Popular Documentary Movies on Pantaflix - Page 252

Nelson Cavaquinho

1969

Nelson Cavaquinho

1969
9
A short film of lovely poetic, observational elements and interviews with the famed samba singer/songwriter Nelson Antônio da Silva, whose adopted last name ‘Cavaquinho’ refers to the small guitar-like instrument that he played and used to compose his songs.
Pink Floyd London '66-'67

2005

Pink Floyd London '66-'67

2005
6.7
Shot by movie maestro Peter Whitehead, this film features rare full length performances from the classic late 60's Pink Floyd line-up at Sound Techniques London & material from the legendary '14 hour Technicolor Dream' extravaganza in April '67 at Alexandra Palace.
Living in the Age of Airplanes

2015

Living in the Age of Airplanes

2015
7.8
LIVING IN THE AGE OF AIRPLANES offers a fresh perspective on a modern-day miracle that many of us take for granted: flying. Narrated by Harrison Ford and featuring an original score from Academy Award® winning composer James Horner, the film takes viewers to 18 countries across all seven continents to illuminate how airplanes have empowered a century of global connectedness our ancestors could never have imagined.
9to5: The Story of a Movement

2020

9to5: The Story of a Movement

2020
7.7
In the early 1970s, a group of secretaries in Boston decided that they had suffered in silence long enough. They started fighting back, creating a movement to force changes in their workplaces. This movement became national, and is a largely forgotten story of U.S. twentieth century history. It encapsulates a unique intersection of the women’s movement with the labor movement. The awareness these secretaries brought to bear on women’s work reverberates even today. Clericals were the low-wage workers of their era. America now confronts the growing reality of deep income inequality. The stories and strategies of these bold, creative women resonates in contemporary America.
Underbart är kort - En film om Monica Zetterlund

1989

Underbart är kort - En film om Monica Zetterlund

1989
7
A portrait of Swedish jazz singer Monica Zetterlund.
The Making of Moonwalker

1988

The Making of Moonwalker

1988
A behind the scenes look at Michael Jackson's Moonwalker film
Two Gangsters and an Island

2003

Two Gangsters and an Island

2003
6
A short documentary about the making of the 1966 film 'Cul-de-sac'.
The First Rainbow Coalition

2019

The First Rainbow Coalition

2019
7.5
Chicago 1969: Activists from the Black Panthers, Young Lords, and Young Patriots united African Americans, Latinos, and poor whites to confront police brutality and unfair housing practices in one of America’s most segregated cities. A timely story of collective action, The First Rainbow Coalition tells this little-known chronicle of political struggle with insight and urgency using archival footage and interviews with those who lived it.
Discovering Hamlet

1990

Discovering Hamlet

1990
5.7
IN 1988, rising star Kenneth Branagh tackled the role of Shakespeare’s prince of Denmark for the first time in his professional career under the guidance of celebrated actor Derek Jacobi. Narrated by Patrick Stewart, this hour-long film documents how Kenneth Branagh and Derek Jacobi, two intelligent and passionate men, found new depths in Shakespeare’s classic drama, Hamlet. Filmmakers Mark Olshaker and Larry Klein follow the company through four weeks of rehearsals, from the first read-throughs to opening night.
Die Titelmacher

1976

Die Titelmacher

1976
The Aristocrats

2005

The Aristocrats

2005
5.9
One hundred superstar comedians tell the same very, VERY dirty, filthy joke--one shared privately by comics since Vaudeville.
Predators in Peril

2007

Predators in Peril

2007
Set in the vast expanse of South Africa's Mala Mala game reserve, a host of Africa's biggest and fiercest wildlife species compete for food, mates and territory against the backdrop of a harsh dry season.
You Don't Back Down

1965

You Don't Back Down

1965
In Nigeria, a young Canadian doctor serves in a local mission hospital and learns much from the experience. Stationed abroad under the Canadian University Service Overseas Plan, Dr. Alex McMahon and his schoolteacher wife find every day a fresh challenge. An interesting study of intercultural help.
Bet Raise Fold: The Story of Online Poker

2013

Bet Raise Fold: The Story of Online Poker

2013
8
BET RAISE FOLD: The Story of Online Poker is a feature documentary that follows a new generation of Internet poker professionals during the meteoric rise and sudden crash of the multibillion dollar online poker industry of the 2000s.
Clean Slate

2021

Clean Slate

2021
Two friends in a Southern drug recovery program struggle to come to terms with their addiction and mental illness by making a short film about the pain they've caused their families.
Edwardian Insects on Film

2013

Edwardian Insects on Film

2013
9
In 1908, amateur naturalist and pioneering filmmaker Percy Smith stunned early cinema goers with his footage of the juggling fly. Hailed as the father of Natural History film, Smith was a hugely influential visual pioneer, inventing many techniques that are still used today. Being both a genius and an eccentric, we follow his life from his earliest films, to the collapse of his house from his mould experiment to his ultimate suicide. We also meet Natural History icon Sir David Attenborough, who was so amazed by Smith’s films in the 1930s that they inspired him to get into natural history.
The Mandela Effect Phenomenon

2024

The Mandela Effect Phenomenon

2024
5
Explores the phenomenon where people misremember well-known facts or events, leading some to believe reality has been altered. It examines possible causes, including supernatural forces or living in a simulation.
Something About Sydney Pollack

2004

Something About Sydney Pollack

2004
In this archival documentary, Sydney Pollack discusses his career and relationship with various actors, directors and producers. A large portion of the documentary examines Pollack and Robert Redford's friendship, as well as the various films they did together during the years.
Asbury Park: Riot, Redemption, Rock & Roll

2019

Asbury Park: Riot, Redemption, Rock & Roll

2019
6.3
The story of the long troubled town of Asbury Park, and how the power of music can unite a divided community. A once storied seaside resort, Asbury Park erupted in flames during a summer of civil unrest, crippling the town for the next 45 years and reducing it to a state of urban blight. A town literally divided by a set of railroad tracks, the riot destroyed the fabled Westside jazz and blues scene, but from the flames of the burning city emerged the iconic Jersey sound.
The SS: The Barbaric State

2019

The SS: The Barbaric State

2019
5.9
During the Nuremberg Trials, the victors of the Second World War judge those responsible for the Third Reich.