Documentary, History
An archival documentary about the U.S. military’s response to the political and racial injustices of the late 1960s: take a military base, build a mock inner-city set, cast soldiers to play rioters, burn the place down, and film it all.
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The Warriors of Qiugang
Suffragette
Straight from the Heart
Breathing Lessons: The Life and Work of Mark O'Brien
A Story of Healing
The Personals: Improvisations on Romance in the Golden Years
Big Mama
Fall of Ming
The Story of the Weeping Camel
De Gaulle, histoire d'un géant
A Portrait of Ga
Olympia: Part One – Festival of the Nations
Olympia: Part Two – Festival of Beauty
JFK
Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1
The Gullspång Miracle
Divine Divas
The Cambridge Squatter
Intolerância.doc
Stream of Love
SIMILAR MOVIES
The Warriors of Qiugang
IMDB 6.2 | Sep , 2010
Villagers in a remote district of central China take on a chemical company that is poisoning their water and air. For five years they fight to transform their environment and as they do, they find themselves transformed as well.Suffragette
IMDB 7.2 | Oct , 2015
Based on true events about the foot soldiers of the early feminist movement, women who were forced underground to pursue a dangerous game of cat and mouse with an increasingly brutal State.Straight from the Heart
IMDB 4.5 | Jan , 1994
Parents talk about their gay and lesbian children, and how they came to accept their lifestyle.Breathing Lessons: The Life and Work of Mark O'Brien
IMDB 6.5 | Mar , 1996
Breathing Lessons: The Life and Work of Mark O'Brien is a 1996 American short documentary film directed by Jessica Yu. Mark O'Brien was a journalist and poet who lived in Berkeley, California. The documentary explored his spiritual struggle coping with his disability; he had to use an iron lung much of the time due to childhood polio. O'Brien died on 4 July 1999, from post-polio syndrome. It won an Oscar at the 69th Academy Awards in 1997 for Documentary Short Subject.A Story of Healing
IMDB 6.7 | Jan , 1997
In January, 1997, a team of five nurses, four anesthesiologists, and three plastic surgeons arrive in Vietnam from the United States for two weeks' of volunteer work. They operate on 110 children who have various birth defects and injuries. They also talk to the film crew about why they've made this trip and what it means to them. We watch them work, and we see the children, their families, and their surroundings in the Mekong Delta. Over the closing credits, Dionne Warwick sings Bacharach and David's "What the World Needs Now Is Love".The Personals: Improvisations on Romance in the Golden Years
IMDB 6 | Mar , 2000
Documentary about a Jewish senior citizens' acting group on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. The film covers both the progress and impediments of a play the group is mounting about senior citizens looking for love and the life/love stories (past, present, and predictions) of the players.Big Mama
IMDB 6.4 | Dec , 2000
Eighteen months in the life of 89 years old Viola Dees as she tries of persuade Los Angeles authorities that she can care for her grandson, 9-year-old Walter.Fall of Ming
IMDB 6.1 | Oct , 2013
The Story of the Weeping Camel
IMDB 7.1 | Jun , 2003
When a Mongolian nomadic family's newest camel colt is rejected by its mother, a musician is needed for a ritual to change her mind.De Gaulle, histoire d'un géant
IMDB 7.4 | Nov , 2020
50 years after the death of General De Gaulle, this film retraces his life, from his birth in 1890 to his burial at Colombey-Les-Deux-Eglises in 1970.A Portrait of Ga
IMDB 6.2 | Jan , 1952
Another early experiment in portraiture from Tait. In filming her mother she asks the wider question of how much the camera can reveal of the person.Olympia: Part One – Festival of the Nations
IMDB 6.9 | Apr , 1938
Commissioned to make a propaganda film about the 1936 Olympic Games in Germany, director Leni Riefenstahl created a celebration of the human form. This first half of her two-part film opens with a renowned introduction that compares modern Olympians to classical Greek heroes, then goes on to provide thrilling in-the-moment coverage of some of the games' most celebrated moments, including African-American athlete Jesse Owens winning a then-unprecedented four gold medals.Olympia: Part Two – Festival of Beauty
IMDB 6.7 | Jun , 1938
Commissioned to make a propaganda film about the 1936 Olympic Games in Germany, director Leni Riefenstahl created a celebration of the human form. Where the two-part epic's first half, Festival of the Nations, focused on the international aspects of the 1936 Olympic Games held in Berlin, part two, The Festival of Beauty, concentrates on individual athletes such as equestrians, gymnasts, and swimmers, climaxing with American Glenn Morris' performance in the decathalon and the games' majestic closing ceremonies.JFK
IMDB 7.6 | Dec , 1991
Follows the investigation into the assassination of President John F. Kennedy led by New Orleans district attorney Jim Garrison.Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1
IMDB 7 | Nov , 2013
According to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, one veteran dies by suicide in America every 80 minutes. While only 1% of Americans has served in the military, former service members account for 20% of all suicides in the U.S. Based in Canandaigua, NY and open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, the Veterans Crisis Line receives more than 22,000 calls each month from veterans of all conflicts who are struggling or contemplating suicide. This timely documentary spotlights the traumas endured by America’s veterans, as seen through the work of the hotline’s trained responders. CRISIS HOTLINE captures extremely private moments, where the professionals, many of whom are themselves veterans or veterans’ spouses, can often interrupt the thoughts and plans of suicidal callers to steer them out of crisis.The Gullspång Miracle
IMDB 6.9 | Oct , 2023
Two Norwegian sisters receive a premonition from God that makes them buy an apartment in a tiny Swedish town, Gullspång. Meeting the seller, she is a dead-ringer of their older sister, who committed suicide 30 years ago.Divine Divas
IMDB 7.5 | Oct , 2016
Eight iconic performers of the first generation of Brazilian transvestite artists go on stage to celebrate their 50th career jubilee. The film depicts the human, personal dimension behind these icons, deconstructing gender stereotypes.The Cambridge Squatter
IMDB 7.4 | Mar , 2017
The Cambridge Squatter tells the story of refugees, recently arrived in Brazil who, together with a group of low-income workers, occupy an old abandoned building in downtown São Paulo. Daily dramas, comical situations and different views on the world commingle with the threat of impending eviction.Intolerância.doc
IMDB 6 | Oct , 2016
The film gets into the underworld of crimes involving homophobia, soccer organized fans, and gangs in Sao Paulo city. It shows the team’s work routine of DECRADI, the only unit specialized in this field, as they search for people who have made hate speech into cruel murders.Stream of Love
IMDB 5.2 | Nov , 2013
Love and desire fill the minds of villagers in a Hungarian speaking village in Transylvania, Romania, even in their old age. Time has stood still here, and although most of the village’s inhabitants are elderly, they are refreshingly young at heart.