Popular Documentary Movies on Kanopy - Page 243

Automorphosis

2007

Automorphosis

2007
AUTOMORPHOSIS looks into the minds and hearts of a delightful collection of eccentrics, visionaries, and just plain folks who have transformed their autos into artworks.
Absolutely Safe

2007

Absolutely Safe

2007
Filmmaker Carol Ciancutti-Leyva offers this penetrating look at the bewildering array of questions, opinions and troubling safety concerns that face everyday women who are contemplating breast augmentation. Following the stories of two women -- one who chooses to have implants, another who has her implants removed -- the film chronicles how big business, media and the medical community influence the debate surrounding the controversial procedure.
Snapshot

2007

Snapshot

2007
The newest Fat Gipsy Production carries the name "Snapshot". It's one of the Snowboard highlights of the season. If somebody says there was no powder in Europe this winter he is definitely wrong!
As Seen Through These Eyes

2008

As Seen Through These Eyes

2008
As Maya Angelou narrates this powerful documentary, she reveals the story of a brave group of people who fought Hitler with the only weapons they had: charcoal, pencil stubs, shreds of paper and memories etched in their minds. These artists took their fate into their own hands to make a compelling statement about the human spirit, enduring against unimaginable odds.
The Middle Passage

1997

The Middle Passage

1997
"Explores the 400-year era of the transatlantic slave trade, when millions of Africans were kidnapped and shipped to the Americas. Features interviews with scholars, oral histories and a dramatic recreation of the Middle Passage" (The History Channel).
The ABC of Internal Combustion Engines

1947

The ABC of Internal Combustion Engines

1947
Another of the Power Primer series of GM American Industrial Films, this one looking at the internal combustion engine.
Plongeons

1936

Plongeons

1936
From ski jumping to jumping into the Doubs: “Plongeons” is Armand Girard's sporting epic. The watchmaker from Le Locle, who commissioned the film from the Geneva-based company Cinégram S.A., performs physical feats in front of the camera. The most spectacular of these is a jump from a height of 40 meters into the Doubs on 19 July 1936, a record that remained unmatched for a long time. The landscapes of the Jura serve as the backdrop for Girard's sporting achievements, which go beyond nature and physical culture.
Mahalia Jackson Sings the Songs Of Christmas

1997

Mahalia Jackson Sings the Songs Of Christmas

1997
Featuring over 40 minutes of vintage performances by the world's greatest gospel singer, this is Mahalia at her most powerful, singing the beloved songs of the holiday season.Originally intended as musical vignettes for CBS's 1960-61 television season, this beautiful footage has been digitally remastered for optimum sound and picture quality form the original 16mm Kinescopes.
Life in Australia: Geelong

1966

Life in Australia: Geelong

1966
Life in Australia: Launceston

1966

Life in Australia: Launceston

1966
A picture of life in the Tasmanian town of Launceston in the mid 1960s.
Life in Australia: Hobart

1966

Life in Australia: Hobart

1966
Life in Australia: Hobart shows scenes illustrating daily life, industry, recreation and the tourist features of Hobart, Tasmania.
A World Without Water

2006

A World Without Water

2006
Every day 3900 children die as a result of insufficient or unclean water supplies. 'A World Without Water' tells of the personal tragedies behind the mounting privatization of water supplies.
Bums' Paradise

2003

Bums' Paradise

2003
Bums' Paradise depicts the lives of the men and women who lived in the ten-year-old Albany Landfill community prior to their eviction. It follows them through the eviction and documents them one month after the eviction. The film emphasizes their concepts of community as well as the amazing art that they created. Instead of being a documentary about homelessness, Bums' Paradise considers the question: What if the homeless -- the indigent, the bums -- told their own stories?
Unintended Consequences: Rockefeller Mandatory Minimum Drug Laws

2001

Unintended Consequences: Rockefeller Mandatory Minimum Drug Laws

2001
A widely seen short focusing on the draconian impact of the Rockefeller Mandatory Minimum Drug Laws on families and communities in New York City as we follow the "The Mothers' of the New York Disappeared", who protest to change these unjust laws.
V2 Rocket

1947

V2 Rocket

1947
This War Department bulletin from 1947 shows captured German V-2 Rockets being tested at White Sands, New Mexico. German scientist Wernher von Braun designed and helped develop this "vengeance" weapon at Peenemunde during WWII. This was the first long-range ballistic guided missile.
Yuri Vella's World

2003

Yuri Vella's World

2003
The documentary follows Yuri Vella, writer and social activist of the Forest Nenets living in West-Siberia. To give his grandchildren proper education in their natural environment, he establishes an elementary school in his winter camp.
Everyday Heroes: Addressing Youth, Race and National Service

2001

Everyday Heroes: Addressing Youth, Race and National Service

2001
A behind-the-headlines look at a diverse group of young adults who give a year of their lives through a San Francisco area AmeriCorps program to tutor and mentor needy kids. Despite their good intentions, they are confronted by a host of obstacles, including a racial divide that threatens to thwart their efforts. While documenting a year both turbulent and exhilarating, the film reveals the hopes and dreams, successes and setbacks of a group of individuals--potentially tomorrow's leaders-- searching for their place in the world and trying, against odds, to make a difference.
Love Iranian-American Style

2005

Love Iranian-American Style

2005
Sexual purity, money and a mother's worries come together in this humorous guided tour of America's status-obsessed Iranian Jewish community. The film follows Tanaz, the narrator, a hip New Yorker whose Iranian family attempts to marry her off now that she's reached the age of 25. Tanaz vacillates between soppy American ideas of romance, and a more business-like Iranian approach, and in the end may be unable to execute either. When Tanaz breaks from her family's expectations and dates American men, she can't help bringing with her the immense pressure to get married, and the American boys tell her that this obsession kills love. Tanaz fantasizes about simply finding another Iranian "weirdo" like herself - who is caught between two cultures and two very different marital traditions.
The Greening of Cuba

1996

The Greening of Cuba

1996
Witness an entire nation transforming its agriculture using organic techniques. The Greening of Cuba profiles Cuban farmers and scientists working to reinvent a sustainable agriculture, based on ecological principles and local knowledge rather than imported machinery and agro-chemicals. When trade relations with the socialist bloc collapsed in 1990, Cuba lost 80% of its pesticide and fertilizer imports and half of its petroleum - the mainstays of its highly industrialized agriculture. Challenged with growing food for 11 million people in the face of the continuing U.S. embargo, Cuba embarked on the largest conversion to organic farming ever attempted. The Greening of Cuba is told in the voices of the campesinos, researchers, and organic gardeners who are leading the organic agriculture movement. This moving video reminds us that entire nations can choose a healthier environment and still feed their people.
Carved from the Heart

1997

Carved from the Heart

1997
One man loses his son to a cocaine overdose. Grieving, Stan Marsden, a Tsimpsean wood carver decides to create a totem pole in his son's memory and invites the town of Craig, Alaska to help. Before he is done, the pole becomes a communal project, bringing people of diverse backgrounds and ages together.