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Witness to Hope: The Life of Karol Wojtyla, Pope John Paul II

2002

Witness to Hope: The Life of Karol Wojtyla, Pope John Paul II

2002
A documentary about the life of Pope John Paul II
Lost in La Mancha

2002

Lost in La Mancha

2002
7
Fulton and Pepe's 2000 documentary captures Terry Gilliam's attempt to get The Man Who Killed Don Quixote off the ground. Back injuries, freakish storms, and more zoom in to sabotage the project.
Maine Biographies: L.L. Bean

2002

Maine Biographies: L.L. Bean

2002
Hosted by Jack Perkins (of A&E's "Biography" series), this documentary profiles the life of L.L. Bean, the Maine outdoorsman turned entrepreneur who created one of the most iconic brands in American history.
Civil War Life: Shot to Pieces

2002

Civil War Life: Shot to Pieces

2002
Mark Bussler's film Civil War Life: Shot to Pieces chronicles the life of Harvard student William F. Bartlett, who leaves school to sign up with the Union Army. After losing a leg to Southern gunfire, he begins a relationship with Agnes Pomeroy. William eventually rejoins the war effort, but is captured by enemy forces. He attempts to survive his squalid conditions as a POW because of his love for Agnes.
Cold War Submarine Adventures: K-19 - Doomsday Submarine

2002

Cold War Submarine Adventures: K-19 - Doomsday Submarine

2002
The disastrous first combat patrol of the K-19, the Soviet Union's first atomic-powered nuclear missile submarine.
Cold War Submarine Adventures: Cuban Missile Crisis - Secret Subs

2002

Cold War Submarine Adventures: Cuban Missile Crisis - Secret Subs

2002
Explore the events of the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis and hear from some of the actual participants in this riveting program. After an American naval blockade intercepted Soviet submarines on a secret mission to set up a military base in Cuba, the two nations engaged in a tense standoff that led the world to the brink of nuclear war. Submariners from both sides talk about the conflict, and viewers get a look inside their subs and the U.S. war room.
Welcome to Death Row

2001

Welcome to Death Row

2001
7.5
The record label Death Row Records has, since its creation in 1993, been synonymous with the American hip-hop climate. Formed by ex-bodyguard Suge Knight, the label has released seminal rap albums from luminaries including Dr. Dre, Snoop Doggy Dogg, and the famous hip-hop martyr Tupac Shakur. WELCOME TO DEATH ROW is a fascinating, well-researched documentary which explores the history of this intriguing and incredibly significant company.
Westray

2001

Westray

2001
In this feature documentary, filmmaker Paul Cowan offers an innovative, moving account of the Westray coal mine disaster that killed 26 men in Nova Scotia on May 9, 1992. The film focuses on the lives of three widows and three miners lucky enough not to be underground that day when the methane and coal dust ignited. But their lives were torn apart by the events. Meet some of the working men, who felt they had no option but to stay on at Westray. And wives, who heard the rumours, saw their men sometimes bloodied from accidents and stood by them, hoping it would all turn out all right. This is a film about working people everywhere whose lives are often entrusted to companies that violate the most fundamental rules of safety and decency in the name of profit.
Battle for Korea

2001

Battle for Korea

2001
A detailed military history of the Korean War and preceding events, from 1945 to 1953.
Rhythm 'n' Bayous: A Road Map to Louisiana Music

2001

Rhythm 'n' Bayous: A Road Map to Louisiana Music

2001
Documentary which celebrates the music of Louisiana.
Simple Truths

2001

Simple Truths

2001
The protagonists of the film are ordinary provincials, they enthusiastically talk about "valor, glory, love", they know how to dream and create around that amazing environment that encourages creativity. For example, one of the protagonists is trying to build an airplane in order to be able to look at his native Pyshma from the sky.
Nostradamus - Veszedelmes jóslatok

2001

Nostradamus - Veszedelmes jóslatok

2001
Who was Nostradamus? What are his predictions about the future? A documentary about this mysterious man who, according to some investigators, could predict huge events like the Second World War.
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.
No Maps for These Territories

2000

No Maps for These Territories

2000
6.1
On an overcast morning in 1999, William Gibson, father of cyberpunk and author of the cult-classic novel Neuromancer, stepped into a limousine and set off on a road trip around North America. The limo was rigged with digital cameras, a computer, a television, a stereo, and a cell phone. Generated entirely by this four-wheeled media machine, No Maps for These Territories is both an account of Gibson’s life and work and a commentary on the world outside the car windows. Here, the man who coined the word "cyberspace" offers a unique perspective on Western culture at the edge of the new millennium, and in the throes of convulsive, tech-driven change.
Ocean Oasis

2000

Ocean Oasis

2000
6.3
Ocean Oasis is a fascinating journey into the bountiful seas and pristine deserts of two remarkably different, but inextricably linked worlds — Mexico's Sea of Cortés and the Baja California desert.
Rocks at Whiskey Trench

2000

Rocks at Whiskey Trench

2000
6.3
The fourth film in Alanis Obomsawin's landmark series on the Oka crisis uses a single, shameful incident as a lens through which to examine the region's long history of prejudice and injustice against the Mohawk population.
BookWars

2000

BookWars

2000
4.5
An insider's look at the gritty streets of New York City, seen through the eyes of street booksellers.
Secrets of the Dead: The Phoenicians

2000

Secrets of the Dead: The Phoenicians

2000
10
After their culture was destroyed in 146 BC, the Phoenicians were forever marred as monsters. But were they truly evil, or victims of propaganda?
Camera Obscura

2000

Camera Obscura

2000
‘Camera Obscura’ is an experimental documentary which draws sounds and images from the Dartington Estate in Devon and constructs an idiosyncratic portrait. Verbal and textual definitions attempt to pin down what it is and play against elusive images. Archive material and re-invented historical events evoke the ethos of the past and combine with stories and contemporary details to illuminate the spirit of the place.
American Movie

1999

American Movie

1999
7.6
American Movie is the story of filmmaker Mark Borchardt, his mission, and his dream. Spanning over two years of intense struggle with his film, his family, financial decline, and spiritual crisis, American Movie is a portrayal of ambition, obsession, excess, and one man's quest for the American Dream.