A chronicle of the long career of American filmmaker Roger Corman, the most tenacious and ingenious low-budget producer and director in the US film industry, a pioneer of independent filmmaking and discoverer of new talent.
Casts Roger Corman, Gary J. Tunnicliffe, Frances Doel, Julie Corman, David Carradine, John Sayles, Eric Balfour, Robert De Niro, Paul W. S. Anderson, Martin Scorsese
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Planet Asperger
Sounds Like Teen Spirit
Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer
The Burning Times
Red Without Blue
The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant
Killer at Large
Act of God
Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President
Imitating Life - The Audacity of Suzanne Heintz
Gregory Peck, le gentleman acteur
First Generation
The Distant Barking of Dogs
Freaks & Errors: A Rare Collection
Mirrorlapse
Eat
Learn
Ray: Life and Work of Satyajit Ray
A Dog's Life
Chris and Bernie
SIMILAR MOVIES
Planet Asperger
IMDB 10 | Oct , 2014
A documentary about Asperger syndrome that will teach you we don't all take the same journey towards happiness.Sounds Like Teen Spirit
IMDB 6.7 | May , 2009
A 2008 documentary and debut feature film of Bafta-Award nominated director Jamie Jay Johnson. It follows the lives of the participants of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2007, specifically the entrants from Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus and Georgia. The film sees them proceed from the national finals that saw them crowned the representatives of their country through to the international song festival itself held in Rotterdam, the Netherlands where they each compete against 16 other acts.Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer
IMDB 6.7 | Nov , 2003
British documentarian Nick Broomfield creates a follow-up piece to his 1992 documentary of the serial killer Aileen Wuornos, a highway prostitute who was convicted of killing six men in Florida between 1989 and 1990. Interviewing an increasingly mentally unstable Wuornos, Broomfield captures the distorted mind of a murderer whom the state of Florida deems of sound mind -- and therefore fit to execute. Throughout the film, Broomfield includes footage of his testimony at Wuornos' trial.The Burning Times
IMDB 6.6 | Jan , 1990
This documentary takes an in-depth look at the witch hunts that swept Europe just a few hundred years ago. False accusations and trials led to massive torture and burnings at the stake and ultimately to the destruction of an organic way of life. The film questions whether the widespread violence against women and the neglect of our environment today can be traced back to those times.Red Without Blue
IMDB 5.3 | Jan , 2007
The intimate bond between two identical twins is challenged when one decides to transition from male to female; this is the story of their evolving relationship, and the resurrection of their family from a darker past.The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant
IMDB 5.8 | Sep , 2009
The inside story of the last days of a General Motors plant in Moraine, Ohio, as lived by the people who worked the line.Killer at Large
IMDB 6.2 | Nov , 2008
Obesity rates in the United States have reached epidemic proportions in recent years. Killer at Large shows how little is being done and more importantly, what can be done to reverse it. Killer at Large also explores the human element of the problem with portions of the film that follow a 12-year old girl who has a controversial liposuction procedure to fix her weight gain and a number of others suffering from obesity, including filmmaker Neil Labute.Act of God
IMDB 4.1 | Aug , 2009
A Canadian documentary feature film that investigates the effects of being struck by lightning.Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President
IMDB 6.9 | Sep , 2020
This rockumentary-style presidential portrait shows how Jimmy Carter reinvigorated a post-Watergate America—with the music of the counterculture, including the Allman Brothers, Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson, and Jimmy Buffett.Imitating Life - The Audacity of Suzanne Heintz
IMDB 10 | Nov , 2019
Satirical artist and art director, Suzanne Heintz, adopted her fake family more than 15 years ago to challenge persisting stereotypes about women's lives.Gregory Peck, le gentleman acteur
IMDB 7 | Nov , 2022
A legend of the Hollywood Golden Age, Gregory Peck (1916-2003) had an exemplary career, working under some of the greatest directors: Alfred Hitchcock, Elia Kazan, Raoul Walsh, Vincente Minnelli... Portrait of an actor with irresistible charm and strong political commitments.First Generation
IMDB 0 | Jan , 2011
An award-winning feature-length documentary narrated by Golden Globe nominee Blair Underwood, FIRST GENERATION tells the story of four high school students - an inner city athlete, a small town waitress, a Samoan warrior dancer, and the daughter of migrant field workers - who set out to break the cycle of poverty and bring hope to their families and communities by pursuing a college education. Shot over the course of three years and featuring some of our nation’s top educational experts (Richard Kahlenberg, The Century Foundation; J.B. Schramm, College Summit; Dr. Bill Tierney, University of Southern California), this 95 minute documentary explores the problem of college access faced by first generation and low-income students and how their success has major implications for the future of our nation.The Distant Barking of Dogs
IMDB 7.6 | Nov , 2017
Hnutove, Donbass, eastern Ukraine, 2015. Young Oleg lives in a war zone where anti-aircraft gunshots and missile attacks often resonate dangerously near. Although many inhabitants have already left this dangerous area, he remains with his grandmother, who has cared for him since his mother's death, because they have nowhere to go. They are just waiting for the war to end.Freaks & Errors: A Rare Collection
IMDB 0 | Nov , 2017
Obsession, love, money, and postage. Freaks and Errors: A Rare Collection, is the first, independent documentary film that reveals the rarely seen, expectedly eccentric and surprisingly large world of stamp collecting.Mirrorlapse
IMDB 0 | Feb , 2014
The creation of beautiful new landscapes. Shot on the Canary Islands.Eat
IMDB 2 | Feb , 2011
3 guys, 44 days, 11 countries, 18 flights, 38 thousand miles, an exploding volcano, 2 cameras and almost a terabyte of footage - a short devoted to the food of the world.Learn
IMDB 5.8 | Feb , 2011
3 guys, 44 days, 11 countries, 18 flights, 38 thousand miles, an exploding volcano, 2 cameras and almost a terabyte of footage - a short devoted to the exploration and learnig through travel.Ray: Life and Work of Satyajit Ray
IMDB 0 | Sep , 1999
Clips and interviews show that the renowned Satyajit Ray was more than just a filmmaker: He was a sketch illustrator, a music composer, a children's book creator, an all around intellectual.A Dog's Life
IMDB 0 | May , 2016
A documentary about the relationships of several Toronto and Montreal homeless people and their dogs.Chris and Bernie
IMDB 7 | Feb , 1975
The story of two young single mothers who join forces to make a new kind of family unit for themselves and their children.