Culture & Society Movies of 1998
In this medium-length (53 minutes) French-U.S. documentary made for European television, black filmmaker Melvin Van Peebles examines African-American film history. Narrating while clips, stills, and location shots are seen ...
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This 64-minute documentary, winner of the "Audience Award" at the 1998 Sundance Film Festival, details the hurdles that determined teenager Kelli Peterson had to ...
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As a determined collective of American and Vietnamese veterans collaborate for a sixteen day, 1,200 mile bicycle expedition ...
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While Mexico's indigenous peoples have been struggling for years to gain political representation and economic justice, their battles came to a head on January 1, 1994, when a militant political ...
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This documentary covers the story of a Nebraska triple homicide, beginning with the Lincoln, Nebraska birth of Teena Brandon, a woman who later made a change of both name and sex. In December ...
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This black-and-white low-budget documentary focuses on garrulous guide Timothy "Speed" Levitch, who talks to tourists traveling on the Gray Line's double-decker Manhattan tour buses. Getting to the core ...
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In the mid-1970s, documentary filmmakers Lorne and Lawrence Blair ventured ...
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This video pays tribute to two of America's unsung heroes, our police officers and firefighters. Join law enforcement officers as they ...
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The 1995 sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway shook Japanese society, resulting in bitter recriminations and national soul-searching comparable to Watergate in America. The ...
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This is a documentary about two years in the life of Francis Barrett, a talented travelling boxer from a small Irish town. Barrett's life runs like a fairy tale. He qualifies for the Irish Olympic team for Atlanta in 1996 and gets to ...
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Most American kids will encounter or play with a Barbie doll at some point in their young lives. If they're girls, they'll probably receive one or more Barbie dolls for gifts. This film examines why this ...
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The people behind the first two entries in the Death: The Final Journey series return with another collection of clips featuring horrifying footage of death. Released by Wayne Enterprises and DMN Productions, the program is intended ...
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The phenomenon of the poetry slam originated in Chicago ...
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The Story of Gospel Music provides a thorough overview of the history and performers of gospel ...
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Actress Kathleen Turner takes viewers through the ancient ruins of Pompeii, which was buried under ash in 79 A.D. when ...
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This inspirational video is designed as a kind of refresher course for Christians, reminding them of ...
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This program is part of a series that looks at the Bible and its esoteric teachings. The subject of this volume is the history of the Jewish nation. What were their beliefs? Using scriptural references, ...
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It's no secret that Jesus Christ is the center of the New Testament. This program takes a reverential look at Jesus and recapitulates the ...
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This program is part of a series that examines the Bible and its esoteric teachings. In this volume, the subject is culture and politics, and how they relate to faith in God. Can a nation thrive that has no reverence for God? Theologians and ...
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This program is part of a series on the Bible, and its esoteric teachings. This volume contains two episodes that ...
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This critically acclaimed and award-winning program from filmmaker David Sutherland garnered a phenomenal 18 million viewers for its premiere telecast on the PBS series Frontline. The documentary follows the trials, tribulations, and ...
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Days of Majesty celebrates both the decorum and the glitzy spectacle of official British Royal ceremonies. The video takes viewers back to 1953 for Queen Elizabeth II's ...
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Jefftowne is a documentary about a man named Jeff Towne. Towne suffers from Down's Syndrome and spends his time watching pornography, drinking beer, ...
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The history of one of America's most feared fraternal organizations is explored in this History Channel ...
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Mere minutes after the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) went into effect on January 1, 1994, a ...
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Filmmaker Johan Grimonprez explores the history of airline hijacking, from media ...
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Alexander Sokurov's Confession documents life on a Russian battleship. While the ship sails the Barents Sea, the ship's leader discusses how the loneliness of ...
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In the hood, it's the hustle that keeps folks alive, and in this documentary, viewers are offered a compelling glimpse into the lifestyle that could lead to unlimited wealth and respect, or a grim end at the wrong end of a gun barrel. ...
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True Stories of Witchcraft & Wizardry documents a number of myths, legends, and a few factual accounts of people practicing ancient forms of ...
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Mitsuru Okabe, famous for directing his mondo-styled series of glimpses at the world's most extreme bodybuilders, hosts the release Battle for Olympia 1997. This documentary program witnesses ...
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