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When filmmaker Oscar Harding's grandfather passed away in rural England, his family inherited an extraordinary home movie from neighbor Charles Carson, best described as "Monty Python meets The Texas Chainsaw Massacre". But there's more to him than his videos. Charles' life and work are examined by those who knew him best, and a new generation of fans inspired by the legacy he left behind.
5) Subject
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In the golden age of documentaries, who benefits? SUBJECT reveals the unintended consequences – good, bad, and complicated – of having your life shared on screen. Featuring the protagonists of acclaimed documentaries The Staircase, Hoop Dreams, The Wolfpack, Capturing the Friedmans, and The Square, as well as the filmmakers of An Inconvenient Truth, Cameraperson, MLK/FBI, and more. As tens of millions of people consume documentaries in an unprecedented...
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In recent years, at-home DNA tests have become a popular gift. Sometimes the tests reveal more than just a family’s heritage or health history, uncovering things that were intentionally stashed behind a wall of secrecy. The documentary FILLING IN THE BLANKS is one such story. When Jon Baime expresses interest in learning about his family heritage at 54 years old, his dad demands Jon not take one until, to quote his 92-year-old father exactly, “I’m...
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From a beat reporter at the Washington Post to an overnight sensation as the leader of the New Journalism movement, Tom Wolfe was at the forefront of reshaping how American stories are told. Recognizing the importance of overlooked subcultures and communities, Wolfe documented everything from rural stock car drivers to hippies in Haight Ashbury to the Apollo Astronauts, and his ability to bridge cultural and class divides while tackling stories central...
9) Mister Organ
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Journalist and filmmaker David Farrier (Tickled, Dark Tourist) unwittingly stumbles into a game of cat and mouse with a mystery man creating havoc in his neighborhood, wheel-clamping cars at a local antique store. That clamper was Michael Organ, and little did Farrier know that delving deeper into who Organ really is, would be a thrilling and tension-filled, three-year-long investigation -- unearthing a trail of multiple court cases, inflated claims...
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In this thrilling feminist documentary, indomitable women fight back against the nuclear industry to expose one of the worst cover-ups in U.S. history. RADIOACTIVE: The Women of Three Mile Island is an award-winning film about the 1979 Three Mile Island meltdown the worst commercial nuclear accident in U.S. history and its aftermath. It uncovers the never-before-told stories of four intrepid homemakers who take their local community's case against...
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In this follow-up to his bestselling The Gospel According to The Simpsons: The Spiritual Life of the World's Most Animated Family, religion journalist Mark Pinsky explores the role that the animated features of Walt Disney played on the moral and spiritual development of generations of children. Pinsky explores thirty-one of the most popular Disney films, as well as recent developments such as the 1990s boycott of Disney by the Southern Baptist Convention...
12) Paper lanterns
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Documents the story of Mr. Mori, the man who singlehandedly connected American soldiers that died in Hiroshima back to their families, and his dream of reaching out to the relatives of these lost airmen.
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Two billion years in the future, humanity finds itself on the verge of extinction. Almost all that remains are lone, surreal monuments; the futuristic, solemn, Brutalist stone slabs erected during the communist era in the former Yugoslav republics, arrestingly photographed in luminous 16mm black-and-white. The filmmaker conjures a world of surreal and phantasmagorical monuments, once intended as symbols of unity and brotherhood, now abandoned beacons...
14) Dino King
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On the Korean peninsula of 80 million years ago, the last paradise for dinosaurs, Speckles' family begins the fight for survival. "Speckles the Tarbosaurus" was the lonely emperor who was happy yet unhappy, lonely yet ever-hopeful. However, the ill-fated relationship with the Tyrannosaurus One Eye continues to make his life more difficult… Speckles begins the dangerous journey to the paradise in search for happiness for himself and his young, but...
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The pursuit of dignity for Guatemalan midwives. The documentary explores the challenges that the midwives face as they battle racism and a health establishment that fights to prevent them from providing services. The film shows the important role that these women provide to their communities and profiles their activism aimed at being accepted by the medical system.
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A trip back to the era of troubled teens and awesome soundtracks; of Reagan, rap, and Ridgemont High; of MTV, VHS, and "Axel F"; of outsiders, lost boys, and dead poets; of Bill and Ted, Brooke Shields, and the Brat Pack; of three Porky's flicks, two Coreys, and one summer when "Baby" refused to be put in a corner. -- amazon.com
18) Utama
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In the arid Bolivian highlands, an elderly Quechua couple has been living a tranquil life for years. While he takes their small herd of llamas out to graze, she keeps house and walks for miles with the other local women to fetch precious water. When an uncommonly long drought threatens everything they know, Virginio and Sisa must decide whether to stay and maintain their traditional way of life or admit defeat and move in with family members in the...
19) Las Leonas
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In the outskirts of Rome, six teams compete in the women's soccer championship, the Las Leonas Trophy. All recent immigrants to Italy -- the majority from South America -- the participants work busy lives as caregivers and house cleaners throughout the city. LAS LEONAS follows the daily struggles, dreams, and frustrations of these women; each with their own story of emigration and family history, but united by a shared passion for soccer. Amidst the...
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National Book Award Finalist: The "impressive" conclusion to the "magisterial trilogy on the mythology of violence in American history" (Film Quarterly).
"The myth of the Western frontier-which assumes that whites' conquest of Native Americans and the taming of the wilderness were preordained means to a progressive, civilized society-is embedded in our national psyche. U.S. troops called Vietnam 'Indian country.' President John Kennedy invoked 'New...
