Popular Documentary Movies - Page 383
OK ... Camera
1972
OK ... Camera
1972
This documentary film is an exploration of Québec’s feature film industry. The film takes a look at the people who have succeeded in this unique milieu (Geneviève Bujold is one) or failed; at its movies, which run the gamut from hard-core skinflicks to such highly acclaimed films as Mon Oncle Antoine, and at its audiences, which number in the millions.Edwardian Insects on Film
2013
star 9In 1908, amateur naturalist and pioneering filmmaker Percy Smith stunned early cinema goers with his footage of the juggling fly. Hailed as the father of Natural History film, Smith was a hugely influential visual pioneer, inventing many techniques that are still used today. Being both a genius and an eccentric, we follow his life from his earliest films, to the collapse of his house from his mould experiment to his ultimate suicide. We also meet Natural History icon Sir David Attenborough, who was so amazed by Smith’s films in the 1930s that they inspired him to get into natural history.The Wolves Always Come at Night
2025
star 8.5Davaa and Zaya are a young nomadic couple in the vast Bayanhongor region of Mongolia who are in the throes of animal birthing season when a seismic event suddenly changes their lives. They are forced to migrate afar but are haunted by their past lives.Vince Guaraldi: The Maestro of Menlo Park
2009
star 5A short documentary about Vince Guaraldi, the composer most well known for his work on several 'Peanuts' animated television specials.Loyalty & Betrayal: The Story of the American Mob
1994
This historic documentary only aired once on July 25th 1994 on FOX. A special on organized crime as told by the people who lived it, as well as historical footage, newsreels and government surveillance tapes.Chaumière
2013
Chaumière
2013
Formule 1 Hotels are ultra cheap establishments commonly found in peri-urban zones: a low cost way to “inhabit” the world. Behind the doors to the rooms, the uniformity of the space, reduced to the strict functional minimum, reveals the tension inherent in each human life: sedentary versus nomadic, excess versus restraint, routine versus survival. While the main character of Rooms Without a View is a tightly formatted hotel, its residents are not so easy to package. They use, abuse and cause mayhem in this sleep machine dream.The Ghosts in Our Machine
2013
star 7Through the heart and photographic lens of international photographer Jo-Anne McArthur, we become intimately familiar with a cast of non-human animals. The film follows Jo-Anne over the course of a year as she photographs several animal stories in parts of Canada, the U.S. and in Europe. Each story is a window into global animal industries: Food, Fashion, Entertainment and Research.The Manufacturing of 'Fast Food Nation'
2007
A full-length documentary chronicling filmmaker Richard Linklater and author Eric Schlosser throughout their journey making the movie 'Fast Food Nation,' featuring Linklater and the cast of the movie in rehearsals, shooting, and interviews.Matsutake Hunters
2019
Matsutake Hunters
2019
The Japanese matsutake mushroom flourishes in formerly logged, second-growth forests, creating a unique human and non-human ecosystem and economy in northern British Columbia.It's Elementary: Talking About Gay Issues in School
1996
star 4Depicts what happens when students K-8 discuss LGBT-related topics in age-appropriate ways. Shot in six public and private schools (in San Francisco and New York City, as well as Madison, Wisconsin, and Cambridge, Massachusetts), It’s Elementary models excellent teaching about family diversity, name-calling, stereotypes, community building, and more.Akong Pinalangga
2021
Akong Pinalangga
2021
A tribute to the people that we fear to lose, and for the ones that we have lost. It is a story about the fear that we have to face as the new normal.Black Is Beautiful: The Kwame Brathwaite Story
2025
Everyone knows the phrase “Black is Beautiful,” but few know of the man who helped popularize it. Little known Harlem based photographer - freedom fighter and activist - Kwame Brathwaite took 500,000 photos across his 70-year career, always devoted to celebrating the joy and beauty of African American life. This feature documentary tells the story of Kwame and the “Black is Beautiful” movement.SPERMWORLD
2024
SPERMWORLD
2024
star 6.6Three men enter the new wild west of baby making, online forums where sperm donors connect with hopeful parents, but find themselves exchanging more than just genetic material.September in Brooklyn: The Making of Block Party
2006
Behind the scenes look at Dave Chappelle's Block Party.Tender Hearted Tiger: Max Baer
1964
A documentary film about the life and career of one-time Heavyweight boxing champion of the world Max Baer.Arrest the Midwife
2025
Arrest the Midwife
2025
The arrest of midwives in a rural healthcare desert ignites an unexpected rebellion: Amish and Mennonite women who break from tradition, and emerge as fierce political activists fighting for reproductive justice and birthing rights.Baiestorf
2017
Baiestorf
2017
Disaster Capitalism
2018
Disaster Capitalism
2018
star 8.7A documentary that reveals the underbelly of the global aid and investment industry. It's a complex web of interests that span the earth from powerful nations and multinational corporations to tribal and village leaders. This documentary offers unique insights into a multi-billion dollar world by investigating how aid dollars are spent.Telling Strings
2007
Telling Strings
2007
The film interweaves the stories of two generations of Palestinians. It tells the story of Elias Jubran, a music teacher and oud maker from Al Jaleel (Galilee), and his children, who live in a totally different way in Israel... or who have left the country in search of a more open way of life. The film shows what it takes for a culture - mired in the threatening environment of the State of Israel - to continue to thrive.Gumbo Coalition
2022
Gumbo Coalition
2022
Two Black and Latinx civil rights champions join forces to fight structural racism amid a troubling resurgence of white supremacy.
