Popular Documentary Movies - Page 11
God & Country: The Rise of Christian Nationalism
2024
star 7.1Examines the implications of Christian Nationalism, how it distorts not only our constitutional republic, but Christianity itself, and asks the question: What happens when a faith built on love, sacrifice, and forgiveness grows political tentacles, conflating power, money, and belief into hyper-nationalism?The Velvet Underground at Bataclan '72
1972
Recorded on French TV, the concert marked the first time since the breakup of The Velvet Underground that Reed, Cale and Nico were on stage together.Beautiful Darling
2010
Beautiful Darling
2010
star 5.7James Rasin's documentary “Beautiful Darling” honors American Transgender actress and best-known Warhol Superstar, Candy Darling, and her all-too-brief life and career, with a combination of current and vintage interview material, rarely seen archival photos and footage, and extracts from Darling's movies.Porcelain War
2024
Porcelain War
2024
star 6.2Under roaring fighter jets and missile strikes, Ukrainian artists Slava, Anya, and Andrey choose to stay behind and fight, contending with the soldiers they have become. Defiantly finding beauty amid destruction, they show that although it’s easy to make people afraid, it’s hard to destroy their passion for living.Victoria Beckham: Coming to America
2007
star 10An insider's look at the life of former Spice Girl Victoria Beckham and her world famous footballer husband David Beckham as they move their family from England to Southern California.As We Speak: Rap Music on Trial
2024
star 5.7Bronx rap artist Kemba explores the growing weaponization of rap lyrics in the United States criminal justice system and abroad — revealing how law enforcement has quietly used artistic creation as evidence in criminal cases for decades.Teratologens återkomst
1998
"Assisted Living", by Nikanor Teratologen, originally released in Sweden 1992 as "Äldreomsorgen i Övre Kågedalen" immediately caused an uproar, due to the book's endless "Satanic" parade of rape, murder, sacrilege.Stormy
2024
Stormy
2024
star 6.5Delve into the life and times of Stormy Daniels as she shares her story and account of events that have become part of American history.Stuntman
2018
Stuntman
2018
star 6.7A veteran stuntman sets out to complete the jump that bested his idol Evel Knievel: clearing the Snake River Canyon in a rocket-powered craft.Burning
2021
Burning
2021
star 6.8Follows the deadly Australian bushfires of 2019-2020, known as ‘Black Summer’. Burning is an exploration of what happened as told from the perspective of victims of the fires, activists and scientists.The Social Dilemma
2020
The Social Dilemma
2020
star 7.4This documentary-drama hybrid explores the dangerous human impact of social networking, with tech experts sounding the alarm on their own creations.The Hills of Disorder
2006
star 7.3Carapiru is a member of one of Brazil's remaining indigenous peoples, living in harmony with nature and making wise use of the local flora and fauna. But Carapiru is suddenly forced to fend for himself and flees into the nearby rain forest, building a new life for himself with the help some sympathetic settlers. However, after rebuilding his life Carapiru is uprooted once again, this time by government agents. A expressive visual storytelling in this study of the native peoples of Brazil in the 21st century.Watermark
2013
Watermark
2013
star 6.5Following their triumph with Manufactured Landscapes, photographer Edward Burtynsky and filmmaker Jennifer Baichwal reunite to explore the ways in which humanity has shaped, manipulated and depleted one of its most vital and compromised resources: water.Sherpa
2015
Sherpa
2015
star 7.5In 2013, the world's media reported on a shocking mountain-high brawl as European climbers fled a mob of angry Sherpas. Director Jennifer Peedom and her team set out to uncover the cause of this altercation, intending to film the 2014 climbing season from the Sherpa's point-of-view. Instead, they captured Everest's greatest tragedy, when a huge block of ice crashed down onto the climbing route...The Corridors of Power
2022
star 7How do the well-meaning and highly educated men and women of America’s foreign policy elite, dreaming of doing good in the world, so often find themselves presiding over disastrous wars and genocides? Master filmmaker Dror Moreh takes us deep inside the three decades of American foreign policy since the fall of the Berlin Wall, a period of almost constant war and mass killingCinemaguerilla
2009
Cinemaguerilla
2009
A documentary about the New Romanian Cinema. "Cinemaguerilla" brings together over 30 interviews with directors, producers, actors, film historians and critics about what unites and what separates the New Wave of Romanian films.The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz
2014
star 7.9Programming prodigy and information activist Aaron Swartz achieved groundbreaking work in social justice and political organizing. His passion for open access ensnared him in a legal nightmare that ended with the taking of his own life at the age of 26.SKI - The Greatest Ski Tour of All Time
2024
star 8Nikolai and Vegard were childhood friends who spent their free time on the ski slopes. Now, Nikolai has become a professional skier, while Vegard lives in caves and trains obsessively to complete a perilous and physically demanding ski tour. This is a story about friendship and setting ambitious goals.Surviving Progress
2011
Surviving Progress
2011
star 7.3Humanity’s ascent is often measured by the speed of progress. But what if progress is actually spiraling us downwards, towards collapse? Ronald Wright, whose best-seller, “A Short History Of Progress” inspired “Surviving Progress”, shows how past civilizations were destroyed by “progress traps”—alluring technologies and belief systems that serve immediate needs, but ransom the future. As pressure on the world’s resources accelerates and financial elites bankrupt nations, can our globally-entwined civilization escape a final, catastrophic progress trap? With potent images and illuminating insights from thinkers who have probed our genes, our brains, and our social behaviour, this requiem to progress-as-usual also poses a challenge: to prove that making apes smarter isn’t an evolutionary dead-end.The Unforeseen
2007
The Unforeseen
2007
star 6A documentary about the development around Barton Springs in Austin, Texas, and nature's unexpected response to being threatened by human interference.
