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“Some kind of popular surrealism about people that live in Northern Portugal, their relationship with donkeys and the way they live. They are so musical that it is possible to manipulate without losing their essence...” - Tiago Pereira
A documentary on the German Women Football National Team and the 2011 FIFA World Championship in Germany.
On September 9, 2001, Commander Massoud, a hero of the Afghan resistance, was assassinated by two members of al-Qaeda posing as journalists. Two days later, the terrorist organization struck the United States. However, a few months earlier, during a visit to France, Commander Massoud had come to warn the West about the disastrous plans of al-Qaeda and the rise of the Taliban. He asked the West to exert pressure on Pakistan, a country that supplied arms, supported and sheltered the Taliban, but which was also a major buyer of French arms. He was not listened to.
65 shots making up a cryptically alluded-to narrative: a lesbian couple's Midwest travels, a hitchhiking young man's journeys, the story of a man who may be having an affair.
A documentary featuring survivor stories of state-sponsored violence during the Martial Law years of the dictator, Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Sr. Thousands were jailed, tortured, raped and killed while communities were massacred in the crossfire between state forces, Maoist rebels and Muslim separatists. In 2013, the Philippine government passed a landmark law which officially recognized these atrocities and mandated compensation for the victims, funded by the illegally-acquired wealth of Ferdinand & Imelda Marcos hidden in their Swiss Bank accounts. 11,103 victims were given compensation as a result of the law.
Moving documentary looks back on the remarkable life of John Fitzgerald Kennedy and combines the tragedy of his untimely death with the rememberances of those who knew him best and those who knew him not at all. James Earl Jones reviews the brief life of JFK. His triumphs. His failures. His inpiration and contribution to our history. The story is told through previously unseen and rare video and home movies. and by many people who were there, ordinary people. The story is built around the exclusive historic videotape from WFAA, the dallas station whose studios are located so near the infamouse "grassy knoll" where the President was shot. We see the events as they happened, from JFK's arrival in Dallas to his funeral in Washington four days later.
A silent promotional film directed by the great Karel Zeman.
A portrait of two megacities - Los Angeles and Moscow, as if seen by an alien who is sent to planet Earth to do a field work on the human presence.
Self-improvement film funded by a paper company. In the story a dissatisfied factory worker imagines what it would be like to become a company foreman or the company president.
After two decades of filming weddings Doug had long wondered what became of those couples.. Are they still together? Is married life what they thought it would be? How have they navigated the inevitable ups and downs of marriage over the long haul? Driven by deep curiosity to answer these questions, he begins to track down and interview his wedding couples, juxtaposing wedding day flashbacks with present-day reality as he explores themes of love and marital commitment and to ask them all the same question: After years of being married, what would be your advice be for a young couple soon to be married?
From Baruch Goldstein's massacre in Hebron, March 1994 (where 119 bullets were fired) to the fatal 3 bullets that killed Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin in November 1995, this documentary examines the right-wing extremists in Israel and their ideology.
Survivors and insiders recount March 11, 2004's terrorist attack on Madrid, including the political crisis it ignited and the hunt for the perpetrators.
Explores the survival story of how the Seattle Seahawks remained in the Pacific Northwest, and how the fanbase and a group of civic leaders came together to keep their team in Seattle. Features exclusive interviews, never-before-seen archival footage, and dramatic recreations, as it chronicles the battle to pass Referendum 48.
"12 Months" (2014) - an award-winning documentary about a Los Angeles man who rents his three-bedroom home for $1 per month to help a family - he has never met - get on their feet. Told through the eyes of Felicia Dukes and her four children, the project puts a personal face on homelessness and encourages individuals to take personal responsibility for helping address societal concerns. This film has won Best Documentary at the Sunrise Film Festival in Nova Scotia, Canada, in October 2015, as well as has been screened within film festival in seven countries and 15 locations!
For 15 months, 45 inmates, some completely illiterate, worked together to present an adaptation of Reginald Rose's famous stage play 12 Angry Men.
The changes in Brazilian money bills and how these changes affected the economy and society.
A new documentary by filmmaker-photographer Raymond Depardon – where justice and psychiatry meet.
Documentary about the 12th of July parade in the Northern Irish town of Portadown, where disputes about the route the parade takes through town is the cause for ongoing disputes between the protestant and catholic communities.
Promotional omnibus film, made for the 1990 FIFA World Cup in Italy, featuring portraits of 12 Italian cities.
The story of Juan, a man who, after almost two years of waiting and with his heart working at barely 8% capacity, receives the news that there is a donor for him. 12 hours and 2 minutes elapse from that call until the end of the operation.
Cleaning snow 20 meters thick from the road through the Anzob mountain passage that the south with the north of Tajikistan. Thinking aloud by Kulumurod one of the eldest of the workers.