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Zhangke Jia – Dong (2006)
PLOT: Jia Zhangke travels with painter Liu Xiaodong from China to Thailand as they as they meet everyday workers in the throes of social turmoil. Liu Xiaodong is well-known for his monumental...
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Mac Dara Ó’Curraidhín – A Boatload of Wild Irishmen: The Life of Robert...
Robert Flaherty (1884-1951) was the man credited with being the father of the modern documentary film after he produced and directed ‘Nanook of the North’ in 1922. Flaherty is one of the great name...
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Yoshinari Okamoto – Kurosawa Akira: Tsukuru to iu koto wa subarashii AKA...
An in depth look at the making of Kurosawa’s films. The series consists of episodes of varying length, typically between 30 and 60 minutes, which chronicle the making of Kurosawa’s films. Altogether...
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Alberto Fischerman – Gombrowicz, o la seducción (Representado por sus...
Perhaps the most important experimental film ever made in Argentina. SynopsisThis uneven biographical docudrama of Polish writer Witold Gombrowicz (1904-1969) interviews four of the writer’s protégés...
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Yoshinari Okamoto – Kurosawa Akira: Tsukuru to iu koto wa subarashii AKA...
An in depth look at the making of Kurosawa’s films. The series consists of episodes of varying length, typically between 30 and 60 minutes, which chronicle the making of Kurosawa’s films. Altogether...
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Yoshinari Okamoto – Kurosawa Akira: Tsukuru to iu koto wa subarashii AKA...
An in depth look at the making of Kurosawa’s films. The series consists of episodes of varying length, typically between 30 and 60 minutes, which chronicle the making of Kurosawa’s films. Altogether...
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Jean Rouch – La goumbe des jeunes noceurs (1967)
Quote:À Abidjan, dans le quartier de Treichville, la Goumbé des jeunes noceurs se réunit dans la rue pour de spectaculaires exhibitions de chants et de danses modernes. Les goumbés regroupent de...
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Claude Lanzmann – Pourquoi Israël AKA Israel, Why (1973)
Quote:Using interviews and other footage shot especially for this documentary, French director Claude Lanzmann investigates the state of Israel in 1972. This movie concentrates on Israelis going about...
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Gérard Courant – Les Malheurs de Luis Buñuel AKA The Misfortunes of Luis...
The Misfortunes of Luis Buñuel” shows the ravages of time on the rushes of the film “The Golden Age” that Luis Buñuel shot in 1930. By isolating and slowing down the most damaged parts of the rushes...
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Russ Meyer – Pandora Peaks (2002)
Adult cinema director Russ Meyer returns to the screen for his first time in 20 years with this documentary about big-breasted (Triple H cup) strip dancer Pandora Peaks. Meyer combines biographical...
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Inés Toharia Terán – Film, the Living Record of our Memory (2021)
Why are we still able to watch moving images captured over 125 years ago? As we move ever further into the digital age, our audiovisual heritage seems to be taken increasingly for granted. However,...
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Miklós Jancsó – Indiántörténet AKA An Indian Story (1962)
Still photographs and narration give an overview of the history of the American Indian. The Indian Story is the kind of newsreel short subjects that Jancso made early in his career, and while it...
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Louise Narboni – Chanson triste AKA Sad Song (2019)
Quote:By Louise Narboni Elodie is a Parisian Baroque singer, and Ahmad is an Afghan refugee; Chanson Triste tells the story of their impossible love. Through a unique mix of documentary and fiction,...
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Gualtiero Jacopetti & Franco Prosperi – Africa addio AKA Farewell Africa (1966)
“What the camera sees it films pitilessly, without sympathy, without taking sides,” it begins. “This film only says farewell to the old Africa and gives the world a picture of its agony.” As...
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Claude Lanzmann – Shoah (1985)
Quote:Claude Lanzmann’s monumental Holocaust documentary Shoah took 12 years to make. Compiling over 350 hours of footage, including interviews with individuals in 14 countries, the final cut clocks...
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Davide Ferrario – Umberto Eco: A Library of the World (2022)
A documentary immersion into all things Eco, Davide Ferrario’s film takes us on a tour of Umberto Eco’s private library, guided by the author himself. Combining new footage with material he shot with...
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Ulrich Seidl – Good News: Von Kolporteuren, toten Hunden und anderen Wienern...
Ulrich Seidl’s documentary debut is about the foreigners who sell newspapers in their red uniforms on the streets of Vienna. A comparison between the world of the foreigner selling the newspaper and...
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Malek Bensmaïl – The Battle of Algiers, a Film Within History (2017) (HD)
The Battle of Algiers is one of the most critically celebrated films of all time. Made in 1966 it documented Algeria’s war for independence. Returning to the roots of the production and the...
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Jessica Kingdon – Ascension (2021) (HD)
Near the final throes of director Jessica Kingdon’s shockingly incisive, observational nonfiction feature debut “Ascension,” a young woman, presumably a social media influencer, poses for an impromptu...
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Heiny Srour – The Singing Sheikh (1991)
Quote:Sheikh Imam or Imam Mohammad Ahmad Eissa, born in 1918, is known in the Arab world for his songs critical of the ruling class. Considered the voice of the oppressed, he was banned from state...
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