Thought-Provoking Documentaries
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Web Junkie
Movie
Directed by Hilla Medalia, Shosh Shlam • Documentary • 2014 • Israel, US • Mandarin with English subtitles
Featuring Ran TaoChina is the first country to label internet addiction a clinical disorder. “Web Junkie” exposes a Beijing rehab center where teenagers are being "deprogrammed" and forced...
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Walk with Me
Movie
Directed by Marc J. Francis, Max Pugh • Documentary • 2017 • UK • English
Featuring Benedict Cumberbatch, Thich Nhat Hanh, Sister Chân KhôngNarrated by Benedict Cumberbatch and featuring unprecedented access, "Walk With Me" takes us deep inside the world-famous monastery of Zen Buddhist master...
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Trouble the Water
Movie
Directed by Carl Deal, Tia Lessin • Documentary • 2008 • US • English
Featuring Brian Nobles, Wink Rivers, Kimberly Rivers RobertsWinner of the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival, this powerful documentary is at once horrifying and exhilarating. “Trouble the Water” takes you inside ...
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Tower
Movie
Directed by Keith Maitland • Documentary • 2016 • US • English
Featuring Keith Maitland, Susan Thomson, Megan GilbrideOn August 1, 1966, a sniper from the top floor of the University of Texas Tower opened fire, holding the campus hostage for 96 minutes. Combining archival footage with rotosco...
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The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye
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Directed by Marie Losier • Documentary • 2011 • US • English
Featuring Genesis P-Orridge, Lady JayeThis tender portrait of music pioneer Genesis P-Orridge and their partner, dominatrix Lady Jaye, was filmed over the course of seven years and completed following Lady Jaye’s sudden death in 2007....
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Kids for Cash
Movie
Directed by Robert May • Documentary • 2013 • US • English
Featuring Mark Ciavarella, Michael ConahanA riveting look behind a notorious scandal that rocked the nation. In the wake of the shootings at Columbine High School, a small town in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania elected a charismatic judge...
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Born to Fly: Elizabeth Streb vs. Gravity
Movie
Directed by Catherine Gund • Documentary • 2014 • US • English
Featuring Elizabeth Streb, Sarah Callan, Fabio Tavares"Born to Fly: Elizabeth Streb vs. Gravity" traces the evolution of Elizabeth Streb's movement philosophy as she pushes herself and her performers from the ground to the sky.
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After Parkland
Movie
Directed by Emily Taguchi, Jake Lefferman • Documentary • 2019 • US • English
Featuring David Hogg, Brooke Harrison, Andrew PollackAfter the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in 2018 that killed 17 people and launched a nationwide student movement, filmmakers Emily Taguchi and Ja...
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Radio Unnameable
Movie
Directed by Jessica Wolfson, Paul Lovelace • Documentary • 2012 • US • English
Featuring Bob Fass, Judy Collins, Robert Downey Sr.For nearly 50 years, legendary radio personality Bob Fass revolutionized the FM airwaves with his free-form program Radio Unnameable, a cultural hub for music, polit...
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Walking on Water
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Directed by Andrey M Paounov • Documentary • 2019 • US, Italy • English
Featuring Christo, Vladimir Yavachev, Wolfgang VolzTen years after the passing of his wife and partner, Jeanne-Claude, Christo sets out to realize “The Floating Piers”, a project they conceived together many years before. D...
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Filmmakers for the Prosecution
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Directed by Jean-Christophe Klotz • Documentary • 2022 • US, France • English, French with English subtitles
Featuring KC Schulberg, Benn Schulberg"Filmmakers for the Prosecution" retraces the hunt by brothers Budd and Stuart Schulberg for film evidence that would be used to convict the Nazi...
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Nuremberg: Its Lesson for Today
Movie
Directed by Stuart Schulberg • Documentary • 1948 • US • English, German with English subtitles
Featuring Liev SchreiberOne of the greatest courtroom dramas in history, “Nuremberg: Its Lesson for Today” shows how international prosecutors built their case against top Nazi war criminals using...
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The Village Detective: a song cycle
Movie
Directed by Bill Morrison • Documentary • 2021 • US • English, Russian with English subtitles
Featuring Mihail ŽarovFour reels of water-damaged 35mm film recovered by an Icelandic fishing boat serve as inspiration for Bill Morrison’s latest meditation on cinema’s past—this time centered on p...