History, Documentary
From the onset of the AIDS epidemic, author Larry Kramer emerged as a fiery activist, an Old Testament-style prophet full of righteous fury who denounced both the willful inaction of the government and the refusal of the gay community to curb potentially risky behaviors. Co-founder of both organization Gay Men's Health Crisis and the direct action protest group ACT UP, Kramer was vilified by some who saw his criticism to be an expression of self-hatred, while lionized by others who credit him with waking up the gay community — and, eventually, the government and medical establishment — to the devastation of the disease.
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Saudi Solutions
Children of Shatila
La Théorie du Tout
Blank City
Murdered and Missing in Montana
Sinbad: Afros and Bellbottoms
Me & You
Freddie Mercury: The Final Act
Extinction
Romance in a Pond
30 September
From This Day Forward
Deep Run
Broken Stones
The Last Laugh
Girls
Roots
Requiem for the Dead: American Spring 2014
Eyes of the Rainbow
Variações: Guardian Angel
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Saudi Solutions
IMDB 0 | Apr , 2006
How to combine modernity and fundamentalist Islam. "Saudi Solutions" is a unique and revealing documentary about the lifestyles and attitudes of ambitious career womenin conservative Saudi Arabia - the only country in the Arabworld where women are obliged to cover themselves inabayas and aren't allowed to drive cars. Because of the strong influence of fundamentalist Islam on society, filmingis severely restricted in Saudi Arabia. With unique access to the Kingdom, Backlight had the opportunity to film the daily routines of Saudi working women. This documentaryfeatures a top gyneacologist, a TV news anchor woman, a photographer, and a university professor. It also introducesthe wealthy Prince Al-Waleed, who passionately promotes the acceptance of women into the workforce. He kindly invitesBacklight to his luxury desert camp, but there are no women to be found - only thousands of men.Children of Shatila
IMDB 6.9 | Jan , 1998
Many people first became aware of the Shatila refugee camp in Lebanon after the shocking and horrific Sabra-Shatila massacre that took place there in 1982. Located in Beirut's "belt of misery," the camp is home to 15,000 Palestinians and Lebanese who share a common experience of displacement, unemployment and poverty. Fifty years after the exile of their grandparents from Palestine, the children of Shatila attempt to come to terms with the reality of being refugees in a camp that has survived massacre, siege and starvation. Director Mai Masri focuses on two Palestinian children in the camp: Farah, age 11 and Issa, age 12. When these children are given video cameras, the story of the camp evolves from their personal narratives as they articulate the feelings and hopes of their generation.La Théorie du Tout
IMDB 8 | Jan , 2009
The Theory of Everything navigates between people and landscapes, between words and territory. The evocative landscapes tell us much in their silent presence. People, invited to tell us about themselves and their connection to the world, talk to us about the soil, the subsoil, the forest, the river, the whole that determines them.Blank City
IMDB 7.1 | Apr , 2011
In the years before Ronald Reagan took office, Manhattan was in ruins. But true art has never come from comfort, and it was precisely those dire circumstances that inspired artists like Jim Jarmusch, Lizzy Borden, and Amos Poe to produce some of their best works. Taking their cues from punk rock and new wave music, these young maverick filmmakers confronted viewers with a stark reality that stood in powerful contrast to the escapist product being churned out by Hollywood.Murdered and Missing in Montana
IMDB 5 | Nov , 2021
A documentary examining the mysterious deaths of three young Indigenous women in south-central Montana, featuring access to family members, tribal officials, law enforcement, and community activists.Sinbad: Afros and Bellbottoms
IMDB 5.8 | Apr , 1993
Sinbad brings the '70s back with a nostalgic stand-up special dedicated to the films, fashion and other flashbacks from that era.Me & You
IMDB 8 | Jul , 2014
Jackie Miller adopted her son, Scott, in the early 1970s. In 2008, Scott brought his mom to StoryCorps to ask her about that decision.Freddie Mercury: The Final Act
IMDB 6.7 | Apr , 2022
The story of the extraordinary final chapter of Freddie Mercury’s life and how, after his death from AIDS, Queen staged one of the biggest concerts in history, the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert at Wembley Stadium, to celebrate his life and challenge the prejudices around HIV/AIDS. For the first time, Freddie's story is told alongside the experiences of those who tested positive for HIV and lost loved ones during the same period. Medical practitioners, survivors, and human rights campaigners recount the intensity of living through the AIDS pandemic and the moral panic it brought about.Extinction
IMDB 6.2 | Jul , 2018
The end of the Cold War did not bring about a definitive thaw in the former republics of the Soviet Union, so that today there are several frozen conflicts, unresolved for decades, in that vast territory. As in Transnistria, an unrecognized state, seceded from Moldova since 1990. Kolja is a silent witness of how borders and bureaucracy shape the lives of citizens, finally forced to lose their identity.Romance in a Pond
IMDB 0 | Jul , 1932
Short, anthropomorphically-inclined documentary showing the life-cycle of the common newt.30 September
IMDB 0 | Oct , 2017
Swedish News Documentary. On September 30, the Nazi organization NMR was granted permission to demonstrate in Gothenburg. Restricted counter-protesters filled the streets, police mobilized. Media as well. With several news teams, Swedish Television SVT followed the event closely, hour by hour before and during the demonstration.From This Day Forward
IMDB 7.8 | Apr , 2015
When director Sharon Shattuck's father came out as transgender, Sharon was in the awkward throes of middle school. As the Shattucks reunite to plan Sharon's wedding, she seeks a deeper understanding of how her parents' marriage, and their family, survived intact.Deep Run
IMDB 4 | Jun , 2015
A young transgender Christian man in rural North Carolina and his girlfriend face significant challenges.Broken Stones
IMDB 0 | Jan , 2012
Beautiful documentary about a community who refuse to abandon the cathedral of Port-au-Prince, Haiti after the earthquake in Haiti. "An outlook on the reconstruction of the country and of the Haitian soul."The Last Laugh
IMDB 6.9 | Apr , 2016
Feature documentary about humor and the Holocaust, examining whether it is ever acceptable to use humor in connection with a tragedy of that scale, and the implications for other seemingly off-limits topics in a society that prizes free speech.Girls
IMDB 6.6 | Mar , 2006
Evelin, 13, is pregnant from a 22-year-old who recently left the drug trade. Luana, 15 years old, declares that she planned her pregnancy, as she wanted to have a child of her own. Edilene, 14 years old, is expecting Alex's child, who also got her neighbor Joice pregnant. Over the course of a year, the daily lives of these three young women are followed.Roots
IMDB 6 | May , 2018
"Roots" tells six very personal stories - a first, big love, the loss of a child, ageing, infidelity, fragile relationships with close ones. Six different views on what our family and environment has left in us and what we leave behind.Requiem for the Dead: American Spring 2014
IMDB 7.4 | Jun , 2015
From directors Nick Doob and Shari Cookson, "Requiem for the Dead" is made entirely from found footage, including social media posts, 9-1-1 calls, news stories and police files. The film tells the stories of those who have been killed by gunfire, whether from accidental violence, random shootings, family disputes or suicide. Hear those stories of those who have died, which is only a fraction of the 32,000 people killed in America each year, 88 per day, from gun violence.Eyes of the Rainbow
IMDB 7.2 | Jan , 1997
"Eyes of the Rainbow" deals with the life of Assata Shakur, the Black Panther and Black Liberation Army leader who escaped from prison and was given political asylum in Cuba, where she has lived for close to 15 years. In it we visit with Assata in Havana and she tells us about her history and her life in Cuba. This film is also about Assata's AfroCuban context, including the Yoruba Orisha Oya, goddess of the ancestors, of war, of the cemetery and of the rainbow.Variações: Guardian Angel
IMDB 6.9 | Aug , 2019
Film biography dwelling on the hectic artistic life of António Variações, a famous Portuguese pop rock singer from the 80s, who died from AIDS-related complications in 1984.