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Ram Dass: Fierce Grace

2001

Ram Dass: Fierce Grace

2001
5.7
Once a symbol of '60s counterculture and psychedelic drug use, Ram Dass has since become a renowned speaker and author on the topics of aging, spirituality, and overcoming the mistakes of the past. This documentary chronicles his journey from his affiliations with LSD advocate Timothy Leary to his endeavor to continue remaking himself after his stroke in 1997.
Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures

2001

Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures

2001
7.4
With commentary from Hollywood stars, outtakes from his movies and footage from his youth, this documentary looks at Stanley Kubrick's life and films. Director Jan Harlan, Kubrick's brother-in-law and sometime collaborator, interviews heavyweights like Jack Nicholson, Woody Allen and Sydney Pollack, who explain the influence of Kubrick classics like "Dr. Strangelove" and "2001: A Space Odyssey," and how he absorbed visual clues from disposable culture such as television commercials.
The Miles Davis Story

2001

The Miles Davis Story

2001
6
This British documentary shows the complex layers of legendary jazz trumpeter Miles Davis, who was a major innovator in post-bop, cool jazz, hard-bop and fusion. Davis's raw-edged trumpet tones were some of the most evocative sounds ever heard. This profile captues the magnificent and mercurial artist -- one of the most identifiable and misunderstood pop icons of the 20th century -- through rare footage and interviews.
The Manhattan Dating Project

2001

The Manhattan Dating Project

2001
Follow model Joanna Bergin's experiences dating in Manhattan and see what it takes to "get digits" from New Yorkers.
The Iceman Confesses: Secrets of a Mafia Hitman

2001

The Iceman Confesses: Secrets of a Mafia Hitman

2001
7.3
Richard Kuklinski was a devoted husband, a loving father...and a ruthless killer. A decade after HBO last visited him in prison, the convicted murderer, who freely admits having whacked more than 100 people in cold blood, takes viewers back inside his cold, calculating mind. In this follow-up to America Undercover's 1992 film The Iceman Tapes: Conversations with a Killer, Kuklinski provides all-new insights about his exploits as one of the Mafia's most notorious assassins...and reveals some shocking confessions for a number of previously unsolved murders.
Promises

2001

Promises

2001
7.5
Documentarians Justine Shapiro and B.Z. Goldberg traveled to Israel to interview Palestinian and Israeli kids ages 11 to 13, assembling their views on living in a society afflicted with violence, separatism and religious and political extremism. This 2002 Oscar nominee for Best Feature Documentary culminates in an astonishing day in which two Israeli children meet Palestinian youngsters at a refugee camp.
Go Tigers!

2001

Go Tigers!

2001
5
"Go Tigers!" is a rare behind-the-scenes chronicling of a remarkable season for the Massillon Tigers high school football team, played out in a small rustbelt town that draws its identity from football. During the course of the season, THREE YOUNG STARS emerge who are forced to carry the burden of the town and their teammates as they confront their uncertain future.
El Caballo: The Wild Horses of North America

2001

El Caballo: The Wild Horses of North America

2001
A documentary film about wild horses in the west.
A Love Supreme

2001

A Love Supreme

2001
This simple yet beautiful film, without any dialogue, shows the director's mother engaged in preparing a meal of samosas.
Run DMC: Live at Montreux 2001

2001

Run DMC: Live at Montreux 2001

2001
Filmed live at Montreux in 2001, this concert was Run DMC's last performance before the untimely death of Jam Master Jay in 2002. The groundbreaking band helped define rap music, releasing numerous hit singles and albums starting in the 1980s and influencing a generation of musicians. Songs include "It's Like That," "Run's Freestyle," "Down with the King," "Got to Be Real," "It's Tricky," "King of Rock," "Walk This Way," "School of Old" and more.
Riverdance: Live à l'Arena de Genève

2001

Riverdance: Live à l'Arena de Genève

2001
10
The thrilling Riverdance show live from Geneva.
The Coconut Revolution

2000

The Coconut Revolution

2000
6.2
The movie tells the story of the successful uprising of the indigenous peoples of Bougainville Island against the Papua New Guinea army and the mining plans of the mining corporation Rio Tinto Zinc (RTZ) to exploit their natural resources. The documentary reveals how the Bougainville Revolutionary Army (BRA) managed to overcome the marine blockade strategy used by the Papuan army by using coconut oil as fuel for their vehicles.
From Russia, For Love

2000

From Russia, For Love

2000
What happens when two North-American couples travel to a remote orphanage in a small Russian town?
The Life and Times of Steve Marriott

2000

The Life and Times of Steve Marriott

2000
7.5
British mod rocker Steve Marriott had great stage presence, a unique voice and plenty of angst -- all on display in this docu-concert featuring clips from Marriott's days in bands the Small Faces and Humble Pie. Though Marriott remained a lesser-known musician throughout his abbreviated life, performance selections here, such as "Paradise Lost" "Black Coffee" and "Lazy Sunday," bring it all back for his fans.
Sound and Fury

2000

Sound and Fury

2000
7.1
A documentary film released in 2000 about two American families with young deaf children and their conflict over whether or not to give their children cochlear implants, surgically implanted devices that may improve their ability to hear but may threaten their deaf identity.
Grateful Dawg

2000

Grateful Dawg

2000
5.7
Jerry Garcia, legendary lead guitarist for the Grateful Dead and David Grisman, virtuoso mandolinist and founder of "Dawg" music… Now, for the first time ever, the musical matrimony and extraordinary friendship of Garcia and Grisman is traced in the award-winning documentary Grateful Dawg.
Live Nude Girls Unite!

2000

Live Nude Girls Unite!

2000
3.8
Documentary look at the 1996-97 effort of the dancers and support staff at a San Francisco peep show, The Lusty Lady, to unionize. Angered by arbitrary and race-based wage policies, customers' surreptitious video cameras, and no paid sick days or holidays, the dancers get help from the Service Employees International local and enter protracted bargaining with the union-busting law firm that management hires. We see the women work, sort out their demands, and go through the difficulties of bargaining. The narrator is Julia Query, a dancer and stand-up comedian who is reluctant to tell her mother, a physician who works with prostitutes, that she strips.
Further

2000

Further

2000
6
Further, TGR’s 2000 feature film, displays spine-chilling accounts of the rowdiest action, with the sport’s most progressive athletes, in the world’s most insane locations. TGR chefs up more visual madness with Candide Thovex throwing d-spin 720’s over a 120 foot gap. Kreitler, Peifer, and Swany going phat in European Alps and BC’s coastal range. Check out Les Trois Phillips breaking ground in the new millennium with never before seen tricks, mad footage from big air comps and terrain parks around the world. Shot in 16mm, further contains the most progressive, multiple angle coverage and state of the art editing in the action / adrenaline sports genre.
Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport

2000

Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport

2000
7.4
In the nine months prior to World War II, 10.000 innocent children left behind their families, their homes, their childhood, and took the journey... to Britain to escape the Nazi Holocaust.
Backstage

2000

Backstage

2000
5.2
If you ever wanted to know what really goes on backstage, this is the definitive inside look - uncut and uncensored. Complete with on-stage performances you'll see an intimate view of what life is like at one of the biggest Rap Concert tours of all time. It shows life on the road, in hotels and off stage in a way you've never seen before.