Movie List for "documentary"

An elderly farmer lives out his final days with his wife and a loyal ox in the Korean countryside. Year 2008.

Interviews, archival footage, and filmed performances highlight the role of music in the South African struggle against apartheid. Year 2002.

The infamous propaganda film of the 1934 Nazi Party rally in Nuremberg, Germany. Year 1935.

Come Back, Africa chronicles the life of Zachariah, a black South African living under the rule of the harsh apartheid government in 1959. Year 1959.

A sequence of shots of rural landscapes accompanied by readings of texts about the struggles of poor farmers. Year 1981.

A documentary recording the testimony of fourteen former Japanese soldiers as they recount atrocities and war crimes committed during the Second World War, including the infamous Unit 731 medical experimentation group. Having been tr Year 2001.

A woman narrates the contemplative writings of a seasoned world traveler, focusing on contemporary Japan. Year 1983.

Short documentary featuring sculptures of Alonso de Berruguete and Juan de Juni in the Valladolid National Museum. Year 1961.

Fifty years ago there were close to half-a-million lions in Africa. Today there are around 20,000. To make matters worse, lions, unlike elephants, which are far more numerous, have virtually no protection under government mandate or Year 2011.

In the 1950s, an adolescent Werner Herzog was transfixed by a film performance of the young Klaus Kinski. Years later, they would share an apartment where, in an unabated, forty-eight-hour fit of rage, Kinski completely destroyed the Year 1999.

Actress Lola Herrera and her ex-husband, actor Daniel Dicenta, face the camera with honesty as they tell each other what they needed to about their professional and personal lives. Year 1981.

In 1896, Ethiopia, an African nation, largely armed with spears and knives, defeats a well-equipped and organized Italian military bent on colonization. Year 1999.

A documentary short depicting a Hauka ceremony where young workers are possessed by British colonial officers. Year 1955.

In The Colonial Misunderstanding Jean-Marie Teno sheds light on the complex and problematic relationship between colonization and European missionaries on the African continent. The film looks at Christian evangelism as the forerunne Year 2004.

A high society wedding, bustling city streets, a center for former child soldiers, a nightclub full of music and laughter: these are the many faces of today’s Uganda, as wonderfully captured by filmmaker Kimi Takesue. Whether explori Year 2010.

Claude Lanzmann’s epic documentary recounts the story of the Holocaust through interviews with witnesses – perpetrators as well as survivors. Year 1985.