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Harvard Beats Yale 29-29
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Directed by Kevin Rafferty • Documentary • 2008 • US • English
Featuring Tommy Lee Jones, Vic Gatto, Brian DowlingBlending vintage footage with candid player interviews, including Harvard lineman and future Oscar winner Tommy Lee Jones, Kevin Rafferty crafts a vivid portrait of one of the most ...
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Rhythm Thief
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Directed by Matthew Harrison • Independent, Drama • 1995 • US • English
Starring Jason Andrews, Eddie Daniels, Kevin CorriganDirector Matthew Harrison, one of the most exciting American independent filmmaking talents to emerge in the 1990's, was awarded a Special Jury Recognition for Directing ...
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Museum Town
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Directed by Jennifer Trainer • Documentary • 2019 • US • English
Featuring Meryl Streep, Nick Cave, James TurrellWith appearances by artists ranging from James Turrell to David Byrne and narration by Meryl Streep, this documentary uncovers the history of how MASS MoCA became the largest museum ...
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Oliver Sacks: His Own Life
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Directed by Ric Burns • Documentary • 2020 • US • English
Featuring Oliver Sacks, Temple Grandin, Atul GawandeA month after receiving a fatal diagnosis, esteemed neurologist Oliver Sacks sat down for a series of interviews in his apartment in New York City. For eighty hours, surrounded by famil...
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Beware of Mr. Baker
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Directed by Jay Bulger • Documentary • 2012 • US • English
Featuring Ginger Baker, Eric Clapton, Carlos SantanaGinger Baker is the original rock ‘n roll madman-junkie-superstar that somehow survived 50+ years of drug abuse, disastrous experiments, and four marriages on three continents. This no...
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Viva
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Directed by Anna Biller • Comedy • 2007 • US • English • Mature Content
Starring Anna Biller, Jared Sanford, Bridget Brno“Viva” is a cult retro spectacle about a bored 1970s housewife who gets sucked into the sexual revolution. Abandoned by her perfect Ken-doll husband, Barbi (writer/director A...
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The American Nurse
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Directed by Carolyn Jones • Documentary • 2013 • US • English
Featuring Jason Short, Tonia Faust, Naomi CrossThis heart-warming film follows the paths of five nurses in various practice specialties and explores some of the biggest issues facing America through their work. It is an examination o...
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Coming Out Under Fire
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Directed by Arthur Dong • Documentary • 1994 • US • English
Featuring Salome Jens, Phillis Abry, David BarrettArthur Dong’s award-winning films masterfully explore the LGBTQ experience and powerfully illustrate the many faces of the gay rights struggle in America. He dramatically reveals the...
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Momma's Man
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Directed by Azazel Jacobs • Comedy • 2008 • US • English
Starring Matt Boren, Ken Jacobs, Flo JacobsBumped from a flight back to Los Angeles, Mikey returns to his childhood home, a cluttered, cocoon-like Manhattan loft presided over by his bohemian parents. Re-installed in a household saturated...
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Let's Get Lost
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Directed by Bruce Weber • Documentary • 1988 • US • English
Featuring Chet Baker, Vera Baker, Carol BakerThis portrait of the elusive jazz vocalist and trumpeter Chet Baker uses excerpts from Italian B movies, rare performance footage, and candid interviews from what turned out to be the last y...
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Out of My Head
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Directed by Susanna Styron • Documentary • 2018 • US • English
Featuring Paul Auster, Joan Didion, John LewisA filmmaker seeking treatment for her daughter's migraine attacks discovers a confounding neurological disease and learns why a devastating condition, afflicting nearly a billion people ...
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Bless Their Little Hearts
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Directed by Billy Woodberry • Drama • 1983 • US • English
Starring Nate Hardman, Kaycee Moore, Angela BurnettA key masterpiece of the L.A. Rebellion film movement written by Charles Burnett, "Bless Their Little Hearts" showcases director Billy Woodberry's attentive eye and sensitivity to real-...
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The Price of Everything
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Directed by Nathaniel Kahn • Documentary • 2018 • US • English
Featuring Jeff Koons, Jerry Saltz, Jeffrey Deitch"The Price of Everything" examines the role of art and passion in today’s money-driven, consumer-based society. Featuring collectors, dealers, and a rich range of artists from Jeff Ko...
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Call Her Applebroog
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Directed by Beth B • Documentary • 2016 • US • English
Featuring Ida ApplebroogThis deeply personal portrait of acclaimed New York–based artist Ida Applebroog was shot with mischievous reverence by her filmmaker daughter, Beth B (“Exposed”). Born in the Bronx to Orthodox Jewish émigrés from Po...
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Chef Flynn
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Directed by Cameron Yates • Documentary • 2018 • US • English
Featuring Flynn McGarry, Meg McGarryWhile many of his peers were still playing with toys, Flynn McGarry was creating remarkable gastronomic delights. Enjoying unwavering support from his artist mother Meg, he devoted himself entirely...
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Jazz on a Summer's Day
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Directed by Bert Stern • Documentary • 1959 • US • English
Featuring Louis Armstrong, Thelonius Monk, Anita O'DayFilmed at the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival and directed by renowned photographer Bert Stern, this film features intimate performances by an all-star line-up of musical legends includin...
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Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project
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Directed by Matt Wolf • Documentary • 2019 • US • English
Featuring Marion Stokes, Anne Stokes Hochberg, Frank HollmanMatt Wolf’s documentary delves into the strange life of Marion Stokes, who obsessively and privately recorded American television news twenty-four hours a day. A civil rights-e...
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Truman & Tennessee: An Intimate Conversation
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Directed by Lisa Immordino Vreeland • Documentary • 2020 • US • English
Featuring Jim Parsons, Zachary QuintoThe brilliant work, personal struggles, and cultural impact of iconic American writers Truman Capote and Tennessee Williams explodes onto the screen in this innovative documentary fea...
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Studio 54
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Directed by Matt Tyrnauer • Documentary • 2018 • US • English
Featuring Ian Schrager Steve Rubell, Norma KamaliA haven of hedonism, glitz, and glamour, the infamous New York nightclub Studio 54 was the ultimate escapist fantasy until it imploded in financial scandal. With unprecedented access a...
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Film About A Woman Who...
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Directed by Yvonne Rainer • Arthouse • 1974 • US • English
Starring Dempster Leech, Shirley Soffer, John ErdmanYvonne Rainer’s second landmark feature tells the story of a woman whose sexual dissatisfaction masks an enormous anger, with Rainer needling at questions raised by contemporary femini...
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Dying to Know: Ram Dass & Timothy Leary
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Directed by Nancy Buirski • Documentary • 2015 • US • English
Featuring Robert Redford, Ram Dass, Timothy LearyRobert Redford narrates this intimate portrait of Harvard psychology professors Timothy Leary and Richard Alpert, who began probing the edges of consciousness through psychedelics. Now...
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Everybody Know… Elizabeth Murray
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Directed by Kristi Zea • Documentary • 2016 • US • English
Featuring Meryl Streep, Elizabeth Murray, Chuck CloseAn intimate portrait of the groundbreaking artist Elizabeth Murray, this documentary explores the relationship between Murray’s family life and career as well as her place in contempo...
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The Exiles
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Directed by Kent Mackenzie • Arthouse • 1961 • US • English
Starring Yvonne Williams, Homer Nish, Tom ReynoldsFrom dusk to dawn, a group of young Native Americans in Los Angeles hang out, dance, drink, flirt, and remember life on the reservations they have left in this glistening film. Outside ...
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The Last Resort
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Directed by Dennis Scholl, Kareem Tabsch • Documentary • 2019 • US • English
Featuring Edna Buchanan, Gary MonroeBy the 1970s, a number of New York Jewish retirees had turned from seasonal visitors to year-round residents of South Beach, making Miami home to a population that was primarily over...