Best Culture & Society Films of 1999
The Awful Truth: Season 01
The first season of ... The Awful Truth contains a biography of Michael Moore and several amusing outtakes from the filming of the show. [ best culture & society films - 1999 ]
Grass
Woody Harrelson narrates this ... with more humor than militance (the end credits note "No hippies were harmed in the making of this film"). [ best culture & society films - 1999 ]
American Pimp
Albert and Allen Hughes, ... present, with particular emphasis on the '70s pimp, whose lifestyle was exposed in the blaxploitation films of the '70s. [ best culture & society films - 1999 ]
Death: A Love Story
Actress Michelle Le Brun ... notion of his passing. Death: A Love Story was enthusiastically received when screened at the 1999 Sundance Film Festival. [ best culture & society films - 1999 ]
Gendernauts
Filmmaker Monika Treut, who ... popular meeting place for "gendernaut" activists. Gendernauts was shown in the "Panorama" section of the 1999 Berlin Film Festival. [ best culture & society films - 1999 ]
Pop & Me
This video is the ... Lennon. The senior and junior Roe face their fears and frustrations with each other, with love, anger and poignancy. [ best culture & society films - 1999 ]
Better Living Through Circuitry
Rave culture began in ... Flür of Kraftwerk, Genesis P-Orridge of Psychic TV, Moby, Roni Size, DJ Spooky, Frankie Bones and the Crystal Method. [ best culture & society films - 1999 ]
Genghis Blues
The tiny nation of ... Blues proved to be an audience favorite in screenings at the 1999 Sundance, Rotterdam and San Francisco Film Festivals. [ best culture & society films - 1999 ]
Shadow Boxers
While boxing was once ... her effortless charm and intelligence. Shadow Boxers was well received in its screening at the 1999 Seattle Film Festival. [ best culture & society films - 1999 ]
The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg
Hank Greenberg was the ... action, reminiscences from his teammates and testimonials from his family, friends and fans, including Alan Dershowitz and Walter Matthau. [ best culture & society films - 1999 ]
The Last Cigarette
Since everyone knows that ... and directed by Kevin Rafferty and Frank Keraudren; Rafferty previously helped assemble the A-bomb compilation documentary, The Atomic Cafe. [ best culture & society films - 1999 ]
42 Up
In 1964, England's Granada ... release within months of the highest-profile film of his career, the James Bond adventure The World Is Not Enough. [ best culture & society films - 1999 ]
Cubamania!
Thanks to its pulsing ... are dance lessons to help the beginner viewer start learning about this excellent form of recreation, art, and exercise. [ best culture & society films - 1999 ]
Straight from the Streets
Straight from the Streets ... activist Louis Farrakhan, while Snoop Doggy Dogg, Ice T, Ice Cube, and Kurupt appear in several rarely seen performances. [ best culture & society films - 1999 ]
Beyond the Mat
In a rare foray ... World Wrestling Federation's boastful bigwig Vince McMahon. McMahon later tried to block the release and promotion of the film. [ best culture & society films - 1999 ]
The Jaundiced Eye
From the production team ... justice afoul and how hate and delusion can drastically warp the life of a child and those around him. [ best culture & society films - 1999 ]
After Stonewall
From a historical perspective ... rights supporters, including novelist Dorothy Allison, Congressman Barney Frank, ACT-UP founder Larry Kramer, and best-selling author Rita Mae Brown. [ best culture & society films - 1999 ]
The Charcoal People
Noted British documentary filmmaker ... rainforest bit by bit in order to make charcoal. This film was screened at the 2000 Sundance Film Festival. [ best culture & society films - 1999 ]
Legacy
While shooting another documentary ... single mother kicks a drug habit and gets a job, and Nickole -- Terrell's cousin -- gets into college. [ best culture & society films - 1999 ]
And Baby Makes Two
This 60-minute documentary is ... to become pregnant. Viewers follow her through a journey of initial optimism, disappointment, and finally a transition to adoption. [ best culture & society films - 1999 ]
Food for the Ancestors: The Mexican Celebration of "The Days of the Dead"
PBS home video takes ... ant eggs, and mosquitos. This colorful cultural celebration comes to an end at the grave sites of thier ancestors. [ best culture & society films - 1999 ]
Morrie: Lessons on Living
Morrie Schwartz's inspirational story ... might also be facing death, and in Schwartz's view, death with dignity is always possible with the right attitude. [ best culture & society films - 1999 ]
People's Century: Young Blood - Baby Boomers Rock Society for Change
This video is part ... music culture, hippies, yippies, environmental concerns, and more. Archival film footage and interviews are used to tell the story. [ best culture & society films - 1999 ]
Release
A film as raw ... it did before you truly opened your mind to the passionate and aggressive world of punk rock and hardcore. [ best culture & society films - 1999 ]
Secrets of the Millennium: Man vs. Nature - Who Will Win?
This video takes an ... environmentalists and scientists. The question is posed: Will man have to pay with his own life for his greed? [ best culture & society films - 1999 ]
Pimps Up, Ho's Down
Pimps Up, Ho's Down ... their pimp role a position of authority and power. Needless to say, this film is not appropriate for children. [ best culture & society films - 1999 ]
Our House
Five families headed by ... homosexuals from marrying. The parents talk about the various adjustments their children continue to make in their social lives. [ best culture & society films - 1999 ]
Black & Gold
Can a street gang ... and philosophical motives behind their actions. Black & Gold was screened at the 2001 San Francisco Independent Film Festival. [ best culture & society films - 1999 ]
Dangerous Missions: Counter Terrorist Teams
Each episode of Suicide ... Special Air Service and the Fleet Anti-Terrorism Security Team are included, as well as reviews of noted counterterrorist acts. [ best culture & society films - 1999 ]
The Gods of Times Square
This documentary focuses viewer ... proselytizers that wander the sidewalks of New York's Times Square, once one of the most iniquitous streets on earth. [ best culture & society films - 1999 ]
Tales From the Land of Gullah
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An Acquired Taste
For over a decade ... and Sleater-Kinney's "Jumpers". Other featured bands include Fruit Bats, Wolf Parade, The Helio Sequence, Low, Constantines, and Jennifer Gentle. [ best culture & society films - 1999 ]
How's Your News?
Video artist and counselor ... Vegas showgirls, alligator wranglers, homeless people, cowboys, and truckers. This film was screened at the 2001 Toronto Film Festival. [ best culture & society films - 1999 ]
Animals
An urban Canadian meat ... populate his farm in a bid to give them the best life possible before they meet their inevitable end. [ best culture & society films - 1999 ]
The Kindness of Strangers
Unlike other TV documentaries ... September 23, 1999; thereafter the film was exhibited theatrically, winning the Crystal Heart Award at the Telluride Film Festival. [ best culture & society films - 1999 ]
Fruit of the Vine
Grab your board and ... step away, these riotous skaters constantly live on the edge as they search for the perfect pool to skate. [ best culture & society films - 1999 ]
Tales From the Land of Gullah for Kids
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Private Dicks: Men Exposed
A wide variety of ... walks of life discuss personal revelations related to puberty, sexuality, perception, and, as it may go without saying, size. [ best culture & society films - 1999 ]
Hope, Gloves and Redemption: The Story of Mickey and Negra Rosario
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The Mullet Uncut
The history of society's ... that keeps it short on the sides and long in the back as it seeks to demystify the mullet. [ best culture & society films - 1999 ]
According to Occam's Razor
A home movie takes ... speaking with believers, charlatans, and experts in a mind-bending effort to discover the truth about life on other planets. [ best culture & society films - 1999 ]
A Little Family Conversation
Not unlike Michael Apted's ... scope of its immediate subjects and meditating on such themes as personal identity, familial identity and the generation gap. [ best culture & society films - 1999 ]
