Category: Documentary
Posted on February 16, 2014 |
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Aroused (2013)
Documentary
Aroused is a feature documentary film capturing the making of a Fine Art photographic book shot by Deborah Anderson, featuring 16 of the Worlds most successful Adult film Stars. As questions are asked in this intimate film, the girls reveal more than just their naked skin.
Starring: Belladonna, Kayden Kross, Lisa Ann, Lexi Belle, April O'neil, Jesse Jane
Director: Deborah Anderson
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Tags: April O'neil, Belladonna, Deborah Anderson, Jesse Jane, Kayden Kross, Lexi Belle, Lisa Ann
Posted on February 1, 2014 |
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Pandora's Promise (2013)
Documentary
A feature-length documentary about the history and future of nuclear power. The film explores how and why mankind's most feared and controversial technological discovery is now passionately embraced by many of those who once led the charge against it. Operating as history, cultural meditation and contemporary exploration, PANDORA'S PROMISE aims to inspire a serious and realistic debate over what is without question the most important question of our time: how do we continue to power modern civilization without destroying it?
Starring: Stewart Brand, Gwyneth Cravens, Mark Lynas, Richard Rhodes, Michael Shellenberger, Charles Till
Director: Robert Stone
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Tags: Charles Till, Gwyneth Cravens, Mark Lynas, Michael Shellenberger, Richard Rhodes, Robert Stone, Stewart Brand
Posted on January 31, 2014 |
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12 O'Clock Boys (2013)
Biography | Documentary
Pug, a wisecracking 13 year old living on a dangerous Westside block, has one goal in mind: to join The Twelve O'Clock Boys; the notorious urban dirt-bike gang of Baltimore. Converging from all parts of the inner city, they invade the streets and clash with police, who are forbidden to chase the bikes for fear of endangering the public. When Pug's older brother dies suddenly, he looks to the pack for mentorship, spurred by their dangerous lifestyle. Pug's story is coupled with unprecedented, action-packed coverage of the riders in their element. The film presents the pivotal years of change in a boy's life growing up in one of the most dangerous and economically depressed cities in the US.
Starring: Coco, Pug, Steven
Director: Lotfy Nathan
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Posted on January 25, 2014 |
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Micro Monsters with David Attenborough / Micro Monsters (2013) (TV Series)
Documentary
It s a small world after all. In this revolutionary new series, David Attenborough reveals the marvellous adaptability of the most successful group of animals on the planet. Using pioneering macroscopic filmmaking techniques, he explores in unparalleled detail the intricate, sophisticated behaviours of these fascinating creatures and the complexity of the environments they build and inhabit, in a world normally hidden from the human eye. From armies of killer ants to spiders weaving silken trap doors, ferocious scorpions with paralysing stings, beetles shooting boiling chemicals at their enemies, bees communicating with a waggle dance and assassin bugs that clothe themselves in their victims corpses; David Attenborough will as never before take viewers deep into the macroscopic world of bugs.
Starring: David Attenborough
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Posted on January 22, 2014 |
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Doug Stanhope: Before Turning the Gun on Himself (2012)
Comedy | Documentary
Doug Stanhope performs live in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Starring: Doug Stanhope
Director: Francois Lamoureux, Pierre Lamoureux
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Posted on January 5, 2014 |
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Good Ol' Freda (2013)
Biography | Documentary | History | Music
Freda Kelly was a shy Liverpudlian teenager when she was asked to work for a local band hoping to make it big. Freda had faith in The Beatles from the beginning, and The Beatles had faith in her. For the first time in 50 years, Freda tells her stories of serving as secretary to the Beatles even after their breakup. One of few films with the support of the living Beatles and featuring original Beatles music.
Starring: Freda Kelly, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr
Director: Ryan White
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Posted on January 3, 2014 |
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Our Universe / Our Universe 3D (2013)
Documentary
Our solar system was the first to attract humans and filled their souls with awe and fear. At the same time brave minds had been curious about its nature and kept speculating about the universe and its objects. However since the birth of modern science and technology, the true nature of universe has been known and at this point of time, universe is so huge that our hearts are filled with awe and reverence more deeply than our ignorant ancestors felt. This is a wonderful, magical and fascinating phenomena spread over the unimaginable vastness and this documentary takes us to its journey thanks to modern CGI technology wrapped into 3D art that works better with our imagination.
Starring: Manfred Lehmann, Glen McCready
Director: Kalle Max Hofmann
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Posted on December 11, 2013 |
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The Victoria's Secret Fashion Show (TV 2013)
Documentary
The Victoria's Secret Angels polished up their halos for the 2013 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show at the Lexington Armory in Manhattan on Nov. 13, 2013. The show featured six themed segments: "British Invasion," "Birds of Paradise," "Parisian Nights," "Shipwrecked," "Snow Angels" and "PINK Network," and performers included Taylor Swift, Neon Jungle and Fall Out Boy. Here, Karlie Kloss dons a nude bodysuit with strategically placed spangles.
Starring: Taylor Swift, Fall Out Boy, Neon Jungle, A Great Big World, Rutgers University Drumline, Sigrid Agren, Lily Aldridge, Alessandra Ambrósio, Maria Borges, Cindy Bruna, Cara Delevingne, Lily Donaldson, Jourdan Dunn, Lindsay Ellingson, Barbara Fialho, Malaika Firth, Magdalena Frackowiak, Kelly Gale, Toni Garrn, Izabel Goulart, Jessica Hart, Sui He, Erin Heatherton, Elsa Hosk, Martha Hunt, Constance Jablonski, Jacquelyn Jablonski, Monika Jagaciak, Karlie Kloss, Doutzen Kroes, Ieva Laguna, Adriana Lima, Maryna Linchuk, Caroline Brasch Nielsen, Behati Prinsloo, Hilary Rhoda, Laís Ribeiro, Sara Sampaio, Josephine Skriver, Joan Smalls, Kasia Struss, Candice Swanepoel, Jasmine Tookes, Devon Windsor, Ming Xi
Director: Heidi Klum
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Tags: A Great Big World, Adriana Lima, Alessandra Ambrosio, Barbara Fialho, Behati Prinsloo, Candice Swanepoel, Cara Delevingne, Caroline Brasch Nielsen, Cindy Bruna, Constance Jablonski, Devon Windsor, Doutzen Kroes, Elsa Hosk, Erin Heatherton, Fall Out Boy, Hilary Rhoda, Ieva Laguna, Izabel Goulart, Jacquelyn Jablonski, Jasmine Tookes, Jessica Hart, Joan Smalls, Josephine Skriver, Jourdan Dunn, Karlie Kloss, Kasia Struss, Kelly Gale, Lais Ribeiro, Lily Aldridge, Lily Donaldson, Lindsay Ellingson, Magdalena Frackowiak, Malaika Firth, Maria Borges, Martha Hunt, Maryna Linchuk, Ming Xi, Monika Jagaciak, Neon Jungle, Rutgers University Drumline, Sara Sampaio, Sigrid Agren, Sui He, Taylor Swift, Toni Garrn
Posted on December 8, 2013 |
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The Punk Singer (2013)
Documentary
A look at the life of activist, musician, and cultural icon Kathleen Hanna, who formed the punk band Bikini Kill and pioneered the "riot grrrl" movement of the 1990s.
Starring: Kathleen Hanna
Director: Sini Anderson
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Posted on December 8, 2013 |
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Let's Get Lost (1988)
Documentary | Music
Documentary on the life of jazz trumpeter and drug addict Chet Baker. Fascinating series of interviews with friends, family, associates and lovers, interspersed with film from Baker's earlier life and some modern-day performances.
Starring: Chet Baker
Director: Bruce Weber
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Posted on December 7, 2013 |
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Artifact (2012)
Documentary
Telling harsh truths about the modern music business, this riveting and award-winning documentary gives intimate access to singer/actor Jared Leto (“Requiem for a Dream,” “Dallas Buyers Club”) and his band Thirty Seconds to Mars as they fight a relentless lawsuit with record label Virgin/EMI and write songs for their album “This Is War.” Opening up his life for the camera during months of excruciating pressures, Leto reveals the struggles his band must face over questions of art, money and integrity. A FilmBuff Presentation.
Starring: Jared Leto, Shannon Leto, Tomo Milicevic
Director: Jared Leto
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Posted on December 5, 2013 |
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One Direction: This Is Us (2013)
Documentary | Music
Morgan Spurlock, the man behind 'Super Size Me' (2004), is the surprise director of this documentary on the highly successful British pop group. The band, comprised of Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Liam Payne, Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson, shot to fame off the back of their appearance in the seventh series of 'The X Factor'. Following the show they signed to Simon Cowell's label Syco Records for the release of their debut album 'Up All Night' (2011), which soared to the top of the charts in both Britain and the USA. The documentary captures both the onstage and offstage lives of the boys, featuring a blend of behind the scenes and performance footage, as well as charting the origins of each member and the journey that led them to become part of the group.
Starring: Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Liam Payne, Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson
Director: Morgan Spurlock
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Tags: Harry Styles, Liam Payne, Louis Tomlinson, Morgan Spurlock, Niall Horan, Zayn Malik
Posted on December 2, 2013 |
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Bridegroom (2013)
Documentary
BRIDEGROOM tells the emotional journey of Shane and Tom, two young men in a loving and committed relationship – a relationship that was cut tragically short by a misstep off the side of a roof. The story of what happened after this accidental death – of how people without the legal protections of marriage can find themselves completely shut out and ostracized – is poignant, enraging and opens a window onto the issue of marriage equality like no speech or lecture ever will. On May 7, 2012, the anniversary of Tom's death, after a year of documenting his own grief, Shane decided to make a video tribute to his partner entitled "It Could Happen To You." This film, posted on YouTube, received over 3.2 million hits and inspired over 50 thousand e-mails and comments on YouTube and Facebook. The impact of Shane's original film and the raw nerve it touched, tells us this is an important story that needs to be brought to the world stage.
Starring: Thomas Bridegroom, Shane Bitney Crone, Michaela Myers, William Ngo
Director: Linda Bloodworth-Thomason
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Posted on December 1, 2013 |
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Is the Man Who Is Tall Happy?: An Animated Conversation with Noam Chomsky (2013)
Animation | Documentary
A series of interviews featuring linguist, philosopher and activist Noam Chomsky done in hand-drawn animation.
Starring: Noam Chomsky, Michel Gondry
Director: Michel Gondry
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Posted on December 1, 2013 |
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Best Kept Secret (2013)
Documentary | Drama
JFK High School, located in the midst of a run-down area in Newark, New Jersey, is a public school for all types of students with special education needs, ranging from those on the autism spectrum to those with multiple disabilities. Janet Mino has taught her class of young men with autism for four years. When they all graduate in the spring of 2012, they will leave the security of the public school system forever. Best Kept Secret follows Ms. Mino and her students over the year and a half before graduation. The clock is ticking to find them a place in the adult world – a job or rare placement in a recreational center – so they do not end up where their predecessors have, sitting at home, institutionalized, or on the streets.
Director: Samantha Buck
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Posted on November 28, 2013 |
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The Untold History of the United States (2012) (TV Series)
Documentary
There is a classified America we were never meant to see. From Academy Award®-winning writer/director Oliver Stone, this ten-part documentary series looks back at human events that at the time went under reported, but that crucially shaped America's unique and complex history over the 20th century. From the atomic bombing of Japan to the Cold War and the fall of Communism, this in-depth, surprising, and totally riveting series demands to be watched again and again.
Starring: Oliver Stone, Alan Shearman, Jim Ward, André Sogliuzzo
Creator: Oliver Stone
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Posted on November 24, 2013 |
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3 Champions / A Era dos Campeões (2011)
Biography | Documentary | Sport
The Era of Champions is an intimate 80 minute look at the history of Brazilian pilots for the 70's to the 90's, in this magic period during which Brazil dominated Formula 1 racing, from the colorful point of view of its protagonists, specially Fittipaldi, Piquet and Senna, but without forgetting the pilots that failed to reach the career's climax and those many obscure helpers to this very successful adventure.
Starring: Emerson Fittipaldi, Nelson Piquet, Ayrton Senna
Director: Marcos Bernstein, Cesario de Mello Franco
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Tags: Ayrton Senna, Cesario de Mello Franco, Emerson Fittipaldi, Marcos Bernstein, Nelson Piquet
Posted on November 21, 2013 |
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Time Zero: The Last Year of Polaroid Film (2012)
Documentary | History
In February 2008, Polaroid announced that it was ceasing production of instant film. 'Time Zero' is a documentary that tells the story of the last year of Polaroid film in three acts. Act I introduces the 'magic' of Polaroid through the perspective of Polaroid artists and former employees of the corporation. Act II begins with the discontinuation of instant film and covers the grass-roots movement to keep it alive. Act III centers on 'The Impossible Project' and follows their against-the-odds effort to reinvent instant film.
Starring: John Waters, Florian Kaps
Director: Grant Hamilton
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Posted on November 20, 2013 |
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Dear Mr. Watterson (2013)
Documentary
A documentary film about the impact of the newspaper comic strip Calvin & Hobbes, created by Bill Watterson.
Starring: Berkeley Breathed, Jef Mallett, Stephan Pastis, Seth Green, Bill Amend, Lee Salem, Charles Solomon, Jenny Robb
Director: Joel Allen Schroeder
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Tags: Berkeley Breathed, Bill Amend, Charles Solomon, Jef Mallett, Jenny Robb, Joel Allen Schroeder, Lee Salem, Seth Green, Stephan Pastis
Posted on November 15, 2013 |
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Shepard & Dark (2012)
Documentary | Drama
Shepard & Dark is the remarkable story of a friendship in letters.
Starring: Johnny Dark, Sam Shepard
Director: Treva Wurmfeld
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Tags: Johnny Dark, Sam Shepard, Treva Wurmfeld