Popular Documentary Movies - Page 2
An Introduction to Harmolodics
1995
Ornette Coleman is always asked, “what is Harmolodics?” Harmolodics is the term he coined to describe his music and his philosophy of life. He decided to do a short film about Harmolodics. A few artists were in enlisted, including Lou Reed, Thurston Moore, Yoko Ono and dancer Wunmi Olaiya. The film only went out to journalists as part of the Tone Dialing press kit. It was released publicly in honor of the occasion of Ornette’s 90th birthday March 9, 2020.Lou Reed - Lowest Form of Life
2009
star 5The fascinating story behind a catastrophic interview with the rock legend Lou Reed. Recorded in a hotel room in Stockholm, March 2000.The Velvet Underground in Boston
1967
This newly unearthed film, which Warhol shot during a concert at the Boston Tea Party, features a variety of filmmaking techniques. Sudden in-and-out zooms, sweeping panning shots, in-camera edits that create single frame images and bursts of light like paparazzi flash bulbs going off mirror the kinesthetic experience of the Exploding Plastic Inevitable, with its strobe lights, whip dancers, colorful slide shows, multi-screen projections, liberal use of amphetamines, and overpowering sound. It is a significant find indeed for fans of the Velvets, being one of only two known films with synchronous sound of the band performing live, and this the only one in color.Patti Smith at Anthology Film Archives Febr. 19, 1998
1998
Patti Smith improvises an unfinished song, called "God Running". Part of the cycle of The First 40.Mia
2017
Mia
2017
star 6.1Mia recounts her most intimate confessions, uncensored, in her first approach to a totally new world of domination and submission.Wild Boys: The Story of Duran Duran
2000
star 8Documentary charting the rise and fall of the pop group synonymous with 1980s glamour. Hits featured include Girls on Film, Rio and Hungry Like the Wolf.Selena y Los Dinos: A Family's Legacy
2025
star 9.4Never-before-seen footage and intimate interviews celebrate the life and legacy of iconic Mexican American singer Selena Quintanilla and her family band.The Stroll
2023
The Stroll
2023
star 6.4The history of New York’s Meatpacking District, told from the perspective of transgender sex workers who lived and worked there. Filmmaker Kristen Lovell, who walked “The Stroll” for a decade, reunites her community to recount the violence, policing, homelessness, and gentrification they overcame to build a movement for transgender rights.The Farthest
2018
The Farthest
2018
star 7.8The captivating tales of the people and events behind one of humanity's greatest achievements in exploration: NASA's Voyager mission.The Helsinki Effect
2025
The Helsinki Effect
2025
star 7.9The Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE) was the starting point for the slow but sure collapse of communist authoritarian rule in Eastern Europe. The Helsinki Effect offers new perspectives on the events of the Cold War. The film tells the story of the CSCE process, which had a major impact on the end of the Cold War, and sheds light on secret top-level discussions behind closed doors, through voice simulations using artificial intelligence.El Apocalipsis de san Juan
2024
star 8.4Embark on an epic journey through time and faith with 'The Apocalypse of Saint John.' Join the Apostle John in a stunning visual narrative that unravels the visions of the End Times. Experience each vision like never before, with striking visual effects and epic scenes that immerse you in the apocalyptic narrative.One to One: John & Yoko
2025
star 7.2An exploration of the seminal and transformative 18 months that one of music’s most famous couples — John Lennon and Yoko Ono — spent living in Greenwich Village, New York City, in the early 1970s.David Bowie: An Earthling at 50
1997
Interview with David Bowie, in an original format of non-linear edition, cut-and-paste style.Beautiful Things
2019
Beautiful Things
2019
star 7.3A symphonic journey into our obsessive consumption. The many objects we accumulate begin their production journey in silent secluded industrial site where borderline men work in isolation without any interference. These men trigger, unconsciously, the long chain of creation, transport, commercialization and destruction of the objects feeding our bulimic lifestyle.Chris Hemsworth: A Road Trip to Remember
2025
star 7.6In his most personal documentary yet, Chris Hemsworth turns the camera on his own family after his dad’s recent Alzheimer’s diagnosis. They embark on a road trip into their past, exploring the science of social connection and how it can support memory function. They revisit meaningful places and faces, capturing it all as a home movie, and reviving treasured recollections.The Raft
2019
The Raft
2019
star 5.8In 1973, five men and six women drifted across the Atlantic on a raft as part of a scientific experiment exploring the origins of violence and sexual attraction. Nobody expected what ultimately took place on that 3-month journey. Through archive material and a reunion of the surviving members of the expedition, this film tells the hidden story of the project.The Velvet Underground Rehearses
1966
A film of the Velvet Underground performing only discovered in recent years directed by Danny Williams shortly before his dissapearance.Homeland: The Story of the Lark
2010
A distilled, up-to-the-minute portrait of our agitated nation, its politics, its economics, its delusions and its dreams. Laurie Anderson's tone is less outraged than elegiac, mourning for lives lost, ideals misplaced. The music is dramatically stripped down to a handful of players, centered around Anderson's haunting violin and voice, frequent Bill Frisell band-mate Eyvind Kang's viola and Peter Scherer's keyboards.Hysterical
2021
Hysterical
2021
star 6.4An honest and hilarious backstage pass into the lives of some of stand-up comedy’s most boundary-breaking women, exploring the hard-fought journey to become the voices of their generation and their gender.
