Culture & Society Movies of 2007
While Los Angeles has been the capital of major studio filmmaking in America since the early ears of the 20th Century, in the northern part of California, San Francisco has become home to a different breed of ...
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After exploring the predominance of violence in American culture in Bowling for Columbine and taking a critical look at the September 11th attacks in Fahrenheit 9/11, activist filmmaker Michael Moore ...
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Award-winning journalist Dan Cox turns his attentions towards filmmaking with this politically-charged documentary exploring the career of the ...
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Filmmaker Justin Hunt leads viewers on a cross-country journey straight into the heart of the ...
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March of the Penguins producers National ...
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Hollywood music consultant Bruce Ricker teams with filmmaking legend Clint Eastwood to take an intimate look at the life and career of beloved ...
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Bill Haney's muckraking documentary The Price of Sugar follows the courageous Father Christopher Hartley, a social activist Spanish priest who makes the inaugural trip to his parish in the Dominican ...
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Sopranos star James Gandolfini pulls double duty as executive producer and host of a documentary concerning wounded U.S. veterans of the Iraq War. Originally aired on HBO, Alive Day ...
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Following three decades spent as a self-described "economic hit man," best-selling author and popular lecturer John Perkins takes on the topic of globalization in this informative and enlightening speech. A man who has once ...
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In his post-Monty Python years, British comic and belletrist Michael Palin unquestionably made one of his strongest marks as a host of popular travel-themed cable ...
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Author Norman Soloman teams with activist/actor Sean Penn to encourage critical thinking about media spin during wartime by introducing viewers to the techniques of war ...
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The disheartening failure of specialized institutions and the irreparably damaging effect that they can have on the ailing patients that they purport to help are highlighted in actress-turned-filmmaker Sandrine Bonnaire's intimate portrait ...
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At a time in history when the FBI has deemed animal-rights activists the number-one domestic terrorist ...
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Co-directors Leila Conners Petersen and Nadia Conners conduct interviews with some of the world's leading scientists and creative thinkers in a film that asks whether or not it's too late ...
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For the Baby Boomers, the assassination of President John F. Kennedy took on the same since of tragedy as the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks did for Generation Y - not only for the ...
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This documentary follows director Kevin Booth as he investigates the world of illegal drugs, from street-corner dealers to high level kingpins, from narcotics officers to powerful judges. Appraoching his subject matter ...
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The reflective documentary Pete Seeger: The Power of Song explores the legacy of ...
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While the United States has perhaps the most advanced health care system in the world, it also has the second-highest infant mortality rate of any industrialized nation, and many have begun to ...
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Director Alix Lambert explores the intricate language of Russian Criminal Tattoos with this vivid look at a vanishing practice as presented by the prisoners, guards, and ...
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As far as raw eccentricity is concerned, few American families could top the ...
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Africa Calling documents one of the performances held around the world in the event that became known as Live 8. This concert primarily featured artists from the ...
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Filmmaker Alex LeMay explores the plight of 600 African-Americans who were unwittingly airlifted into the predominantly ...
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The Prisoner Or: How I Planned to Kill Tony Blair represents ...
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After taking note of a particularly powerful shift in pop culture during the 1960s, ...
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Academy Award-nominated director Michael Verhoeven unearths the long-buried truth about Nazi Germany in this documentary ...
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Filmmaker Dan Klores recounts the true story of one of ...
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Global warming has been the most significant environmental issue to come to the public's attention in the final quarter ...
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The place of gay and lesbian congregation and clergy within various Christian denominations has become an increasingly ...
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Award winning documentary filmmaker Rory Kennedy explores the human and political consequences of one of the most bitter scandals of the war in Iraq in this feature. In the 1960's, a prison was built in Abu ...
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Brazil is a nation where political and economic corruption and violent crime are a way of life for many, and filmmaker Jason Kohn examines some of the ...
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Most four-year-olds make paintings that hang on the refrigerator in their parents' kitchen, but by that age Marla Olmstead already had ...
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On March 19, 2003, forces from the United States and a handful of allied nations invaded Iraq to remove Saddam Hussein from power. American military leaders expected the conflict to last no more than a few months, and ...
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Participant Productions, the same studio that heralded An Inconvenient Truth into theaters returns with an insider's look into former president Jimmy Carter's book tour as seen through the eyes of director Jonathan ...
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In late 2006, former U.S. Marine captain Brian Steidle traveled to Darfur, Sudan, with the African Union peacekeeping force -- and found his life and perspective on the world forever ...
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Seth Gordon's documentary The King of Kong follows the exploits of the two best Donkey Kong players in America. Billy Mitchell has held the world record for the popular video game for over 20 years. The film covers his rise to ...
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Urban Spotlight DVD-Zine: U.S. West Coast World Premiere is the ...
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More than 30 years after
Roe v. Wade ...
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The title of Beth Murphy's heart-rending activist documentary Beyond the 11th (also known as Beyond Belief) refers to 9/11, and her two chief subjects are Patti Quigley and Susan Retik, a pair of American women who ...
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In this documentary, celebrated journalist and filmmaker Alexandra Pelosi (daughter of congresswoman ...
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S.W.A.T. Behind the Scenes documents what happens when a special weapons and tactics team is called into duty. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide
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Mark Farley and his twin brother Alex Farley were born and raised in Montana, a place ...
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Using a project initiated by the National Endowment of the Arts as a launching point to explore the wartime experiences of those ...
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The PBS documentary The Marines charts the history, culture, ethos and intent of the United States ...
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Few Americans get a better look at their country than the long-haul truck driver, and in this documentary filmmakers Doug Pray and Brad Blondheim travel 21,000 ...
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Four mere mortals adapt the personas of their favorite superhero characters, and filmmaker Matt Ogens chronicles the lives and ambitions of this curious quartet in a documentary that explores ...
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As eight dedicated balloon twisters travel to numerous conventions in hopes of improving their skills and getting their unique art seen by the ...
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In an era where fact, fiction, and legend have become increasingly difficult to distinguish, ...
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Two friends with one year to spare and a deep curiosity about the American food ...
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Bill Talen is a New York-based activist and performance artist who since the late 1990's has won notoriety for his character Rev. Billy. Rev. Billy is a wildly charismatic street ...
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In 2005 a number of provocative, award-winning ads appeared that touted the Helvetica font; Gary Hustwit explores the subject protractedly with his ...
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During her lifetime, Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes earned an international reputation as a singer and rapper with the popular R&B group TLC. However, Lopes also became known as a wild child with a reckless ...
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Writer-director Eric Chaikin's feature-length ...
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At a time when one in 150 children born in the United States is diagnosed with autism, filmmaker Tricia Regan takes an optimistic approach to this troubling trend by following five autistic ...
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From the producer of Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room and Who Killed the Electric Car? comes a documentary that takes a ...
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Middle Eastern director Ido Haar helms the haunting cinema direct documentary 9 Star Hotel. The work ...
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Documentary filmmaker Shelly Prevost explores public attitudes towards gender blur by examining the murder of a transgendered California man who was brutally ...
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Ted Braun's documentary about Darfur showcases how six different people have each done ...
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Every rodeo needs a clown, and few men are better suited for that special responsibility ...
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Filmmaker Louise Hogarth's documentary Angels in the Dust chronicles one of the most uplifting yet unsung stories of our time: that of the Botshabelo Orphanage outside of ...
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While the subject of brain injury is challenging and sometimes frightening for doctors as well patients and their families, few such maladies are as misunderstood as the coma. ...
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The home video release International Dancehall ...
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In the world of hip-hop, honor and loyalty are paramount. Perhaps nowhere in the contemporary urban music scene are these sentiments more evident than in the story of the late Notorious ...
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In an era where juvenile delinquency in Japan has hit an all-time high, writer/director Jean-Pierre Limosin tells the tale of an aimless 20-year-old who is faced with the choice of walking two distinctly disparate paths in ...
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Filmmaker Barbet Schroeder transcends the borders of the political and judiciary arenas to explore the mystery of a man who stands up for some of society's most ...
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Even experienced animal communicator Cesar Millan runs into problems while ...
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Veteran animal communicator Cesar Millan is world ...
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Dr. Jack Kessler's life took a most unexpected twist in January 2001, when a tragic accident befell his family. At around the same time that Dr. ...
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The documentary The Case for Christ follows reporter Lee Strobel as he interviews a number of ...
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Kings and Criminals takes a look inside the tattoo subculture in Britain. The ...
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Running in excess of three hours, the epic documentary Ganges explores ...
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It's no secret that stand-up comics are a tortured lot, and in this documentary filmmaker Andrea ...
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Peabody Award-winning filmmaker Paul Freedman directs this sobering documentary about the genocidal crisis in the Darfur region of Sudan. Freedman followed a group of African Union peacekeeping ...
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The troops at the heart of the harrowing special National Geographic: Inside the Green Berets are far from standard issue military men. As the ...
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For well over a century, The New York Public Library has played a ...
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American financial counselor and guru Suze Orman hosts the self-help release Suze Orman: Women and Money. A lesson in gender psychology and ...
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British actor, comic and politico Tony Robinson rose to fame on the crest of the UK period farce Black Adder ...
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For competitors who take part in the annual Cooperstown Weigh Off, the greatest honor imaginable is to raise the biggest ...
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The true story of the Jamaican dogsled team comes to the screen in this documentary that follows twelve stray dogs from the streets and animal shelters of Kingston as they travel the globe in search of adventure. No ...
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This 70 minute HBO documentary profiles animal rights leader Ingrid Newkirk, founder of activist group People for the ...
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The events that transpired at Little Rock Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, in September 1957 not only set a key and vital precedent for civil rights in the United States, but permanently altered ...
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Two narratives intersect in the surfing documentary The Lost ...
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Grammy-winning Fugee Pras Michel explores the troubling reality of homelessness by shedding his million dollar duds and living in the five block radius of Los Angeles known as "Skid Row" - an area where poverty runs notoriously rampant ...
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Queen: Behind the Mask features Royal biographer Andrew Morton offering a look at the life of Queen Elizabeth II. The program features interviews with various people who have had contact with her and her family over ...
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Bullrun Presents: New York to L.A. documents a cross-country auto race involving particular expensive cars. The program showcases some of the competitors, and ...
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This Is Roller Skating and Other Odd Rarities collects a number of unusual, rarely seen ...
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Michael Apted's documentary Married in America 2 follows up on the nine soon-to-be-wedded couples he interviewed five years previously for the first film in this ongoing series. ...
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Hoodz: Hoodz to Hoodz offers footage from some of the roughest neighborhoods in America. The program showcases how these mean streets helped to create some of the most respected hip-hop artists of their time. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie ...
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Streets: NYC captures a number of the people who comprise ...
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Six members of sexually corrupt Satanic Sluts collective engage in Japanese rope bondage, satanic crucifixions, ...
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The documentary release Modern Land Warfare: Battle Tanks discusses ...
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The release Modern Land Warfare: Mobile Warfare provides a documentary-style tour of the latest advances in ...
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The Magical History Tour home video releases carry viewers on epic-length documentary tours of various celebrities' haunts. The volume entitled Elvis' Memphis spends ...
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The Magical History Tour home video releases carry viewers on epic-length ...
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The Magical History Tour home video releases carry viewers on epic-length documentary tours of various celebrities' private haunts. The volume entitled Beyond Elvis' ...
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The Magical History Tour home video releases carry viewers on documentary tours of various celebrities' private haunts. The volume entitled The Concise Beyond Elvis' Memphis constitutes a sequel of ...
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Per its title, the 60 minute documentary Oprah: Unauthorized offers an uncensored and decidedly unvarnished look at Oprah Winfrey. As one of the most ...
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Pat Boone hosts the documentary program Real Heroes: Inspirational Stories of Giving. This special pays unfettered tribute to the uniquely American holiday known as Thanksgiving - whereby, each November, ...
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For the gut-wrenching documentary exposé Meeting Resistance, ...
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The filmmaker who had total access to deceased Russian dissident Alexander Litvinenko makes the inflammatory claim that Russia has ...
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The Metal Shop series of home video releases provide documentary glimpses behind the scenes and into the lives of the most popular heavy metal bands of the ...
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The Metal Shop series of home video releases provide documentary ...
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The conspiracy-themed release Endgame: Blueprint for Global Enslavement attempts to make a case for the idea that the governments of the contemporary world are uniting to form a "new world order" and enslave ...
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The documentary release Rebellion of Thought: Post-Modernism, The Church and the Struggle For Authentic Faith explores the challenges of living a Biblically-oriented Christian ...
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Filmmaker Mike Hill profiles one of the skateboarding world's most revolutionary figures in this ...
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Hood Life, Vol. 3: The Documentary Continues offers more footage of the often perilous existence for those who attempt to survive on the mean ...
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Rock Stars offers bleak footage of crack addiction, focusing on the drug underworld ...
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Taking inspiration from Morgan Spurlock's Super Size Me, Michael Blieden's documentary Super High Me charts what happens to comedian Doug Benson as he spends thirty days smoking marijuana. Benson also abstains from the drug for thirty days so that ...
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Illinois Senator Barack Obama travels to Africa in this 2007 documentary for an examination of social situations on the continent as well as a personal exploration of his heritage. Highlights include visits to the South African ...
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From the late 1940s until his untimely death in January 2000, Austrian-born Friedrich ...
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For decades, mobster Angelo Roberts wielded terrifying authority as the most omnipotent organized crime figure in the Chicago underground. Moreover, as the head of the ...
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A program that deliberately and aggressively slices through widespread conservative attempts to dismiss global warming, ozone depletion and other environmental hazards, the three-hour documentary Planet in Peril finds a trio of ...
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C-Murder: The Movement follows the New Orleans based rapper as he lets the camera look at this lifestyle, including the devastation his friends, family, and neighbors experiences during Hurricane Katrina. ~ Perry Seibert, All ...
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Every year, the greatest minds in the world converge for a single event known as Technology Entertainment Design or simply ...
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In 1993, East Coast rock 'n' roll guitarist Tim McCloone made history by forming The Holiday Express - a collective of some 400 New Jersey musicians and volunteers, devoted to ...
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This gritty urban documentary takes a look at the business of cocaine smuggling, an illegal industry that ...
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With great energy and panache, fashion designer Marc Jacobs established himself as one of the most original minds in haute couture during the early 21st century. Time and again, Jacobs ...
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The simple act of forgiveness can have profound consequences, and in this documentary filmmaker Martin Doblmeier explores the personal and ...
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For many around the world, the October 1957 launch of the Russian satellite Sputnik represented a pivotal event that single-handedly gave rise to the global Cold War. In America, the satellite prompted ...
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Two iconoclastic performance artists whose names are a veritable household word in the United Kingdom, Gilbert ...
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Hot Rod Television: Too Fast Edition features footage of numerous automobiles that have been modified by their owners to become high-performance vehicles. ~ Perry ...
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Human Weapon: Hand to Hand Military Combat features professional mixed martial arts fighter Jason Chambers and footballer Bill Duff training in a variety of fighting styles including the ...
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Third and a Mile: The History of the Black Quarterback, adapted ...
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While seldom discussed in contemporary times, 19th century Gallic painter Gustave Courbet (1819-1877) singlehandedly built the aesthetic movement known as
realism, which brought him seemingly ...
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Speaking Freely, Vol. 4: Chalmers Johnson on American Hegemony features an extended interview with the professor who speaks on a number of topics ...
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An inspirational saga familiar to sports fans around the world, the life story of Troy Bayliss ...
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Take a psychedelic trip to Medan, Pedang, Bukitinggi, and all across the Aceh province with this release that offers a tantalizing glimpse into ...
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Deserter concerns the efforts of an AWOL American soldier attempting to make his way to Canada, with his wife, after deciding he no ...
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African American music mogul and cultural pioneer Quincy Jones sits down for an extended interview with Gwen Ifill in this special, shot before a live audience and originally ...
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As the 2008 presidential elections draw near and disillusioned voters are still reeling from the election fraud scandals of 2004 and 2006, Emmy Award-winning filmmaker David Earnhardt takes a logical and factual ...
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The attitude toward stray cats in Rome differs dramatically from the attitudes toward stray cats in the United States; in Rome, an estimated 200,000 homeless felines patrol the ...
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Certainly, few nations have suffered from as beleaguered or as torturous a history as Pakistan - ...
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Mumia Abu Jamal narrates this documentary highlighting the racial ...
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September 12, 2001: As New York City firefighters and rescue workers risked everything to save lives and clean up the streets, ...
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This documentary takes a close look at various motorcycles and ...
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The lives of six South African children from all races and backgrounds ...
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This release features celebrated German director Werner Herzogin an extended discussion with Karen Beckman, on a myriad of subjects including extraterrestrials as a fixed concept in the human psyche, the dangerous sport of ski-flying, and, ...
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Co-edited, produced and chaired by Simon Critchley and ...
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Cinema verité icon Albert Maysles captures the best in very Gypsy music while highlighting the diversity of the Romani people in this ...
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