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The Times Of Harvey Milk

Genres: Documentary, Biography, History

Country: United States

Director: Rob Epstein (as Robert Epstein)

Duration: 90 min

Year: 1984

Actors: Harvey Fierstein, Harvey Milk, Anne Kronenberg

Member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors Harvey Milk and San Francisco Mayor George Moscone were assassinated by Supervisor Dan White on November 27 1978. Milks life leading up to his election his successful efforts to politically represent San Franciscos gay community and the citys reaction to the assassinations are documented with extensive news film and personal...

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The Man Nobody Knew: In Search Of My Father, Cia Spymaster William Colby

Genres: Documentary, Biography, History, War

Country: United States

Director: Carl Colby

Duration: 104 min

Year: 2011

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A sons riveting look at a father whose life seemed straight out of a spy thriller. The secret world of a legendary CIA spymaster. Told by William Colbys son Carl the story is at once a probing history of the CIA a personal memoir of a family living in clandestine shadows and an inquiry into the hard costs of a nations most cloaked...

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The Kid Stays In The Picture

Genres: Documentary, Biography

Country: United States

Director: Nanette Burstein, Brett Morgen

Duration: 93 min

Year: 2002

Actors: Robert Evans, Eddie Albert, Peter Bart

This documentary captures the life story of legendary Hollywood producer and studio chief Robert Evans. The first actor to ever to run a film studio Robert Evans film career started in 1956 poolside at the Beverly Hills Hotel. His good looks charm and overwhelming confidence captured the eye of screen legend Norma Shearer who offered him a film role. After a glamorous--but...

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The Ken & Barbie Killers

Genres: Documentary, Biography, History

Country: Canada

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Duration: 60 min

Year: 1996

Actors: Michelle Banks, Fred Berlin, Vince Bevan

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The Imposter

Genres: Documentary, Biography

Country: United Kingdom

Director: Bart Layton

Duration: 99 min

Year: 2012

Actors: Adam O'Brian, Anna Ruben, Cathy Dresbach

A documentary centered on a young Frenchman who claims to a grieving Texas family that he is their 16-year-old son who has been missing for 3...

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Put Up Your Dux

Genres: Documentary, Biography

Country: United States

Director: Jesse Barrett-Mills, Daniel Gallai

Duration: 70 min

Year: 2010

Actors: Frank Dux, Joe Fiorentino, Jeff Langton

A documentary about the true life story of world renowned martial artist Frank...

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Poster Girl

Genres: Documentary, Short, Biography, War

Country: United States

Director: Sara Nesson

Duration: 38 min

Year: 2010

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Apple pie cheerleader turned tough-as-nails machine gunner in the Iraq War Sgt. Robynn Murray comes home to face a new kind of battle she never...

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Paul Williams Still Alive

Genres: Documentary, Biography, Comedy, Musical

Country: United States, Philippines

Director: Stephen Kessler

Duration: 87 min

Year: 2011

Actors: Paul Williams, Robert Blake, Karen Carpenter

A documentary about legendary songwriter and 70s icon Paul...

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Paul Kelly - Stories Of Me

Genres: Documentary, Biography, Music

Country: Australia

Director: Ian Darling

Duration: 95 min

Year: 2012

Actors: Paul Kelly, Michael Barclay, Kasey Chambers

An intimate portrait of Paul Kelly Australias foremost singer-songwriter. In a career spanning more than thirty years he has documented the history of our country described its landscapes and cities and captured the lives and loves of its citizens. Kelly has written over 350 songs penned lyrics for many other singers co-authored songs and written for film. But like all great artists Paul...

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Once Upon A Rooftop

Genres: Documentary, Short, Biography, Drama, ...

Country: United States, Hong Kong

Director: Sybil Wendler

Duration: 31 min

Year: 2010

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On a rooftop high above the bustling streets of Hong Kong a woman practices the ancient art of tai chi as her daughter watches from the shadows. Invisible from below they share their hidden promontory with 30 other families. All live in shanties perched precariously on top of a nine-story building. This film is a porthole to an intimate view of life in these illegal rooftop tenements that exist...

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Nova Darwin's Darkest Hour

Genres: Documentary, Biography

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Director: John Bradshaw

Duration: 104 min

Year:

Actors: Henry Ian Cusick, Frances O'Connor, Nigel Bennett

Charles Darwin is taken aback when he receives a manuscript from a colleague Alfred Wallace which contains many of the same conclusions as he on evolution and the development of various species. Darwins theory was developed over a great many years and in flashbacks the manner in which it developed is shown. He had many supporters and likely more critics. He knew that his ideas were radical...

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Nova Wave That Shook The World

Genres: Documentary, Biography

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Director: Lara Acaster, Alex Williamson

Duration: 54 min

Year:

Actors: Richard Anthony, Simon Boxall, Dan Cox

Dec. 26 2004...

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Secrets Of Lost Empires: China Bridge

Genres: Documentary, Biography

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Actors: Bashar Altabba, Marcus Brandt, Fu Xiang Chen

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Nova Alien From Earth

Genres: Documentary, Biography

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Director: Simon Nasht, Annamaria Talas

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Actors: Jay O. Sanders

NOVA investigates the furious scientific debate raging over what Hobbit bones...

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Nicky's Family

Genres: Documentary, Biography, Drama, History

Country: United States, United Kingdom, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Israel, Cambodia

Director: Matej Minac

Duration: 96 min

Year: 2011

Actors: Ben Abeles, Jirina Bohdalová, The Dalai Lama

Nicholas Winton an Englishman today 102 years old organized the rescue of 669 Czech and Slovak children just before the outbreak of World War II. Winton now 102 years old did not speak about these events with anyone for more than half a century. His exploits would have probably been forgotten if his wife fifty years later hadnt found a suitcase in the attic full of documents and...

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My Reincarnation

Genres: Documentary, Adventure, Biography, Family

Country: Switzerland, Netherlands, Malaysia, Italy, United States, Germany, Finland, Venezuela, China, Taiwan, Singapore, Russia

Director: Jennifer Fox

Duration: 90 min

Year: 2011

Actors: Yeshi Silvano Namkhai, Chögyal Namkhai Norbu

For twenty years filmmaker Jennifer Fox has been following the high Tibetan master Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche and his Italian born son Yeshi with her camera. The result is the astounding feature length documentary MY REINCARNATION which tells the rare inside story of one of the last reincarnate teachers to be trained in Tibet and his sons stubborn reluctance to follow in his fathers...

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If A Tree Falls: A Story Of The Earth Liberation Front

Genres: Documentary, Biography, Crime, Drama, ...

Country: United States, United Kingdom

Director: Marshall Curry, Sam Cullman

Duration: 85 min

Year: 2011

Actors: Daniel McGowan, Lisa McGowan, Tim Lewis

IF A TREE FALLS is a rare behind-the-curtain look at the Earth Liberation Front the radical environmental group that the FBI calls Americas number one domestic terrorist threat. With unprecedented access and a nuanced point of view the documentary tells the story of Daniel McGowan an ELF member who faced life in prison for two multi-million dollar arsons against Oregon timber companies. The...

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Iceberg Slim: Portrait Of A Pimp

Genres: Documentary, Biography, War

Country: United States

Director: Jorge Hinojosa

Duration: 89 min

Year: 2012

Actors: Betty Beck, Camille Beck, Diane Beck

Examines the tumultuous life of legendary Chicago pimp Iceberg Slim 1918-1992 and how he reinvented himself from pimp to author of 7 groundbreaking books. These books were the birth of Street Lit and explored the world of the ghetto in gritty and poetic detail and have made him a cultural icon. Interviews with Iceberg Slim Chris Rock Henry Rollins Ice-T Snoop Dogg and Quincy...

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John Wayne Gacy: A Monster In Disguise

Genres: Documentary, Biography, History

Country: United States

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Duration: 50 min

Year: 1999

Actors: Barry Boschelli, James Cavanaugh, Ray Cornell

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Joffrey: Mavericks Of American Dance

Genres: Documentary, Biography, History

Country: United States

Director: Bob Hercules

Duration: 82 min

Year: 2012

Actors: Sasha Anawalt, Gerald Arpino, Charthel Arthur

The full story of this groundbreaking dance company from their founding in 1956 to the present. The Joffrey is considered the first truly American ballet company and was the first to perform at the White House and the first company to be featured on the cover of Time Magazine. Narrated by Mandy Patinkin the film shows how the Joffrey transformed American dance by combining modern dance with...

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Grizzly Man

Genres: Documentary, Biography

Country: United States

Director: Werner Herzog

Duration: 103 min

Year: 2005

Actors: Timothy Treadwell, Amie Huguenard, Werner Herzog

A docudrama that centers on amateur grizzly bear expert Timothy Treadwell. He periodically journeyed to Alaska to study and live with the bears. He was killed along with his girlfriend Amie Huguenard by a rogue bear in October 2003. The films explores their compassionate lives as they found solace among these endangered...

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Gregory Crewdson: Brief Encounters

Genres: Documentary, Biography, Drama

Country: United States

Director: Ben Shapiro

Duration: 78 min

Year: 2012

Actors: Gregory Crewdson, Samantha Ressler, Richard Sands

Filmed over a decade Brief Encounters follows internationally renowned photographer Gregory Crewdsons quest to create his unique surreal and incredibly elaborate portraits of suburban life. He sets a house on fire builds 90 foot sets with crews of sixty shuts down city streets...all in the service of his haunted image of American life and his own anxieties dreams and inner desires. Brief...

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Five Friends

Genres: Documentary, Biography

Country: United States

Director: Erik Santiago

Duration: 70 min

Year: 2010

Actors: Alan Frow, Jim Hood, Michael Kimmel

We live in the age of the bromance. Never has pop culture been so fascinated with male friendships. What do they look like? Why are they important? And how do we talk about them without seeming...unmanly? Films like I Love You Man or the recent GQ article entitled Are You Man Enough for the Man-Date? are just a couple of examples of how society is wrestling with what male relationships...

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General Idi Amin Dada

Genres: Documentary, Biography, War

Country: France, Switzerland

Director: Barbet Schroeder

Duration: 90 min

Year: 1974

Actors: Idi Amin, Fidel Castro, Golda Meir

Ugandas dictator General Idi Amin Dada accepts a foreign crews request to interview and film him. He talks to the camera about his outreach to Arab nations his goal of eradicating Israel his views on economic policy and his views of Nixon Kissinger and other world leaders. We also see him dressing down his ministers at a cabinet meeting two weeks after this meeting the foreign...

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Garbo: The Spy

Genres: Documentary, Biography, History

Country: Spain

Director: Edmon Roch

Duration: 88 min

Year: 2009

Actors: Rupert Allason, José Antonio Escoriza, Aline Griffith

A compelling account of Juan Pujol an extraordinary Spanish double agent during WWII who helped change the course of...

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Mummies: Secrets Of The Pharaohs

Genres: Documentary, Biography, Drama, Family

Country: United States

Director: Keith Melton

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Year: 2007

Actors: Elana Drago, William Hope, Nasser Memarzia

The grail is not the gold nor the books of ancient wisdom but the 3000 year old DNA of the mummies which may lead to a cure for...

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Marina Abramovic: The Artist Is Present

Genres: Documentary, Biography, History

Country: United States

Director: Matthew Akers, Jeff Dupre

Duration: 106 min

Year: 2012

Actors: Marina Abramovic, Ulay, Klaus Biesenbach

This feature-length documentary film follows the artist as she prepares for what may be the most important moment of her life: a major retrospective of her work at The Museum of Modern Art in New York. To be given a retrospective at one of the worlds premiere museums is for any living artist the most exhilarating sort of milestone. For Marina it is far more - it is the chance to finally...

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Man On Wire - Der Drahtseilakt

Genres: Documentary, Biography

Country: United States, United Kingdom

Director: James Marsh

Duration: 94 min

Year: 2008

Actors: Philippe Petit, Jean François Heckel, Jean-Louis Blondeau

On August 7 1974 Philippe Petit a French wire walker juggler and street performer days shy of his 25th birthday spent 45 minutes walking dancing kneeling and lying on a wire he and friends strung between the rooftops of the Twin Towers. Uses contemporary interviews archival footage and recreations to tell the story of his previous walks between towers of Notre Dame and of the Sydney...

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Koch

Genres: Documentary, Biography, History

Country: United States

Director: Neil Barsky

Duration: 100 min

Year: 2012

Actors: Ed Koch, Michael Bloomberg, Calvin O. Butts III

Three-time New York City Mayor 1978-1989 Ed Koch was combative funny and blunt. He was also intensely private. Koch gives us a contemporary history of the worlds greatest city and an intimate portrait of the 86-year old former mayor as he confronts his own mortality and legacy. The film examines issues still relevant today - race homelessness AIDS and gay rights - and gives us a...

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