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3) Ethos
Publisher
Cinema Libre
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
A documenatry which examines the flaws in our system and the various factors that work against it.
4) Monobloc
Publisher
Icarus Films
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
Deutsch
Description
With more than a billion units in circulation worldwide, this deceptively bland piece of furniture was originally conceived by designer Henry Massonnet as a fashionable commodity for upperclass consumers. The pursuit of lowered production costs above all else soon turned the Monobloc into a symbol of cheap design, environmental waste, and bad taste across much of the Western world. Hauke Wendler's documentary takes a closer look at its ubiquity and...
Publisher
Collective Eye Films
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
中文(繁體)
Description
Guanglin is a blind boy in China who displays great skill in the ancient board game called Go, in which two players place black and white pieces on a grid in an attempt to dominate their opponent. Raised by a single father with limited means, Guanglin faces deep societal prejudice against the blind.
Publisher
Kino Lorber Inc
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
Arabic
Description
Italian visual artist Yuir Ancarani's exquisite documentary enters the surreal world of wealthy Qatari sheikhs with a passion for amateur falconry. The opulence of this Middle Easterm gas state is on full display as the men race SUVs up and down sand dunes, fly their prized falcons around on private jets, and take their pet cheetahs out for desert spins in their souped-up Ferraris.
Publisher
ESPN Films
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
He was the Beatles of soccer--a handsome, charismatic lad from Belfast, Northern Ireland who worked wonders with the ball and thrilled Great Britain. But George Best was also the lead in a Shakespearean tragedy fueled by drink and excess and depression.
8) Streetball
Publisher
Osiris Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Tells the story of South Africa's 2008 Homeless World Cup team which gathers ex-convicts, orphans, gangsters, recovering drug addicts, and the excluded from 56 countries and offers them a chance at redemption.
Publisher
Distributed by Questar
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Driving tour of the United States, from Old Faithful's eruptions to New England's fall foliage. Cruise the Eastern Seaboard's scenic routes, discover America's heartland, see the American West, the picturesque countrysides and back roads.
12) Under the sun
Publisher
Icarus Films
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
Korean
Description
"A jaw-dropping glimpse of everyday life in the North Korean capital of Pyongyang: Zin-Mi is an adorable 8-year-old girl, who, as she prepares to join the pretigious Children's Union, participates in colorful, joyous patriotic school pageants, eats delicious evening meals at her family's well-appointed apartment, and is doted on by her attractive parents who work in model factories that regularly exceed their production targets. Sounds too good to...
13) I wish I knew
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
中文(繁體)
Description
Shanghai's past and present flow together in Jia Zhangke's poetic and poignant documentary, a portrait of this fast-changing port city. Restoring censored images and filling in forgotten facts, Jia provides an alternative version of twentieth-century China's fraught history as reflected through life in the Yangtze city. He builds his narrative through a series of eighteen interviews with people from all walks of life.
14) Moonage daydream
Series
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Brett Morgen remixes never-before-seen footage with soulful narration to create an ecstatic voyage through the creative and spiritual universe of David Bowie that explodes the conventions of the music documentary.
15) The Dawn Wall
Publisher
Red Bull Media House
Pub. Date
[2018].
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In January, 2015, American rock climbers Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson captivated the world with their effort to climb the Dawn Wall, a seemingly impossible 3,000 foot rock face in Yosemite National Park, California. The pair lived on the sheer vertical cliff for weeks, igniting a frenzy of global media attention. But for Tommy Caldwell, the Dawn Wall was much more than just a climb. It was the culmination of a lifetime defined by overcoming...
16) Nuclear now
Publisher
Giant Pictures
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
With unprecedented access to the nuclear industry in France, Russia, and the United States, filmmaker Oliver Stone explores the possibility for the global community to overcome challenges like climate change and reach a brighter future through the power of nuclear energy an option that may become a vital way to ensure our continued survival sooner than we think.
17) Honeyland
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
Türkçe
Description
"Hatidze lives with her ailing mother in the mountains of Macedonia, making a living cultivating honey using ancient beekeeping traditions. When an unruly family moves in next door, what at first seems like a balm for her solitude becomes a source of tension as they, too, want to practice beekeeping, while disregarding her advice"--Container.
Publisher
Collective Eye Films
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
The story of a poor Scottish immigrant who sailed to America in the 1840's, and by the end of the century would be the richest man in the world. This documentary reveals the untold story of a man with incredible vision, whose dream of a world without conflict ended in tatters and led him to die a broken man.
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
They are the voices behind the greatest rock, pop and R&B hits of all time, but no one knows their names. Now, in this award-winning documentary, director Morgan Neville shines the spotlight on the untold stories of such legendary background singers as Darlene Love, Merry Clayton, Lisa Fischer, Judith Hill, and more. Includes behind-the-scenes footage, vintage live performances, and interviews with Bruce Springsteen, Sting, Mick Jagger, Stevie Wonder,...
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