Movie List for "documentary"

In 2011, a then 11 year old Kate began training in Shaolin Kung Fu. Her Master operates a dojo in the Chinatown part of Los Angeles. She trained in forms, swords, nunchucks, bo staff and …

This documentary is on Prohibition like movements that agitate against the consumption of alcoholic beverages. Year 1993.

This is a fictionalized replay and meant as a documentary film on the occupation of a factory by its workers – both male and female – during a strike. The workers also lock up a manager in an office-room. The film is situated in F… Year 1972.

semi-documentary police officer about a criminal organization specializing in blackmail. Year 1955.

John Grierson coined the word “documentary” and was a key figure in the history of the documentary film worldwide. His best-known accomplishments are starting the British documentary … Year 1974.

This is NOT a documentary. It’s much more. A very interesting mixture of filmed scenes with J-P Belmondo and archival footage regarding cultural aspects of all kind around Paris, starting at the end of the 19th century and ending … Year 1969.

The story of a documentary movie-maker who films the reformation story of three hardened criminals within the prison walls – and in the process, finds redemption in her own life. Year 2003.

A pseudo-documentary on the life of Yves Montand, who plays himself, in this tribute to his long career. During a musical tour, Montand returns to Marseille and revisits the many highlights of his life, meeting figures from his pa… Year 1988.

A bold cinematic project which tells the story of four Swiss women, aged 16, 22, 31 and 72: Sylvie, Patricia, Erika and Angèle, by blending fiction and documentary into four individual shorts assembled into a full-length feature f… Year 1968.

Nanni Moretti takes a comic look at the ebbs and flows of his life as he becomes a father for the first time. He struggles with distractions while trying to make a documentary of the Italian national elections. Year 1998.

92 BBC documentary-style shorts that record the lives of 92 victims of the VUE (Violent Unexplained Event), each with last names beginning with “Fall.” Year 1980.

A documentary that goes from one mental asylum to another, talking to the patients, and challenging stereotypes of what it means to have a mental illness. Year 1988.

A twenty minute documentary about the two smallest French villages. Then, Paris, 1960s. Two girls named Brigitte from the two villages share an apartment and study at the Sorbonne. Year 1966.

Some think an in vitro fertilization contest sounds crazy, but countless Americans desperate to start a family believe this social media experiment is their only hope.

The true story of how love, fear, culture and belief lead a loving family to tragically kill one of their own during a four day exorcism ceremony.

They were not supposed to be athletes. They were not supposed to get paid to play. They were not supposed call the shots. But, they did.