Popular Documentary Movies on Pantaflix - Page 281

The Story of Alfred Nobel

1939

The Story of Alfred Nobel

1939
6
This John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short tells the story of Alfred Nobel, who invented dynamite, and later established the Nobel Prize.
Fala Brasília

1966

Fala Brasília

1966
An amalgamation of accents and life experiences from different parts of Brazil reunited on the city of Brasília.
Counter Shot: Departure of the Filmmakers

2008

Counter Shot: Departure of the Filmmakers

2008
6.7
Documentary about filmmakers of the New German Cinema who were members of the legendary Filmverlag für Autoren (Film Publishing House for Authors). Among them are Werner Herzog, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, and Wim Wenders.
An Impossible Project

2020

An Impossible Project

2020
8.1
Humans are analogue. We're literally sick of the digital world engulfing us. People are yearning for real things and authenticity. IMPOSSIBLE is sensuous and inspiring film about the revenge of analog. And the eccentric, crazy Austrian scientist, who saved the world's last Polaroid factory - just when Steve Jobs introduced the first iPhone. An entertaining underdog story of a very modern Don Quixote, shot on 35mm. And a sumptuous invitation to fall in love with real things again.
Sixty-Seven Milliseconds

2025

Sixty-Seven Milliseconds

2025
6
Through a reconstruction combining computer-generated images with surveillance footage and the story of a victim, we question the legitimacy and excesses of law enforcement in France.
Take the Ice

2022

Take the Ice

2022
Goes behind the scenes of the first professional women’s hockey league. As the league’s founder struggles to keep the business afloat, the players must come together in the wake of an on-ice accident that leaves their teammate paralyzed.
First Aid

1943

First Aid

1943
5
This short film is a humorous look at basic first aid techniques for mishaps that often occur around the house.
Love Express. The Disappearance of Walerian Borowczyk

2018

Love Express. The Disappearance of Walerian Borowczyk

2018
4
A documentary celebrating the work of Walerian Borowczyk, a director of unparalleled sensitivity, revered in the 1970s, who was later labeled as a maker of erotic movies.
Cavalcade of San Francisco

1940

Cavalcade of San Francisco

1940
5.3
This Traveltalk series short celebrates San Francisco, past and present.
Unmasking Jihadi John: Anatomy of a Terrorist

2019

Unmasking Jihadi John: Anatomy of a Terrorist

2019
6.7
The inside story behind the hunt for ISIS poster boy "Jihadi John" by the US and British military and intelligence services. An interrogation of the twisted worldview espoused by ISIS and its propaganda machine which was operated by "Jihadi millennials" who turned social media sites such as Twitter and YouTube into recruitment platforms.
Bones Brigade: An Autobiography

2012

Bones Brigade: An Autobiography

2012
8
When six teenage boys came together as a skateboarding team in the 1980s, they reinvented not only their chosen sport but themselves too – as they evolved from insecure outsiders to the most influential athletes in the field.
War Baby

2019

War Baby

2019
1
Meet Duewand Collier Jr.-Male, 68 years old, American Citizen, a child conceived in the backdrop of the Philippines-American Mutual Defense Treaty, born and raised with Catholic guilt. He has made peace with his past and now tells his story-a story of love.
'Round Miles: A Miles Davis Documentary

2022

'Round Miles: A Miles Davis Documentary

2022
Six Jazz legends gather at the Catalina Jazz club to discuss the style and personality of Miles Davis.
Before Everest

2020

Before Everest

2020
10
“I’d never share a rope with him” is about as damning a comment as anyone can make about a fellow mountaineer. Sir Edmund Hillary’s words about Earle Riddiford in his last autobiography set the uneasy tone of this nuanced documentary by Earle’s son Richard Riddiford.
La città macchina

2024

La città macchina

2024
Brazil's Maria Bethânia

2001

Brazil's Maria Bethânia

2001
This is a journey of friendship, an Argentinian is going to rediscover his continent while searching for his friend from Bahia. And while the work, the records and the career of this great lady of Brazilian music are well known, the starting point, the training, the first years remained till now in a vaguely legendary and imprecise blur. Thanks to many investigations that concern as many places as times, thanks to journeys back in time through the towns and regions, the film seeks the origins of Maria Bethânia’s voice and style. Helped and led by Bethânia herself, with the assistance of Caetano Veloso and Chico Buarque, the two princes of Brazilian music, along with the complicity of the great Gilberto Gil, the author is allowed to go to the first context : the North-East. In the family home in Santo Amaro, the film finally touches the childhood of Maria Bethânia – and her brother Caetano, and this mysterious point – from which the music radiates.
The Color of Fear

1994

The Color of Fear

1994
7.5
Diversity trainer Lee Mun Wah assembles a diverse group of eight American men to talk about their experience of race relations in the United States. The exchange is sometimes dramatic as they lay bare the pain that racism in the US has caused them.
Art of War

2009

Art of War

2009
7
Documentary on the main principles of Sun Tsu "Art of War" illustrated with examples from the second world war, the Vietnam war and the American civil war.
The Shocking History of the Death Penalty

1977

The Shocking History of the Death Penalty

1977
2
Do humans have the right to judge and kill other humans? This program includes a history of capital punishment around the world through documentary footage and commentary. The electric chair, firing squad, hanging, poison gas, beating to death, slow execution, crotch-splitting, iron maiden, guillotine, execution by running, and beheading... It features a military execution in a South American country, obtained from a former prison officer. It also includes footage of the reality of life in Japanese prisons, death row inmates facing death, the parents of death row inmates, the families of their victims, and the gallows.
Four Letters

2024

Four Letters

2024
Inspired by the remarkable life journey of software engineer Charles Anderson, the film illuminates the challenges of his life before, during, and after incarceration.