Culture & Society Movies of 1999
The first season of Michael Moore's television show The Awful Truth consists of 12 episodes and is a sound introduction for those unfamiliar with Moore's ...
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Woody Harrelson narrates this documentary about the history of marijuana in 20th century America. ...
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Albert and Allen Hughes, the writing and directing team of Menace II Society and Dead Presidents, turn their documentary eye to the world of street pimps ...
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Actress Michelle Le Brun directed this highly personal documentary about her husband, actor and writer Mel Howard, and his unsuccessful attempts to overcome ...
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Filmmaker Monika Treut, who has made a career out of documenting the outer edges of human sexual expression, takes a look at a group of politically- and socially-conscious transsexuals in a study of what ...
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This video is the brainchild of first time director Chris Roe, who sets out on a round the world journey with his baby boomer father, in search of insight into the meaning of relationships. As they struggle with their own father-son issues, ...
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Rave culture began in the early 1980s as a nexus point where underground dance grooves and alternative electronic music met. It has since grown into a worldwide movement that ...
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The tiny nation of Tuva, located between Siberia and Mongolia, is home to an unusual musical tradition known as throat singing, in which vocalists produce resonant tones from deep in their ...
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While boxing was once an exclusively male sport, that's ...
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Hank Greenberg was the first great Jewish star in baseball; at a time when the game was still racially segregated, Greenberg became a first-class hitter for the ...
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Since everyone knows that smoking isn't good for you, why do so many people smoke? That's one of the questions posed in ...
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In 1964, England's Granada Television produced a documentary called 7 Up, in which 14 seven-year-old ...
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Thanks to its pulsing rhythms and sensuality, salsa dancing has become one of the most popular forms of dance in the world. This disc contains a dozen dance performances that were filmed on ...
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Straight from the Streets chronicles some of the milestones that faced the African-American community during the early '90s, ...
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In a rare foray into documentary filmmaking, Ron Howard and Brian Grazer's ...
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From the production team of the Academy Award-nominated Waco: The Rules of Engagement (1997) comes this harrowing account of two men wrongly accused of sexual molestation. Stephen Matthews fathered a child with his girlfriend ...
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From a historical perspective on AIDS to the brutal slaying of Matthew Shepherd, After Stonewall exposes 30 years of struggle ...
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Noted British documentary filmmaker Nigel Noble directs this beautifully-photographed look at itinerant unskilled workers ...
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While shooting another documentary on Chicago's infamous housing projects, filmmaker Todd S. Lending was at the wrong place at the wrong time. Instead of his ...
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This 60-minute documentary is a candid and emotional look at 11 single women who have decided to ...
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PBS home video takes the viewer to the streets of Mexico for the annual celebration that honors the dead. It is both a joyful and sad celebration of their ancestors. It is a week ...
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Morrie Schwartz's inspirational story is told through a collection of interviews first broadcast on the ABC News series. These ...
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This video is part of a series that examines some of the influential sociopolitical movements that shaped the 20th century. This program ...
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A film as raw as the music that inspired it, director Brant Sersen's Release delves deep into the world of punk rock and hardcore music in a sincere attempt to demystify the common misconceptions and stereotypes of the misunderstood ...
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This video takes an in-depth look at the interdependent relationship between man and nature. The film proposes that the ...
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Pimps Up, Ho's Down take viewers behind the scenes of the pimp game and the prostitution ring. More than ten years in the making, the in-your-face documentary explores the secret society of pimps and the world of the street. ...
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Five families headed by gay couples are profiled during this program that explores what it's really like to be raised by ...
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Can a street gang transform itself into a community service ...
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Each episode of Suicide Missions gives viewers the vicarious experience of one of the world's deadliest professions. From the obvious risks entailed in sundry military missions to the ...
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This documentary focuses viewer attention on the many religious proselytizers that wander the sidewalks of New York's Times Square, once one of the most iniquitous streets on earth. ~ ...
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For over a decade Sub Pop Records have been delivering the very best in non-mainstream modern rock, and in this release showcasing twenty-five tracks by some of ...
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Video artist and counselor to Camp Jabberwocky -- the country's oldest camp for mentally ...
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An urban Canadian meat eater wrestles with his carnivorous conscience after moving to the countryside to grow his own ...
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Unlike other TV documentaries on organ transplants, The Kindness of Strangers focuses not on the operation or the recipients, but on the families of recipients and donors alike. In the course of the film, the ...
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Grab your board and head to the nearest empty pool with Fruit of the Vine, a special dedicated to poolriding with the most fearless skaters out there. With the fear of getting busted always a half step away, these riotous skaters ...
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A wide variety of male specimens boldly go before the camera to discuss their relationship with their penises in filmmakers Thom Powers and Meema Spadola's honest and unguarded answer to the popular Vagina Monologues. Despite the fact that ...
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The history of society's most misunderstood hairstyle is explored in this humorous documentary that keeps it short on the sides and long in the back as it seeks to demystify the mullet. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
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A home movie takes a turn towards the fantastic when the director's children begin experiencing extraterrestrial events in this look at life beyond the stars from Communion director Philippe ...
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Not unlike Michael Apted's Up series and Helena Trestikova's
Marriage Études, Hélène Lapiower's sociological ...
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Per its title, the documentary series Test Pilots discusses the lives, roles and accomplishments of the men and women in America who test-fly state-of-the-art aircraft, putting their safety on the line as ...
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