Documentary movies

Bustin’ Down the Door (2008)

Monday, February 9th, 2009
Genres: Documentary
Countries: USA
Actors: Bartholomew, Wayne | Cairns, Ian | Curren, Tom | Norton, Edward | Richards, Mark | Slater, Kelly | Tomson, Shaun | Townend, Peter
Directors: Gosch, Jeremy
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During the winter of 1975 in Hawaii, surfing was shaken to its core. A group of young surfers from Australia and South Africa sacrificed everything and put it all on the line to create a sport, a culture, and an industry that is today worth billions of dollars and has captured the imagination of the world. With a radical new approach and a brash colonial attitude, these surfers crashed headlong into a culture that was not ready for revolution. Surfing was never to be the same again.

Man on Wire (2008)

Monday, February 9th, 2009
Genres: Crime | Documentary
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: Blondeau, Jean-Louis | Demato, David | Forman, David | Frank, David Roland | Greenhouse, Barry | Haskell, Aaron | Heckel, Jean François | McGill, Paul | Moore, Jim | Petit, Philippe | Sciglimpaglia, Robert | Welner, Alan | Allix, Annie | Campbell, Ardis
Directors: Marsh, James
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A look at tightrope walker Philippe Petit’s daring, but illegal, high-wire routine performed between New York City’s World Trade Center’s twin towers in 1974, what some consider, “the artistic crime of the century.”

Shine a Light (2008)

Monday, February 9th, 2009
Genres: Documentary | Music
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: Jagger, Mick | Richards, Keith | Watts, Charlie | Wood, Ron | Aguilera, Christina | Guy, Buddy | White, Jack | Jones, Darryl | Fischer, Lisa | Fowler, Bernard | Chaplin, Blondie | Leavell, Chuck | Keys, Bobby | Ries, Tim
Directors: Scorsese, Martin
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Martin Scorsese and the Rolling Stones unite in “Shine A Light,” a look at The Rolling Stones.” Scorcese filmed the Stones over a two-day period at the intimate Beacon Theater in New York City in fall 2006. Cinematographers capture the raw energy of the legendary band.

The Secret (2006)

Monday, February 9th, 2009
Genres: Documentary
Countries: Australia | USA
Actors: Proctor, Bob | Vitale, Joe | Assaraf, John | Langemeier, Loral | Diamond, Marie | Beckwith, Michael | Canfield, Jack | Doyle, Bob | Dooley, Mike | Nichols, Lisa | Harris, Bill | Hagelin, John | Demartini, John | Wolf, Fred Alan | Waitley, Denis
Directors: Byrne, Sean
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The Secret is a feature length movie presentation which reveals The Great Secret of the universe. It has been passed throughout the ages, traveling through centuries… This is The Secret to everything - the secret to unlimited joy, health, money, relationships, love, youth: everything you have ever wanted. All the resources you will ever need to understand and live The Secret. The world’s leading scientists, authors, and philosophers will reveal The Secret that utterly transformed the lives of every person who ever knew it… Plato, Newton, Carnegie, Beethoven, Shakespeare, Einstein.

Complete History of My Sexual Failures, A (2008)

Monday, February 9th, 2009
Genres: Comedy | Documentary
Countries: UK
Actors: Boyarskaya, Alexandra | McLeod, Danielle | Trench, Olivia | Waitt, Hilary
Directors: Waitt, Chris
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Independent filmmaker Chris Waitt attempts to interview his ex-girlfriends to find out why they dumped him. This revealing and humorous documentary sees the slacker filmmaker go on a sexual and emotional odyssey in a desperate quest to solve his innumerable problems.

Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed (2008)

Monday, February 9th, 2009
Genres: Documentary
Countries: USA
Actors: Stein, Ben | Berlinski, David | Cooper, Anderson | Dawkins, Richard | Dembski, William | Egnor, Michael | Gonzalez, Guillermo | Hitler, Adolf | Khrushchev, Nikita | Marks II, Robert J. | Meyer, Stephen | Meyer, Stephen C. | Myers, Paul Zachary | Nelson, Paul | Provine, William
Directors: Frankowski, Nathan
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Big science has expelled smart new ideas from the classroom … What they forgot is that every generation has its Rebel! That rebel, Ben Stein (Ferris Bueller’s Day Off) travels the world on his quest, and learns an awe-inspiring truth … that educators and scientists are being ridiculed, denied tenure and even fired – for the crime of merely believing that there might be evidence of design in nature, and that perhaps life is not just the result of accidental, random chance. To which Ben Says: Enough! And then gets busy. NOBODY messes with Ben.

Naqoyqatsi: Life as War (2002)

Monday, February 9th, 2009
Genres: Documentary | War
Countries: USA
Actors: Aikman, Troy | Beatles, The | Bin Laden, Osama | Brando, Marlon | Castro, Fidel | Christopher, Warren | Clinton, Bill | Edison, Thomas A. | Einstein, Albert | Hitler, Adolf | John, Elton | Khrushchev, Nikita | King, Martin Luther | Kissinger, Henry | Lama, Dalai
Directors: Reggio, Godfrey
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In this cinematic concert, mesmerizing images are plucked from everyday reality, then visually altered with state-of-the-art digital techniques. The result is a chronicle of the shift from a world organized by the principles of nature to one dominated by technology, the synthetic and the virtual. Extremes of intimacy and spectacle, tragedy and hope fuse in a tidal wave of visuals and music, giving rise to a unique, artistic experience that reflects the vision of a brave new globalized world.

Ghostride the Whip (2008)

Tuesday, August 26th, 2008
Genres: Documentary
Countries: USA
Actors: Sway | Hicks, Andre | Shaw, Todd Anthony | Hammer, M.C. | E-40 | Akon | Archer, Gary | Banjoko, Adisa | Bavgate | Baygeen | Cel, Celly | Chamillionaire | Costen, John | Da Undadogg, Coolio | Daut, Big
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From acclaimed executive producer Peter Spirer comes A DJ Vlad film. The first film to definitively capture the energy and danger of “Hyphy,” the Hip Hop youth movement exploding out of the San Francisco Bay Area. Narrated by Oakland native and television/radio personality Sway, this film explores the political, social and musical history behind the culture that popularized ghostriding the whip - walking, running or dancing next to a moving car with no driver. GHOSTRIDE THE WHIP also follows the fascinating life and career of a young Vallejo rapper named Mac Dre, who has dominated the Bay Area underground music scene for years. Prolific, iconic, and revolutionary, Mac Dre’s music and legacy is inextricably tied into the Hyphy movement. Featuring music and interviews by top Bay Area Hip Hop artists Mac Dre, Too $hort, E-40, MC Hammer, Keak the Sneak, Mistah F.A.B. and more.

Cocaine Cowboys II: Hustlin’ with the Godmother (2008)

Tuesday, August 26th, 2008
Genres: Documentary
Countries: USA
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Set in 1991 on the inner-city streets of Oakland, California, cocaine dealer Charles Cosby has his life is changed forever when he writes a fan letter to the “Cocaine Godmother” Griselda Blanco, who is serving time at a nearby federal prison. Six months later, Cosby is a multi-millionaire, Blanco’s lover, and the head of her $40 million a year cocaine business. Also known as “The Black Widow” for her propensity to permanently dispose of her men when she’s done with them, Blanco will stop at nothing to ensure that Charles is faithful to her. Cosby soon learns that he’s in way over his head.

Roger & Me (1989)

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008
Genres: Documentary
Countries: USA
Actors: Blanchard, James | Bond, James | Boone, Pat | Eubanks, Bob | Hamper, Ben | Jackson, Timothy | Kay, Tom | Koppel, Ted | Lennox, Correy | MacDonald, Brian | Rather, Dan | Reagan, Ronald | Ross, Fred | Sawdon, Richard Earl
Directors: Moore, Michael
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A documentary about the closure of General Motors’ plant at Flint, Michigan, which resulted in the loss of 30,000 jobs. Details the attempts of filmmaker Michael Moore to get an interview with GM CEO Roger Smith.