Popular Documentary Movies on Kanopy - Page 274

Daddy and Papa

2002

Daddy and Papa

2002
3.6
What if your most controversial act turned out to be the most traditional thing in the world? Daddy & Papa explores the growing phenomenon of gay fatherhood and its impact on American culture. Through the stories of four different families, Daddy & Papa delves into some of the particular challenges facing gay men who decide to become dads. From surrogacy and interracial adoption, to the complexities of gay divorce, to the battle for full legal status as parents, Daddy & Papa presents a revealing look at some of the gay fathers who are breaking new ground in the ever-changing landscape of the American family.
Solar System: The Secrets of the Universe

2014

Solar System: The Secrets of the Universe

2014
10
Join our host on the International Space Station of the year 2050. Marvel at the three-dimensional sights and learn many things about the astral bodies that surround us.
Kamp Katrina

2007

Kamp Katrina

2007
Kamp Katrina, a cinéma vérité documentary, follows the in-depth lives of a small group of people who have taken refuge in a garden transformed into a tent city by an extraordinary New Orleans couple, Ms. Pearl and her husband, David. Carnivalesque Films latest documentary uses tragedy as a tool to clarify and illuminate the chaos and madness of life. This film has no political targets; instead, it focuses on the struggle of these individuals to pick up their lives and face responsibilities in the face of loss, grief, and hope.
Circle of Poison

2015

Circle of Poison

2015
6.6
A global look at communities impacted by the export of toxic pesticides made in America and how they are fighting back.
The Edge of Dreaming

2010

The Edge of Dreaming

2010
4.8
This is the story of a rational, skeptical woman, a mother and wife, who does not remember her dreams. Except once, when she dreamed her horse was dying. She woke so scared she went outside in the night. She found him dead. The next dream told her she would die herself, when she was 48.
Return to Bamako

2017

Return to Bamako

2017
Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb…Daesh…Boko Haram.** So many extremist movements, of which Africa has become a breeding ground, have declared war against Western values and people. Beyond the misunderstandings that often paralyze us, we have to ask ourselves the real question: **how did we get here?** Filmed in Mali, *RETURN TO BAMAKO* is a deep dive into the land of Islam, seeking to understand the causes and challenges of the threat posed by the rise of radical Islamism to all societies. The Islamist wave did not come about accidentally, but instead is the result of recent history, of which Westerners are the actors, because in the vast majority of cases, it is the failure of a political and economic system, copied or imposed by the West, along with unbridled globalization, which opens a gaping hole and allows the rise of extremism.
Magnificent Burden

2016

Magnificent Burden

2016
Former NY socialite Taylor Stein becomes entangled in an international baby trafficking ring and goes undercover for the FBI to save a little boy. When a terrible discovery threatens his life she's thrust into the world of genetic technology and a high-stakes battle between Big Pharma and saving lives.
Histories Of The Holocaust: Dachau - Liberation And Retribution

2011

Histories Of The Holocaust: Dachau - Liberation And Retribution

2011
The inhuman brutality and bloodshed that was endemic at Dachau - Nazi Germany's first concentration camp - did not come to an end with its 1945 liberation, for this dread place proved capable of triggering a spate of vengeful retaliation not only by its half-crazed prisoners, but their rescuers. Chapels of various faiths, memorials and sculptures now mark the camp's sites of execution and torture.
New York Ninja: Locations Unmasked

2021

New York Ninja: Locations Unmasked

2021
Producer Michael Gingold discusses the locations where 'New York Ninja' was filmed.
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.
My Last Nerve

2023

My Last Nerve

2023
Driven by his father's disease, a son seeks a cure, finding an unlikely remedy in the depths of the Arctic Ocean.
Pierre Soulages: Black Light

1998

Pierre Soulages: Black Light

1998
"When speaking of light, in connection with black, this sounds paradoxical. However, in reality, black is a colour of light. You cannot imagine there to be light without black being there, also", Soulages explains - one of the most important French artists of the post-war period. Not only his paintings, but also his glass window works for the abbey in Conques and his self-designed house in Sete, seem like poems made up of light and space. Using 80 specially selected works, the brilliant artist talks about the individual segments of his creative period and provides an insight into the philosophy and aesthetics of his poetic work.
Harry Seidler: Modernist — An Exhilarating Retrospective of Seidler's Architectural Vision

2016

Harry Seidler: Modernist — An Exhilarating Retrospective of Seidler's Architectural Vision

2016
The first documentary retrospective of Harry Seidler’s architectural legacy, Harry Seidler: Modernist reveals an intimate portrait of his extraordinary life and internationally...
The Recall: Reframed

2022

The Recall: Reframed

2022
Who actually bears the burden when we demand harsher punishment for a privileged white defendant?
The Dolly Madison Murders

2023

The Dolly Madison Murders

2023
6
On September 4, 2002 two women were found dead inside the Dolly Madison bakery in Great Bend Kansas. Twenty years after the murders, a filmmaker finds that there might be hidden reasons as to why it has remained unsolved all these years.
Satellite Dreaming

1991

Satellite Dreaming

1991
Borromini and Bernini. The Challenge for Perfection

2023

Borromini and Bernini. The Challenge for Perfection

2023
5.9
This is not only the story of the famous rivalry between Borromini and Bernini, but of Borromini’s rivalry with himself, a genius so tied to his art as to transform it into a demon that devours him from inside.
The Nature of Cities

2014

The Nature of Cities

2014
The Nature of Cities explores both the nature in our own backyards - San Diego and Austin - and the possibilities in projects of cities of the future in Malmo, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Freiburg, Amsterdam and Paris.
The Final 19

2021

The Final 19

2021
2
Sgt. Dan Hefel was one of the last 19 POWs to come home from Vietnam. First an infantry grunt, he switched to sergeant gunner. What seemed like a prize detail, turned into a nightmare as the helicopter crashed. The crew went from MIAs to POWs, whereabouts unknown.
John Waite - The Hard Way

2022

John Waite - The Hard Way

2022
5.8
JOHN WAITE: THE HARD WAY is an intimate glimpse of the 80s rock icon John Waite as he reflects on his storied five-decade career. From pioneer rock-video band The Babys in the 1970s to his breakthrough as a solo artist and one of the first stars of the MTV era, to his time fronting supergroup Bad English, Waite has produced more than a dozen Top 40 and rock hits throughout the 70s, 80s, and 90s, with total sales of approximately 10M copies, including his iconic No. 1 hits "Missing You" and "When I See You Smile."