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Cary Grant: A Class Apart

2004

Cary Grant: A Class Apart

2004
6.9
Documentary that explores the life and career of leading man Cary Grant through film clips and interviews. Produced as S18E03 of the long running series American Masters.
Gitmo

2005

Gitmo

2005
5.6
Looks at the link between Guantanomo Bay and the torture methods used in Iraq. How US forces handle the task of retrieving information from the detainees. Ex detainee Mehdi from Sweden breaks his vow of silence.
Angano... Angano... Tales from Madagascar

1989

Angano... Angano... Tales from Madagascar

1989
5
Venerable storytellers recount for the camera and their listeners the founding myths of Malagasy culture.
Requiem for the Big East

2014

Requiem for the Big East

2014
7
The meteoric ascension of the Big East conference, and how in less than a decade, it became the most successful college basketball league in America.
El culo del mundo

2014

El culo del mundo

2014
5.1
El culo del mundo' is a documentary directed by and starring comedian Andreu Buenafuente, the idea for which came about three months after the cancellation of one of his last television programmes, when he received an email from a viewer. This email makes him ask himself why he dedicates himself to comedy and why he has never thought of leaving the profession after three decades. All this will be the starting point of a journey that will take this comedian and presenter deep into the heart of comedy.
Tender's Heat: Wild Wild Beach

2006

Tender's Heat: Wild Wild Beach

2006
4.8
A drunk couple spend their summer-holiday at sea. Their life is not everything they hoped for, and abuse is part of their relationship. At sea they dream about love and understanding, and we observe their fellow countrymen spending their holidays on the same beach. Tragedy, comedy, love, hate, sex : it is all there.
The Master of Apipucos

1959

The Master of Apipucos

1959
6.6
Documentary about influential Brazilian sociologist Gilberto Freyre, made in his country house in Apipucos, Pernambuco (Northeast Brazil).
Over Mountains, Over Valleys

1930

Over Mountains, Over Valleys

1930
5.1
The Matica slovenská (a mostly government-sponsored cultural, academic, and archival institution) employed Karol Plicka (1894-1987) as its ethnographer, who was able to make documentary shorts from about 1926. He obtained funding from the President’s Office in 1928 to produce an hour-long documentary about village life, Through Mountains and Valleys (Po horách, po dolách). It was awarded a Gold Medal at the International Exposition of Photographic Art in Florence and received an Honorable Mention at the International Venice Film Festival in 1932.
Far from the Trees

1972

Far from the Trees

1972
5.8
An unprejudiced portrait of Spanish folklore and a crude analysis in black and white of its intimate relationship with atavism and superstition, with violence and pain, with blood and death; a story of terror, a journey to the most sinister and ancestral Spain; the one that lived far from the most visited tourist destinations, from the economic miracle and unstoppable progress, relentlessly promoted by the Franco regime during the sixties.
Hollande, DSK, etc ...

2012

Hollande, DSK, etc ...

2012
6.2
Sworn to the Drum: A Tribute to Francisco Aguabella

1995

Sworn to the Drum: A Tribute to Francisco Aguabella

1995
5.8
When you think of Latin percussion, think of Francisco Aguabella. Perhaps the finest Afro-Cuban master percussionist still living, he has become synonymous with his instrument — one of the highest compliments a musician can receive. Indeed, what Carlos Santana is to the guitar, Aguabella is to the conga drum.
Titanic's Final Mystery

2012

Titanic's Final Mystery

2012
7.6
The sinking of the RMS Titanic remains one of the most enduring and mysterious tragedies of the 20th century. For decades, investigators and amateurs alike have floated theories for why it occurred and who was to blame for the extraordinary loss of life, but no one answer could fully explain what happened. Until now. To mark the 100th anniversary of the infamous disaster, Smithsonian Channel will premiere Titanic's Final Mystery. The two-hour special investigates a century of theories and uncovers astonishing new forensic evidence that proves the most likely theory for the case.
Radical Evil

2014

Radical Evil

2014
7.2
Das radikal Böse is a German-Austrian documentary that attempted to explore psychological processes and individual decision latitude "normal young men" in the German Einsatzgruppen of the Security Police and SD, which in 1941 during the Second World War as part of the Holocaust two million Jewish civilians shot dead in Eastern Europe.
The Fabulous Ice Age

2013

The Fabulous Ice Age

2013
7.1
For decades, American touring ice shows dominated family entertainment with their dazzling production and variety acts. This documentary honors them through interviews and archival footage, and depicts one skater's quest to keep this history alive.
The End of Summer

1964

The End of Summer

1964
6.1
A 16 year old girl recalls the last moments of her summer vacation, spent with friends in the Laurentians north of Montreal. She reminisces about their talks on life, death, love, and God. Shot in direct cinema style, working from a script that left room for the teenagers to improvise and express their own thoughts, the film sought to capture the immediacy of the youths presence their bodies, their language, their environment.
Fassbinder in Hollywood

2002

Fassbinder in Hollywood

2002
5.9
Though he never actually worked in Hollywood, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, who died in 1982 at the age of 36, was influenced greatly by Amercian studio films of the 1950s and the convention of melodrama (the link most often mentioned is Douglas Sirk).
Amazonas, Amazonas

1966

Amazonas, Amazonas

1966
6.5
A brief look at Amazonas, its population, their costumes, the rich nature and its importance to Brazil and the world.
Carmen Miranda: Bananas Is My Business

1995

Carmen Miranda: Bananas Is My Business

1995
7.4
A biography of the Portuguese-born Brazilian singer Carmen Miranda, whose most distinctive feature was her tutti-frutti hat. From her arrival in the US as the "Brazilian Bombshell" to her Broadway career and Hollywood stardom in the 1940s.
The Memory Thread

1991

The Memory Thread

1991
6.9
A panorama of the Brazilian black experience, starting with the figure of the semi-illiterate popular artist and employee of a salt mine Gabriel Joaquim dos Santos.
Babilônia 2000

2001

Babilônia 2000

2001
7
Documentary on poor people living in a slum in Rio de Janeiro, on the occasion of New Year's Eve of 1999.

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