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Klansville U.S.A.

2015

Klansville U.S.A.

2015
6.8
Investigates the reasons North Carolina, long seen as the most progressive state in the South, became home to the largest Klan organization in the country, with more members than all the other Southern states combined, during the 1960s.
Interview with a Poltergeist

2007

Interview with a Poltergeist

2007
7.5
In August 1977, strange things started to happen in a quiet north London suburb. This unusual, terrifying activity lasted several months and became known as the Enfield Poltergeist. Among those who witnessed this apparently paranormal activity were journalists and the police. Some of the evidence is controversial. But 30 years on it remains the best-documented and most puzzling case of its kind, and may be the first time that a spirit voice has been captured on tape.
La surditude

1981

La surditude

1981
The Weavers: Wasn't That a Time

1982

The Weavers: Wasn't That a Time

1982
7.2
Documentary about the blacklisted folk group The Weavers, and the events leading up to their triumphant return to Carnegie Hall.
Generation Terror

2024

Generation Terror

2024
Horror bleeds into the 21st Century in an incisive documentary looking back at the late 1990s film industry on a global scale to find out what happened at the turn of the millennium to allow for the huge wealth of horror films flooding out from all corners of the globe. From SCREAM (1996), THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT (1999) and FINAL DESTINATION (2000), to WRONG TURN (2003), HOSTEL (2005) and SAW (2004), with insight from Joe Lynch, Xavier Gens and Bill Malone who track the technology, the industry and the societal changes behind the next generation of horror films.
The El Duce Tapes

2019

The El Duce Tapes

2019
7
A wilfully offensive band, The Mentors gained infamy for performing in black executioner hoods and spewing cartoonishly racist, homophobic and misogynistic lyrics in the 1980s and ‘90s—but was their use of shock meant to propagate hate or confront it?
Femmes Fatales: Women of The Deathmatch

2018

Femmes Fatales: Women of The Deathmatch

2018
Go behind the brutality, bloodshed, and barbed-wire of the death match with wrestlers Mickie Knuckles, LuDark ShAiTAN, Sage Sin, Randi West, Maria Manic, Jewells Malone, Rebecca Payne, and Khloe. From veterans to relative newcomers, as well as mothers, girlfriends, and wives, each undoubtedly a warrior of the squared circle, these fearless women shed light, in addition to blood, sweat, tears and more blood, upon their careers, values, family, passion and drive for competing in death match wrestling.
Searching for the Lost Pochta

2014

Searching for the Lost Pochta

2014
Travelogue of two film historians Nikolay Izvolov and Sergey Kapterev who visit world film archives around the globe in search of a lost sound version of one famous Soviet cartoon. It's "The Post" made by Mikhail Tsekhanovsky in 1929 and based on a poem by Samuil Marshak. At first "The Post" has been released in a silent form and later Tsekhanovsky remade it with experimental music and narration by Daniil Kharms. At that moment it was the first Soviet sound cartoon and it was a success all over the world. Russian film studies consider "The Post" to be of great importance and artistic value but unfortunately it's still lost. Only the silent version and the 1964 remake are still known and available.
AKA Jane Roe

2020

AKA Jane Roe

2020
4.6
A portrait of Norma McCorvey, the “Jane Roe” whose unwanted pregnancy led to the 1973 case that legalized abortion nationwide, Roe v. Wade. The documentary unravels the mysteries closely guarded by McCorvey throughout her life.
Christmas Oratorio

2012

Christmas Oratorio

2012
10
This recording of all six cantatas from the Salle Henry Le Bœuf in the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels, Belgium, in December 2012 features internationally renowned Bach expert Philippe Herreweghe and the Collegium Vocale Gent.
Please Remove Your Shoes

2010

Please Remove Your Shoes

2010
5.9
A documentary about the US government's broken promise to keep our airlines secure, and the personal stories of a few people who know the truth - congressmen, air marshals, aviation security employees. It will make you angry and flying in an airplane may never be the same again.
Katy Perry: Getting Intimate

2014

Katy Perry: Getting Intimate

2014
5.8
Just in time for her latest album and tour, delve deep into the pop phenomenon that is Katy Perry. From her cherry chap-stick beginnings, transformation after her marriage and now to her newest release, this diva is just hitting her stride as her fourth album just dropped.
Fighting Black Kings

1976

Fighting Black Kings

1976
6
A documentary that follows several American fighters as they train for and fight in the first world open karate tournament in Japan.
Wimbledon, 2019 Official Film

2020

Wimbledon, 2019 Official Film

2020
10
A look back at 2019’s Wimbledon Championships, where storylines included both Roger Federer and Serena Williams aiming for history and the emergence of a new young star in Coco Gauff.
The Grizzlies of Siberia

1999

The Grizzlies of Siberia

1999
Naturalists Charlie Russell and Maureen Enns film recently discovered grizzlies on Siberia's Kamchatka peninsula.
The Lubitsch Touch

2004

The Lubitsch Touch

2004
An interview with film Critic Bernard Eisenschitz discussing the progression of Ernst Lubitsch's career, from the director's beginning in German silents through CLUNY BROWN, the last film he saw to completion.
Starring Austin Pendleton

2016

Starring Austin Pendleton

2016
6.7
A quirky and inspirational documentary film on the philosophical approach to the life and work of character actor, Austin Pendleton.
A Long Cold Winter

2014

A Long Cold Winter

2014
8
A documentary about the shooting session of the film "Winter Sleep" by Nuri Bilge Ceylan. 'Winter Sleep' had been shot in about 14 weeks in Cappadocia region of Anatolia.
Blackfriars Bridge

1896

Blackfriars Bridge

1896
5.3
Top-hatted pedestrians and horse-drawn traffic pass over Blackfriars Bridge in London.
The Making of 'It's a Wonderful Life'

1990

The Making of 'It's a Wonderful Life'

1990
6
Tom Bosley hosts a documentary the looks into the story behind how one of cinema's greatest films It's A Wonderful Life was made.

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