Documentary
After losing his mother to obesity, a thirty-two year old chubby ginger comedian and vegan son-of-a-pig-farmer sets out to avoid the same fate by running one hundred miles through the mountains of Colorado in one of the world's most difficult ultra trail marathons...and lives to tell jokes about it.
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IMDB 0 | May , 2013
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IMDB 7.1 | Apr , 2021
A glimpse into the raw and simple power of nature through encounters with farm animals: the eponymous Gunda, a mother pig; two cows, and a one-legged chicken.The Raw Gourmet, Volume Two: Making Meals Out of Nuts and Seeds
IMDB 0 | Jan , 2001
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IMDB 0 | Jul , 2022
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IMDB 10 | Nov , 2018
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IMDB 0 | Dec , 2023
Anaïs Quemener, a marathon runner, perseveres following a Stage 3 breast cancer diagnosis.Boston
IMDB 7.6 | Feb , 2017
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IMDB 10 | Jul , 2017
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IMDB 8 | Nov , 2013
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IMDB 0 | Sep , 2023
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IMDB 8 | Mar , 2021
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IMDB 8 | Sep , 2022
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IMDB 0 | Aug , 2020
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IMDB 7 | Feb , 2017
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IMDB 0 | Nov , 2005
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IMDB 5.2 | Jan , 2009
Obesity has become one of the most overwhelming diseases in our modern society, even now considered to be of epidemic proportions. This documentary film dives into this sensitive, but socially powerful topic and exposes shocking statistics of the fattening of our culture. Kenny Saylors, overweight himself, faces his own fat in his life as he embarks upon a 55 day, Doctor supervised, water fast to see the effects of this ancient practice on our bodies today and to examine if healing properties truly do exist within our own bodies in this extreme method of food restriction.Albert Brooks: Defending My Life
IMDB 7 | Nov , 2023
Rob Reiner profiles Albert Brooks, comedic legend, acclaimed filmmaker, talented character actor and a lifelong friend, who Reiner first met in their high school drama club.Jerry Seinfeld: Comedian
IMDB 6.6 | Oct , 2002
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IMDB 0 | Nov , 2023
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IMDB 6.9 | Dec , 2019
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