Movie List for "documentary"

A look at the Baath party’s project to construct a system of dams. Year 2005.

A documentary on the effect of fishing the Nile perch in Tanzania’s Lake Victoria. The predatory fish, which has wiped out the native species, is sold in European supermarkets, while starving Tanzanian families have to make do with t Year 2004.

The first full length film to be shot within the disputed Palestinian West Bank “Green Line,” FERTILE MEMORY is the feature debut of Michel Khleifi, acclaimed director of the Cannes Film Festival triumph, WEDDING IN GALILEE. Lyricall Year 1981.

The director documents his failure to make a film connecting the Mafia in Sicily and Italy’s prime minister Silvio Berlusconi. Year 2014.

A man travels around a city with a camera slung over his shoulder, documenting urban life with dazzling invention. Year 1929.

FELA KUTIis to African music what Bob Marley is to reggae: its prophet. All contemporary forms of black music, from funk to electronic, owe something to the irresistible groove of the Afrobeat sound that he created. Shot in Lagos at Year 1982.

The document of the 1936 Olympics at Berlin, orchestrated as Nazi propaganda. Year 1938.

Documentary featuring interview footage with Traudl Junge, one of Hitler’s personal secretaries during WWII. Year 2002.

A documentary following Kenzo Okuzaki, a 62-year-old WW2 veteran notorious for his protests against Emperor Hirohito, as he tries to expose the needless executions of two Japanese soldiers during the war. Year 1987.

A documentary about the everyday lives of ordinary Parisians, done in the style of cinéma vérité. Year 1961.

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Two South Africans set out to discover what happened to their unlikely musical hero, the mysterious 1970s rock n roller, Rodriguez. Year 2012.

Kon Ichikawa examines the beauty and rich drama on display at the 1964 Summer Games in Tokyo, creating a record of observations that range from the expansive to the intimate. Year 1965.

A surrealistic documentary portrait of the region of Las Hurdes, a remote region of Spain where civilisation has barely developed, showing how the local peasants try to survive without even the most basic utilities and skills. Year 1933.

A documentary on 85-year-old sushi master Jiro Ono, his renowned Tokyo restaurant, and his relationship with his son and eventual heir, Yoshikazu. Year 2011.

Four boys from Sudan embark on a journey to America after years of wandering Sub-Saharan Africa in search of safety. Year 2006.