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This Mechanical Age

1954

This Mechanical Age

1954
6.3
This Mechanical Age is a 1954 American short documentary film about the early days of aviation, produced by Robert Youngson. In 1955, it won an Oscar for Best Short Subject [One-Reel] at the 27th Academy Awards
Znovuzrodenie lesa

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Znovuzrodenie lesa

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Turning of the Tide: The Ill-Starred Making of Moontide

2008

Turning of the Tide: The Ill-Starred Making of Moontide

2008
Making of Moontide talking about the production of the movie.
Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport

2000

Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport

2000
7.4
In the nine months prior to World War II, 10.000 innocent children left behind their families, their homes, their childhood, and took the journey... to Britain to escape the Nazi Holocaust.
SportsCentury Greatest Athletes: Wayne Gretzky

2000

SportsCentury Greatest Athletes: Wayne Gretzky

2000
American Race

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American Race

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The death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri on August 9th, 2014 and those of countless others belonging to similarly unarmed Black men over the last several years have left this team of filmmakers with a question: How do we, as Americans, use our platform to solve the Black male crisis?
James Brown - The Night James Brown Saved Boston

2008

James Brown - The Night James Brown Saved Boston

2008
6.6
On April 5, 1968, soul legend James Brown performed a concert in Boston that many say shielded that city from the kinds of devastating riots that ripped other cities apart after the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Five Came Back

2017

Five Came Back

2017
7.9
The extraordinary story of how Hollywood changed World War II – and how World War II changed Hollywood, through the interwoven experiences of five legendary filmmakers who went to war to serve their country and bring the truth to the American people: John Ford, William Wyler, John Huston, Frank Capra, and George Stevens. Based on Mark Harris’ best-selling book, “Five Came Back: A Story of Hollywood and the Second World War.”
Iron Maiden: Behind The Iron Curtain

1984

Iron Maiden: Behind The Iron Curtain

1984
7.1
Shot during Maiden's historic tour of Poland and other parts of the Eastern Bloc in 1984, featuring interviews, live and offstage footage, capturing the atmosphere of this remarkable journey behind the Wall at the height of the Cold War.
But No One

1982

But No One

1982
4.1
A dream that was "left over" from Gently Down the Stream. Like many dreams, it transformed the familiar world into something more disturbing, contradictory and amoral.
Murder of a President

2016

Murder of a President

2016
7.6
The life of President James Garfield, including his rise to power and the aftermath of his assassination.
Hating Peter Tatchell

2021

Hating Peter Tatchell

2021
3.7
The powerful and inspiring true story of the controversial human rights campaigner whose provocative acts of civil diso bedience rocked the British establishment, revolutionised attitudes to homosexuality and exposed world tyrants. As social attitudes change and history vindicates Peter's stance on gay rights, his David versus Goliath battles gradually win him status as a national treasure. The film follows Peter as he embarks on his riskiest crusade yet by seeking to disrupt the FIFA World Cup in Moscow to draw attention to the persecution of LGBT+ people in Russia and Chechnya.
Report

1967

Report

1967
6.2
Bruce Conner’s most celebrated film for a reason: it takes historical moments that were replayed over and over on television—chilling repetition of Kennedy assassination coverage—and repurposes them into a meditation on how the media tries to exert authority and apply a sense of order to the anarchic. And though it may sound perverse to say so, the film is also—not incidentally—a thrill to watch. -- The A.V. Club
O Tigre e a Gazela

1976

O Tigre e a Gazela

1976
7.4
The faces, the gestures and speech of beggars, madmen and revelers passing through the streets of São Paulo. The sounds and images are illustrated with Frantz Fanon extracts.
Hannibal's March on Rome

2018

Hannibal's March on Rome

2018
5.2
Even 2,000 years after his death, General Hannibal's battle strategies are still studied today. But of all his military feats, perhaps his greatest was leading his massive Carthaginian army of men and three-dozen elephants across the Alps and into the heartland of Rome in 218 B.C. Until now, the route they took has been a matter of dispute, but thanks to modern-day technology, geomorphologist Bill Mahaney and microbiologist Chris Allen believe they've accurately traced this ancient journey.
Movie Theaters of Rio

2001

Movie Theaters of Rio

2001
The story of Rio de Janeiro’s movie theaters and the radical transformation they have endured since the invention of Cinema.
Getting Stoned with Alex Karpovksy

2013

Getting Stoned with Alex Karpovksy

2013
Caveh gets stoned with Alex Karpovsky.
Farewell Oak Street

1953

Farewell Oak Street

1953
This documentary presents a before-and-after picture of people in a large-scale public housing project in Toronto. Due to a housing shortage, they were forced to live in squalid, dingy flats and ramshackle dwellings on a crowded street in Regent Park North; now they have access to new, modern housing developments designed to offer them privacy, light and space.
Beba

2022

Beba

2022
7
A raw, poetic self-portrait in which young, NYC-born Afro-Latina Rebeca “Beba” Huntt stares down historical, societal, and generational trauma.
But Beautiful

2019

But Beautiful

2019
7.7
In his new film, Erwin Wagenhofer is looking for the good and beautiful in this world.