Culture & Society Movies of 2001
Akira Kurosawa was arguably the most important Japanese filmmaker who ever lived; he was certainly among the most revered and most influential. His award-winning feature Rashomon was one ...
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Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami has often concerned himself with children striving to make the best of ...
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No other series of films has achieved greater commercial success, or captured the attention of as many viewers, as Star Wars, its two sequels, and the continuing ...
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Actors and political activists come together to take a long, hard look at the State of the Union during the 2000 U.S. Presidential election in this documentary, a follow-up to 1993's The ...
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Documentary filmmaker Alan Berliner has a name, just like everyone else, but he's not sure just what it's supposed to mean, and in ...
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In this edition of Caught on Tape, viewers are once again taken along on high-speed auto chases. Through the use of actual footage, Breaking the Law puts viewers in the driver's seat, offering a close-up view of ...
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In this edition of Caught on Tape, viewers are once again taken along on high-speed auto chases. Through the use of actual footage, Road Rage: Totally Uncensored puts viewers in the driver's seat, and offers a ...
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When Romanian dictator Nicolei Ceaucescu outlawed the use of contraceptives and encouraged his subjects to have more children in a bid to increase his nation's population, his campaign had a terrible and dangerous side effect -- thousands of ...
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Kate Davis' digitally shot documentary chronicles the last year in the life of Robert Eads, a female-to-male transsexual dying of terminal ovarian cancer in the ...
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Two men discover the perils of going into business with their friends as they observe the rise and fall of their Internet ...
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Wanting to make a film about American teenagers in the year 2000, filmmaker Kirby Dick took a novel approach; he went to John Marshall High School, a Los Angeles-area school with a racially and economically diverse student body, and gave ten ...
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A first-hand account of young athletes in the high school football-obsessed town of Massillon, OH, this ...
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Director Sandi Simcha DuBowski makes his feature-length ...
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Husbands of pregnant wives may find personal support for their unique experiences in this video based on Gordon Churchwell's book entitled Expecting: One Man's Uncensored Memoir of Pregnancy. Men attempt to perform ...
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Berlevag is a small city in the far north of Norway. The town has fallen on hard economic times in recent years, and many of the city's younger citizens have ...
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The old saying has it that a person's home is their castle, and this documentary takes a witty look at five unusual ...
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B.Z. Goldberg, an American filmmaker who was raised in Jerusalem and is fluent in ...
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While the life of a cowboy has rarely been regarded as an easy ...
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Playwright Jill Morley worked as a dancer at a low-rent strip club in New Jersey before her drama The True Adventures of a Go-Go Girl became an off-Broadway success. Eager to ...
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While the attention of avid groupies can be very flattering, and a rich source of ego-boosting, there can be a dark side to the overly enthusiastic fan. Most rock bands have their ...
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Originally shown as part of the "POV" series on PBS, Well-Founded Fear examines the United States' system for granting political asylum and the refugees caught within it. Following several pending cases at the U.S. Immigration Office, Camarinie ...
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The son of Italian-American parents who had a strong pride in their ...
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From the makers of Thug Immortal comes this "Rapumentary" chronicling the rise and fall of Death Row records. The brain-child of Suge Knight, Death Row blasted ...
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In the late '60s through mid-'70s, the world of pop music spawned the new phenomenon of "groupies," women who ...
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Hosted by Kirk Cameron, this video offers a video peek at the trials and tribulations of portraying jolly old Saint ...
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Set in Florida's beach community, Mule Skinner Blues chronicles a group of locals who crave self-expression in the midst of their Southern Gothic lifestyles. Chief among the figures is Beanie Andrew, a fifty-something former alcoholic ...
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Elvis Presley may be gone, but his legacy lives on, and while many fans are content to recall one of the greatest entertainers of the 20th Century by listening to his records or watching his movies, ...
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This program traces the story of the quintessential American soft drink Coca-Cola. The exact formula of the popular soda has always been a secret, ever since it was devised in the lab of a ...
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Women are becoming a growing presence in the world of competitive mountain biking, and this documentary offers an in-depth look at ten of the leading women in this ...
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There's hardly a community in America does doesn't offer some sort of a spook show or haunted house for kids during the Hallowe'en season, but ...
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The Commandos: Elite Special Forces videos give viewers an in-depth look at the world's ranks of trained specialists who carry out life-or-death rescue ...
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Cupid's Funniest Moments collects video footage of embaressing and romantic moments having to do with love and marriage. A multi-tiered wedding cake toppling over, memorable marriage proposals, and a fainting grooms and brides are a ...
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The Commandos: Elite Special Forces videos give viewers an ...
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The Commandos: Elite Special Forces videos give viewers an in-depth look at ...
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Documentary filmmaker Peter Rosen directed this incisive backstage look at one of the world's most prestigious musical competitions, the Eleventh Annual Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. The Cliburn: ...
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For the documentary The Inner Tour, Israeli-born filmmaker Ra'anan Alexandrowicz took a ...
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Acclaimed documentary filmmaker Monika Treut follows up on her 1999 opus Gendernauts with this look at Brazilian socialite-turned-activist Yvonne Bezerra de Mello. The wife of Alvaro Bezerra de ...
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Mimi George and Rick Kent direct this social documentary about exhibits of primitive urges in materialistic America. Disenfranchised by organized religion, capitalism, and the ...
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In the wake of the devastating national tragedy of September 11, 2001, a stunned America was forever changed. Realizing the importance of a ...
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Hip-Hop culture has always been about much more than just rap music; hip-hop embraced a ...
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Documentary filmmaker Denis Mueller has combined rare historical footage with present-day news coverage ...
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The documentary Native American Medicine compares and contrasts ancient and traditional Native American ...
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The Rev. Al Sharpton has been one of America's most controversial political activists for nearly two decades. While his views on racial justice and social and economic equality have been both praised and reviled by ...
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In 1962, Jamaica won its independence from the United Kingdom, and the island nation, which had long struggled with ...
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Most nuns are not like Sister Helen -- she's tough as nails, can curse like a sailor, and woe be unto anyone who gets on her bad ...
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Artist and filmmaker Thomas Allen Harris grew up with a variety of divergent perspectives on the notion of African-American cultural identity. His grandfather, Albert Sidney Johnson, was an associate of W.E.B. DuBois, ...
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The genesis of this Oscar-winning documentary feature was one of the more appalling miscarriages of justice in recent American history. In May of 2000, Mary Ann Stephens, a 65-year-old tourist from Georgia, was shot and killed by a black assailant ...
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Kim A. Snyder was working on Jodie Foster's Home for the Holidays when she was struck with a painful and debilitating illness. Snyder eventually learned that she had ...
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Travel coast to coast with a collection of everyday people as they search for the American dream in Scott Jacobs' compelling trip across ...
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Recalling both the 1994 masterpiece Hoop Dreams (it sports the same producers) and Michael Apted's legendary Up series of documentaries, Maria Finitzo's sociological portrait 5 Girls (2001) observes the challenges, travails, hopes, dreams, and ...
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British musicians Duncan Bridgeman and Jamie Catto came up with the idea for 1 Giant Leap after discovering their mutual interest in music, film, philosophy, spirituality, and diversity. The project is a synthesis of ...
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A loving documentary about possibly the most controversial hairstyle to ever hit American ...
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Friends Forever follows the fortunes of the eponymous rock band, who claim they're out to save rock & roll, as they travel the country, bringing their unique brand of music straight ...
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Johnnie Cochran is one of the best known and most outspoken attorneys in America. Elevated to fame for representing the likes of O.J. Simpson, Sean "P. Diddy" Combs, and Snoop ...
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Luther Vandross left behind a successful career as a backing vocalist for such artists as Diana Ross, Roberta Flack, Chic, David Bowie, and Bette Midler to ...
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Tribes in southwestern China take all their food from the land. This leads to some culinary experiences that the average person may find off-putting. The documentary Eating the Uneatable shows how these people gather and prepare a ...
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Experience even more of the most exotic meals on the planet in this ...
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Widely believed to be one of the original and arguably best style of kung-fu fighting, the world ...
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Jane Bunnett is an acclaimed jazz musician from Canada who, along with her husband and fellow jazz artist Larry Cramer, has embraced the diverse rhythmic and ...
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Over a half a century after the last shots were fired at the Huertgen, German and American ...
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The title of this hour-long documentary refers to the ...
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Nearly 100 years after the Mexican Revolution, documentary filmmaker Francesco Taboada Tabone tracks down the last surviving members of the Liberation Army of the South to discover truths not ...
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Known as Sin City, Las Vegas, Nevada has become synonymous with gambling, sex, and a wild nightlife. Las Vegas: Then and Now documents how gangsters, entrepreneurs, ...
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The lives, hopes, and fears of five suburban paperboys are put to celluloid in this short documentary from music video ...
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Born to a middle-class family in suburban Australia, Leigh Bowery moved to London, England, in the early '80s with a desire to re-invent himself. Always fascinated with fashion and the expressive possibilities of clothing, ...
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Davis Guggenheim directs The First Year, a documentary about five rookie teachers in the Los ...
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This documentary explores the plight of Tibetan refugees and ...
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Fresh out of college and confused about what direction to take in life, Eric Saperston bought a 1971 Volkswagen and set out to follow the Grateful Dead and work for a ski season in Aspen. The documentary Journey follows him and his ...
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The captivating story of the notorious Aum Shinrikyo cult continues in director Tatsuya Mori's fascinating follow-up to the ...
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Famous for his dealings with celebrities and forecasting the future, Cherokee Shaman Rolling Thunder is profiled in this documentary. Focusing on the life of this prolific medicine man, the special digs into his mystique ...
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Old Believers: Three Films By Jana Sevcikova contains three documentaries by the acclaimed filmmaker. Old Believers concerns Russian emigrants who maintain their heritage but also allow themselves to utilize ...
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Nothing makes folks laugh quite like cute kids and cuddly critters, and in this collection of clips from America's Funniest Home Videos home viewers get a heaping helping of both. After joining ...
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The documentary America's Toughest Sheriff profiles Joe Arpaio, a sheriff who has gained notoriety for his non-nonsense approach to ...
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Luciano Pavarotti: The Voice, The Maestro, The Man offers a look at the legendary tenor's life and career. In addition to offering ...
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The A&E channel documentary Border Patrol: American's Gatekeepers travels to the borders that divide the United States from its neighboring countries, where a relatively small number of patrolmen work overtime to ...
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