, Laura Poitras, Sarah Harrison
Posted on May 10, 2017 |
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ABBA: The Movie (1977)
Comedy | Documentary | Drama | Music
An incompetent radio DJ tries to get an interview with the Swedish pop group during their famous week-long 1977 tour of Australia.
Starring: Anni-Frid Lyngstad, Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus, Agnetha Fältskog, Robert Hughes, Stig Anderson
Director: Lasse Hallström
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Tags: Agnetha Fältskog, Anni-Frid Lyngstad, Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus, Lasse Hallström, Robert Hughes, Stig Anderson