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Gerd Kroske – Galera (1998)
The young French from Mantes-la-Jolie call their everyday tours “Galera”, alluding to a strenuous life with obstacles. Gerd Kroske has accompanied them and other young people from different countries...
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Agnès Varda – Mur murs AKA Mural Murals (1981)
Quote:After returning to Los Angeles from France in 1979, Agnès Varda created this kaleidoscopic documentary about the striking murals that decorate the city. Bursting with color and vitality, Mur...
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David Wilkinson – The First Film (2015)
Quote:In October 1888 Louis Le Prince produced the world’s first films in Leeds, England. These were shot on cameras patented in both America and the UK. Once he had perfected his projection machine...
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Noah Collier & M. Emily Mackenzie – Carpet Cowboys (2023)
In Dalton, Georgia, the “Carpet Capital of the World,” we meet the unsung creators behind the psychedelic carpets lining casinos, offices, and hotel hallways. Chief among these textile honchos is...
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William Friedkin – A Conversation with Fritz Lang (1975)
“Conversation with Fritz Lang“ is a 50-minute conversation between directors Lang and William Friedkin shot on February 21 & 24, 1975, a year before Lang died.He takes us on a historical journey,...
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Ramin Bahrani – 2nd Chance (2022)
A documentary chronicling the life of Richard Davis, the man who invented the concealable bulletproof vest – shooting himself 196 times in the course of his career to prove the effectiveness of his...
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Zhangke Jia – Wuyong AKA Useless (2007)
Observations of three varied corners of China’s garment industry: workers in a large-scale production line factory; a designer who rallies against the mass-machine-production of clothes and has...
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Bob Chinn – The History of Pornography (1970)
SynopsisPerhaps the boldest of the early sex documentaries, The History of Pornography is a comprehensive view of graphic depictions of sex in art and literature from ancient times onward. That most...
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Frédéric Rossif – Mourir à Madrid AKA To Die in Madrid (1963)
To Die in Madrid (French: Mourir à Madrid) is a 1963 French documentary film about the Spanish Civil War, directed by Frédéric Rossif. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary...
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Tony Thompson – Any Man’s Kingdom (1956)
Quote:A documentary showing aspects of long-disappeared rural life in Northumberland in 1953. Any.Mans.Kingdom.1956.576p.BluRay.AAC.1.0.x264-KiOSK.mkv General Container: Matroska Runtime: 20 min 59 s...
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Philippe Mora – Swastika (1973)
“Man or monster? That’s one of the most frequent questions film-makers dealing with the rise of Hitler have had to ask themselves. Humanise him and you risk serving up a trite explanation for the...
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Theo Montoya – Anhell69 (2022)
Colombian filmmaker Theo Montoya opens his latest doc, Anhell69, with an extreme juxtaposition. There is grainy video footage of politicians signing the landmark peace agreement in 2016, which meant...
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Peter Greenaway – Act of God (1980)
This is a brilliant short documentary made by the infamous Peter Greenaway for Thames Television program “Take 6” in 1980. For this project, Greenaway tackles the task of interviewing British subjects...
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Brett Story – The Hottest August (2019)
A complex portrait of a city and its inhabitants, THE HOTTEST AUGUST gives us a window into the collective consciousness of the present. The film’s point of departure is one city over one month: New...
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Lorenzo Moscia – In the Name of Gerry Conlon (2022)
Two months before his death, the central figure of “The Guildford Four” Gerry Conlon meets Lorenzo Moscia to recount his remarkable life, from falsely imprisoned to world-famous human rights activist....
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Oeke Hoogendijk – Het Nieuwe Rijksmuseum – De Film AKA The New Rijksmuseum –...
Quote:In 2003, the ambitious renovation of one of the world’s greatest museums began. The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, home to a glorious collection including masterpieces by Rembrandt and Vermeer, was...
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Bernardo Bertolucci – La via del petrolio AKA The Path of Oil (1967)
Bernardo Bertolucci’s first and only documentary, La via del petrolio consists of three episodes produced by the director in October-November 1965 to recount the complete “oil journey”, from...
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René Viénet – Mao par lui-même AKA Mao by Mao (1977)
SynopsisA film autobiography of Mao Tse-tung, leader of China from 1947 through until his death in 1976, drawn exclusively from his own writings, diaries, speeches and personal notes. Incorporates...
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Simone Bitton & Elias Sanbar – Mahmoud Darwich : Et la terre, comme la...
Quote:In the powerful documentary “Mahmoud Darwich,” Simone Bitton interviews the famed Palestinian poet about his art, life, and relationship with his homeland. Bitton explores the connection between...
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Kaori Oda – Aragane (2015)
Made while director Kaori Oda was studying at Béla Tarr’s Film.Factory in Sarajevo, Aragane is, on the surface, a documentary about a Bosnian coalmine. As Oda takes us underground, the surroundings...
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