Popular Documentary Movies - Page 499
Muxes
2022
Muxes
2022
star 2Highlighting the unique culture of the Zapotec people of Oaxaca, Mexico, this groundbreaking documentary chronicles the lives of those who identify as muxes, a widely recognized third gender.The State of Texas vs. Melissa
2021
star 5.4Melissa Lucio was the first Hispanic woman sentenced to death in Texas. For ten years she has been awaiting her fate, and now faces her last appeal.Slade: It's Slade
1999
Slade: It's Slade
1999
star 4.5With special guests and stories and from those who where there, see, hear and feel the music from first-hand accounts of the Glam Rock Kings of the 1970s: Slade.The Stepford Life
2001
I Am the River, the River Is Me
2024
star 7Māori tribal leader Ned Tapa takes a group of friends and family on a breathtaking canoe trip down the Whanganui River in Aotearoa, as the Māori call New Zealand. The Whanganui is the first river to be recognized as a legal person. Together, this diverse group of people embraces the spirit of the river and tries to find what is needed to save the planet.Barefoot Empress
2021
Barefoot Empress
2021
A 96-year-old woman in a Kerala village pursues her lifelong dream of getting an education. Having never gone to school, she must start at the beginning...first grade.Naked Yoga
1974
Naked Yoga
1974
star 4.5Three young ladies perform yoga without clothes in the open air of Cyprus. Another does the same in a studio. These visuals are interspersed with images of Eastern art, processed for "psychedelic" effect. The narrator relates the practice of yoga to Buddhist philosophy. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with British Film Institute in 2012.Defamation
2009
Defamation
2009
star 7.1Intent on shaking up the ultimate 'sacred cow' for Jews, Israeli director Yoav Shamir embarks on a provocative - and at times irreverent - quest to answer the question, "What is anti-Semitism today?"The Baby and the Puppies
1904
A large size view of a pretty baby playing with half-dozen little puppies on the sand at the seashore. The action is very cunning and the surroundings exceedingly attractive. --BiographTwo Blue Balls
2017
Warclouds in the Pacific
1941
star 5.5This short film examines the Japan that emerged at the beginning of the 1900s and was firmly established as an industrialized nation by the outbreak of World War II. Facing the greatest threat in their history, the democracies of the Pacific took careful stock of this new Japan and its strength, and erected a vast system of defence across the world's greatest ocean.Goodbye Lady Di
2022
Goodbye Lady Di
2022
She was once the most loved member of the royal family. Expelled from her fairytale lifestyle, the tragic end of Princess Diana, Queen of hearts, stunned the world. Although she has left us, she has not been forgotten.Rétro F1 2021 : Révolution
2021
star 8.5Race summaries, analysis and interviews with F1 drivers... Get to the heart of the F1 paddock thanks to Canal+ !The Joy Of Disco
2012
The Joy Of Disco
2012
star 6A film about how a much-derided music actually changed the world. Between 1969 and 1979 disco was born through gay liberation, female desire in the age of feminism and led to the birth of modern club culture before taking the world by storm. This in turn led to the 'Disco Sucks' movement and the inevitable backlash. With contributions from Nile Rodgers, Robin Gibb, Kathy Sledge and Ian Schrager.Chinese Viola
1975
Chinese Viola
1975
star 6The rare short film presents a curious dialogue between filmmaker Julio Bressane and actor Grande Otelo, where, in a mixture of decorated and improvised text, we discover a little manifesto to the Brazilian experimental cinema. Also called "Belair's last film," Chinese Viola reveals the first partnership between photographer Walter Carvalho and Bressane.Planet Rock: The Story of Hip-Hop and the Crack Generation
2011
star 7A look at the rise of crack cocaine in urban America in the 1980s and its influence on popular culture, especially in hip-hop music.Nada Será como Antes, Nada?
1984
...discussion of leftist attitudes towards democracy and popular movements; in parallel, a discussion about the role of militant cinema in relation to real political struggles.Barefoot in the Kitchen
2013
star 6What was the role of women in Spanish cinema from the 1930s to the present explained through fragments of different films, both fiction and non-fiction. (Followed by “Manda huevos,” 2016.)Things That Aren't There Anymore
1990
star 7Remember when Forbes Field was the world’s greatest ballpark? When the Dips roller coaster at West View Park came out to Route 19? When everyone went to the Allegheny County Fair? When streetcars ran all over town? They’re all parts of this warm and winsome program about Pittsburgh’s past, this heartfelt tribute to great and old places where people used to go to have fun.Artères de France
1939
Artères de France
1939
Documentary on communication routes for the French section of the New York International Exposition of 1939
