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The State Against Mandela and the Others
6.6
2018

The State Against Mandela and the Others

South Africa, July 11th, 1963. Several members of the African National Congress, an organization declared illegal, are a...

Corpus: A Home Movie About Selena
1999

Corpus: A Home Movie About Selena

CORPUS explores the mass adulation and explosive posthumous recognition of Selena Quintanilla, the Tejano rock singer mu...

That Gal...Who Was in That Thing: That Guy 2
6.7
2015

That Gal...Who Was in That Thing: That Guy 2

Actresses talk about their personal lives and dealing with a balance between family responsibilities and being a profess...

Film Beyond Cinema: The Dumpster Kid Experiment and Other Utopias
5.5
2018

Film Beyond Cinema: The Dumpster Kid Experiment and Other Utopias

For over half a century, the filmmaker Edgar Reitz, one of the signatories of the Oberhausen Manifesto and a pioneer of ...

Once Upon a Time... MUSTANG
4.5
2018

Once Upon a Time... MUSTANG

This 2015 documentary by Amine Mestari delves deep into Deniz Gamze Ergüven’s film MUSTANG, featuring extensive intervie...

When the Mountaineers Make Their Cinema
10.0
2000

When the Mountaineers Make Their Cinema

Many mountaineers as part of their activity have used cameras and films to allow us to participate through images in the...

Calling on Cape Town
1952

Calling on Cape Town

This Traveltalks short visits Cape Town, the legislative capital of South Africa.

The World of Gods and Monsters: A Journey with James Whale
6.0
1999

The World of Gods and Monsters: A Journey with James Whale

Written, co-produced and co-directed by David J. Skal, THE WORLD OF GODS AND MONSTERS is a behind-the scenes chronicle o...

J. J. Cale: To Tulsa And Back (On Tour with J. J. Cale)
6.1
2006

J. J. Cale: To Tulsa And Back (On Tour with J. J. Cale)

For the first time in more than 3 decades, this reclusive artist lets a camera into his life in this amazin opportunity ...

Mulholland Drive - Ein Hollywood-Mythos
2010

Mulholland Drive - Ein Hollywood-Mythos

Documentary about the Mulholland Drive in Los Angeles.

Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage
1994

Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage

A study of Tennessee Williams's life and work as a whole, ranging from his youth in Mississippi and in St. Louis to succ...

The Imposter
7.3
2012

The Imposter

In 1994 a 13-year-old boy disappeared without a trace from his home in San Antonio, Texas. Three-and-a-half years later ...

Skint: The Truth About Britain's Broken Economy
2024

Skint: The Truth About Britain's Broken Economy

Britain feels under-funded and falling apart. On the eve of the election, as politicians debate the causes, economist Ti...

Il fiume ha sempre ragione
8.0
2016

Il fiume ha sempre ragione

Alberto Casiraghy and Josef Weiss are true bibliophile artists. One in Osnago, the other in Mendrisio, they have been de...

Nothing Like Before – The Music of Clube da Esquina
8.4
2024

Nothing Like Before – The Music of Clube da Esquina

Nothing Like Before delves into the creation of the Clube da Esquina Album (Brazil, 1972). Considered by many music crit...

Beyond Borders: Arab Feminists Talk About Their Lives... East and West
1.0
1999

Beyond Borders: Arab Feminists Talk About Their Lives... East and West

In the Arab world, women are fighting a two-front war against repressive internal constraints and intrusive Western inte...

How to Be Prime Minister
1996

How to Be Prime Minister

It begins with cheers but almost always ends in tears. Yet, as the election looms, competition for the top job grows eve...

Death Magazine: or How to Be a Flowerpot
1979

Death Magazine: or How to Be a Flowerpot

A documentary about "Death" magazine, founded by "Screw" Magazine founder and publisher Al Goldstein, and its eventual f...

Another Day, Another Time: Celebrating the Music of 'Inside Llewyn Davis'
8.0
2013

Another Day, Another Time: Celebrating the Music of 'Inside Llewyn Davis'

A concert inspired by the Coen Brothers' film, 'Inside Llewyn Davis,' which is set in the 1960s Greenwich Village folk m...

Mayor Pete
5.5
2021

Mayor Pete

Pete Buttigieg, the Mayor of South Bend, Indiana runs for President of the United States. With extraordinary access to t...