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#AnneFrank: Parallel Stories

#AnneFrank: Parallel Stories

Helen Mirren retraces the life of Anne Frank through the pages of her diary, and that of 5 other women who survived the Shoah.

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A Life for Ballet

A Life for Ballet

The life of the legendary ballet reconstructionist, Pierre Lacotte and his wife and longtime dance partner Ghislaine Thesmar.

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A Life in Dirty Movies

A Life in Dirty Movies

A Life in Dirty Movies is a love story about legendary sexploitation director Joe Sarno and his wife and collaborator Peggy, as he struggles to get one last film on screen in an industry that's long d...

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Aalto

Aalto

A cinematic journey into the life and work of one of the greatest modern architects: Alvar Aalto, and his partnership with his wife Aino.

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Advocate

Advocate

Jewish attorney Lea Tsemel has made her career defending Palestinians in Israeli courts. For them, she's more than an attorney, she's an advocate.

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Ahead of Time: The Extraordinary Journey of Ruth Gruber

Ahead of Time: The Extraordinary Journey of Ruth Gruber

Ruth Gruber became the youngest PhD in the world before going on to become an international foreign correspondent and photojournalist at age 24.

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An American Satan

An American Satan

Founded in 1966 in California by Anton Szandor LaVey, the Church of Satan has often been surrounded by mysteries, scandals and moral panics. An immersive journey into one the most fascinating phenomen...

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An Art That Nature Makes: The Work of Rosamond Purcell

An Art That Nature Makes: The Work of Rosamond Purcell

Finding unexpected beauty in the discarded and decayed, photographer Rosamond Purcell has developed an oeuvre of work that has garnered international acclaim.

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Angry Inuk

Angry Inuk

ANGRY INUK weaves the reality of Inuit life and the forces that are slowly destroying their livelihood.

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Antonio Lopez 1970: Sex Fashion & Disco

Antonio Lopez 1970: Sex Fashion & Disco

This vibrant time capsule of 1970s haute couture is viewed through the eyes of Antonio Lopez, the dominant fashion illustrator of the era.

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Architects of Denial

Architects of Denial

"Architects of Denial" digs into the persecution of Armenians and other Christians in the Middle East and sheds light on those politicians who refuse to acknowledge the Armenian Genocide.

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Art Talent Show

Art Talent Show

A "witty, Wiseman-esque" look at a visual art school's staff as they decide which students to admit for the coming academic year.

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Atheist America

Atheist America

"The Atheist Experience" is the only atheist TV show in the United States. Every Sunday afternoon, two atheists debate people on the phone for one hour - on camera.

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Ballet Collection

Ballet Collection

The Ballet Collection features 3 films from the barre and beyond—each illustrating the incredible amount of strength, poise, and determination required to excel in the art form.

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Beautiful Darling

Beautiful Darling

A documentary about Candy Darling, the transgender pioneer, actress and Andy Warhol Superstar.

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Behind a Portrait:  The Italian Treasures from Accademia Carrara

Behind a Portrait: The Italian Treasures from Accademia Carrara

Boasting an impressive private collection with a specific focus on the art of portrait, the Accademia Carrara in Bergamo is an Italian treasure.

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Being Thunder

Being Thunder

Sherenté, a Two Spirit teenager, performs in fancy shawl dance competitions at annual powwows despite the insensitive behavior of tribal leaders.

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Bending Steel

Bending Steel

Bending Steel examines the mental and physical battle of inspiring old-world strongman Chris Shoeck.

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Beowulf

Beowulf

A one-man tour de force performance of the epic Beowulf, Benjamin Bagby delivers this gripping tale in Old English while accompanied on the ancient Anglo-Saxon harp.

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Between Land and Sea

Between Land and Sea

A year in the life of an Irish surf town at the mercy of the Atlantic Ocean.

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Bosch: The Garden of Dreams

Bosch: The Garden of Dreams

BOSCH: THE GARDEN OF DREAMS is a study of Hieronymus Bosch’s renowned painting The Garden of Earthly Delights.

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Botero

Botero

Botero is a poetic documentary of one of the world's most prolific living artists,

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Caravaggio: The Soul and the Blood

Caravaggio: The Soul and the Blood

Caravaggio: The Soul and the Blood is a visually stunning journey through the struggles and successes of the revolutionary and controversial artist,

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Cassandro, the Exotico!

Cassandro, the Exotico!

After 26 years and dozens of broken bones and metal pins in his body, gender-bending lucha libre star, Cassandro, is far from retiring. .

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Children of the Mist

Children of the Mist

In a village hidden among the misty mountains of Vietnam, a teenage girl comes of age while facing the controversial local custom of bride kidnapping.

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Classical Music Collection

Classical Music Collection

This collection explores both the formal rigor and history of Western musical tradition, and how its practice lives on in the 21st century.

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Coby

Coby

In a small town in the Midwest, Suzanna, age 23, is transitioning into a man, Coby, while his family struggles to cope.

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Comedy Confessions

Comedy Confessions

Tiffany Haddish, Doc Jones and Steven Lolli pursue their dreams of careers in stand-up comedy despite the harsh realities of being homeless.

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Coming to You

Coming to You

Two Korean children come out to their mothers who must determine their own reactions as well as navigate that of society at large.

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Conduct! Every Move Counts

Conduct! Every Move Counts

A documentary that explores the secret of conducting with a unique intensity that culminates in a great showdown at Frankfurt’s Opera.

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Cooking at the World's End

Cooking at the World's End

In 2003, nine young chefs joined their forces and their knowledge to transform the cuisine of their land: in Galicia, Grupo Nove was born. Culinary revolution already emerged in other Spanish regions ...

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Deep Blues

Deep Blues

In 1990, director Robert Mugge and music scholar Robert Palmer ventured deep into the Mississippi Delta on a pilgrimage in search of the blues.

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Dogs on the Inside

Dogs on the Inside

Dogs On The Inside looks into the transformative relationships between prisoner inmates and abused dogs during an 8 week training program.

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East Jerusalem West Jerusalem

East Jerusalem West Jerusalem

In Palestinian East Jerusalem, Singer-Songwriter David Broza records a new album with American, Palestinian and Israeli musicians in defiance of the Middle East's dark realities.

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Einstein's Universe

Einstein's Universe

A documentary produced in 1979 to celebrate the centenary of the birth of Albert Einstein.

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Famous Nathan

Famous Nathan

FAMOUS NATHAN is the insider documentary about Nathan’s Famous, the iconic Coney Island eatery founded in 1916, told through exclusive audio clips, family archives and extensive interviews with dedi...

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Fanny: The Right to Rock

Fanny: The Right to Rock

The untold story of a Filipina American garage band that morphed into the ferocious rock group Fanny, who almost became the female Beatles.

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Far Western

Far Western

The phenomenal story of the transplant of American country music to post-World War II Japan.

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Fashion Collection

Fashion Collection

Featuring totemic figures of the fashion industry as well as every day, sartorially-inclined, Film Movement’s Fashion Collection takes viewers on a journey through perhaps the most ...

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Finding Gaston

Finding Gaston

Meet chef Gaston Acurio and follow him in a journey to find out the stories, the inspirations and the dreams behind the man that has taken his cuisine outside the kitchen in a mission to change his co...

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Florence and the Uffizi Gallery

Florence and the Uffizi Gallery

A journey into the Italian Renaissance through the most beautiful, representative works of art of the period.

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Frantz Fanon: Black Skin, White Mask

Frantz Fanon: Black Skin, White Mask

FRANTZ FANON: BLACK SKIN, WHITE MASK tells the story of the life and work of the highly influential anti-colonialist writer Frantz Fanon.

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Freedom's Fury

Freedom's Fury

Hungary’s 1956 Revolution was crushed by Soviet tanks and guns. Two weeks later at the Melbourne Olympics, the Hungarian and Soviet water polo teams would meet in a showdown that is known as "the Bl...

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Frida:  Viva La Vida

Frida: Viva La Vida

This documentary explores Frida Kahlo’s art as well as her photos, clothes and personal objects not always accessible to the public.

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Gauguin in Tahiti - Paradise Lost

Gauguin in Tahiti - Paradise Lost

A look into the love story between post-impressionist painter Gauguin and the French Polynesia.

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Gun Runners

Gun Runners

Two warriors from Northern Kenya trade in their AK-47s for running shoes and the Kenyan dream of marathon running.

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H2: The Occupation Lab

H2: The Occupation Lab

Segregated, highly surveilled, intensely guarded: H2 uncovers the ways in which a single neighborhood fuels the entire Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

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Hands of God

Hands of God

HANDS OF GOD is a portrait of resilience following the Iraqi National Boxing Team's historic attempt to qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics.

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Her Name is Sabine

Her Name is Sabine

An intelligent, moving and beautiful documentary portrait of Sabine, a 38-year-old autistic woman, filmed by her sister, the famous French actress Sandrine Bonnaire.

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Hitler's Children

Hitler's Children

A documentary looking into the lives of the descendants of the top Nazi officials who worked under Hitler's command.

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Hockney

Hockney

HOCKNEY is a documentary on one of the most significant artists of his generation, British painter David Hockney. At 78 years of age, the charismatic Hockney still works in his studio seven days a wee...

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Holly Near: Singing for Our Lives

Holly Near: Singing for Our Lives

HOLLY NEAR: SINGING FOR OUR LIVES tells the tale of a singer-songwriter who inspired generations during the height of the LGBTQ and Women's movement.

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Hollywood On Trial

Hollywood On Trial

Honorable Men

Honorable Men

The unexpected rise to power and dramatic fall from grace of Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is explored in this riveting documentary portrait.

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I Am A Dancer

I Am A Dancer

Golden Globes-nominee, I AM A DANCER captures the discipline and dedication of world-renowned ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev. Now presented in HD.

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I Am Sun Mu

I Am Sun Mu

North Korean defector turned political pop artist Sun Mu prepares for a historic exhibition in China while striving to inspire change with his work.

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I Am the Blues

I Am the Blues

From juke joints to church halls, up the mountain and down to the bayou, I AM THE BLUES travels the back roads with the last of the blues legends.

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In Country

In Country

With striking historical accuracy, rare archival footage and a deeply personal inspection on the effects of PTSD, In Country artfully activates the similarities between past wars and the military conf...

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In The Rearview

In The Rearview

In a volunteer aid van occupied by multiple generations of civilians, an authentic and intimate observation of the war in Ukraine unfolds.

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Into The Weeds

Into The Weeds

The story of groundskeeper Lee Johnson and his fight for justice against agrichemical giant Monsanto, the manufacturer of the weed killer, Roundup.

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Israel-Palestine Politics Collection

Israel-Palestine Politics Collection

What does it take to govern in one of the most contentious regions in the world? These three documentaries go in-depth to examine political leaders in both Israel and Palestine over the last 20 years....

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Israeli Occupation Collection

Israeli Occupation Collection

What does it mean to be a Palestinian living in Israel today? This collection asks that question and many more. Exploring the nuances of life under Israeli occupation, each film pays close attention t...

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Italian Renaissance Collection

Italian Renaissance Collection

Covering the mid-1300s through the late 1500s, the Renaissance is a period marked by immense cultural advancements, particularly in music, literature, Humanist philosophy, science, technology, and mos...

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Joy Womack: The White Swan

Joy Womack: The White Swan

Joy Womack makes history as the first American woman to graduate from the Bolshoi Ballet Academy and sign a contract with the Bolshoi Ballet.

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Karl Marx City

Karl Marx City

Petra Epperlein returns to what was the East Germany of her childhood to uncover the truth about her father’s suicide and his rumored Stasi past.

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Klimt & Schiele: Eros and Psyche

Klimt & Schiele: Eros and Psyche

A journey through Klimt and Schiele’s Vienna and the works of the Albertina, Belvedere and Kunsthistorisches Museum.

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Leaps of Faiths

Leaps of Faiths

Love tests faith. Faith tests love. Interfaith marriage - how does that work?

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Line 41

Line 41

LINE 41 documents a Holocaust and Lodz Ghetto survivor's return back to today's Lodz (Poland)

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Mad Tiger

Mad Tiger

Two best friends have spent the last fifteen years touring the country in their performance art punk band. When one of them decides to quit, they both face deeper challenges than expected.

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Mayor

Mayor

Rich with observation and humor, this portrait of Musa Hadid, the Christian mayor of Ramallah, portrays dignity amidst the chaos of occupation.

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Minkowski Saga

Minkowski Saga

Opera conductor Marc Minkowski uncovers his family's buried legacy amongst Warsaw's high society.

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My Love, Don't Cross that River

My Love, Don't Cross that River

Two “100-year-old lovebirds” live out their twilight days while facing the reality that their time together will soon be coming to an end.

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My Pet and Me

My Pet and Me

An endearing and comical portrait of the deep bond between humans and the animals they love.

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Narcissister Organ Player

Narcissister Organ Player

Narcissister is the subject of this smart, sassy documentary showcasing her spectacle-rich approach to explorations of racial identity and sexuality.

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Nazi Junkies

Nazi Junkies

Inspired by Norman Ohler’s revelatory book, Blitzed: Drugs In The Third Reich, NAZI JUNKIES reveals how both Hitler and Nazi Germany were heavily addicted to drugs

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Nuclear Nightmares

Nuclear Nightmares

A visually frightening documentary examining the world’s Cold War era nuclear weapon infrastructure.

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Only When I Dance

Only When I Dance

This stunning documentary follows two teenage ballet dancers aspiring to leave their violent favela homes in Brazil to join a revolutionary dance company in the US

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Over The Limit

Over The Limit

Rhythmic gymnast Margarita Mamun has reached a crucial moment in her career. At the age of twenty, she has one final goal: winning Olympic gold.

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Queen of Hearts: Audrey Flack

Queen of Hearts: Audrey Flack

An intimate look at the life and creative process of feminist, rebel and visual artist Audrey Flack over her often-controversial 40-year career.

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Revolution: New Art for a New World

Revolution: New Art for a New World

Artists like Chagall, Kandinsky and Malevich--pioneers flourished in response to the challenge of building a new art for a new world, only to be broken by implacable authority after 15 short years and...

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Salvador Dali: In Search of Immortality

Salvador Dali: In Search of Immortality

An an eye-opening journey through the life and work of the great Salvador Dalí and his longtime muse and collaborator, Gala.

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Scared of Revolution

Scared of Revolution

A portrait of the performance poet Umar Bin Hassan and his personal struggle with the revolution he propagated himself with The Last Poets.

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Segantini: Back to Nature

Segantini: Back to Nature

Discover the incredible life of the most important Italian representative of pointillism, “Le Gauguin des Alps”.

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Sergio Herman, Fucking Perfect

Sergio Herman, Fucking Perfect

At the height of this culinary career, Master chef Sergio Herman feels he needs to let go of his 3-star restaurant Oud Sluis in order to fulfill his dreams. A revealing documentary about perfection, a...

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Shadowman

Shadowman

In the 1980s, Richard Hambleton was the Shadowman, a specter in the night who painted hundreds of startling silhouettes on the walls of lower Manhattan and, along with Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Bas...

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Shake the Dust

Shake the Dust

Break dancers from third world communities become linked through their passion for hip-hop culture.

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Shtetlers

Shtetlers

For several centuries in the former Soviet Union, the small towns known as shtetls were home to the largest Jewish population in the world.

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Sign Painters

Sign Painters

SIGN PAINTERS examines the painters who persevered despite dwindling demand for the specialized skill and catalyzed a resurgence in the craft.

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St. Peter's and the Papal Basilicas of Rome

St. Peter's and the Papal Basilicas of Rome

A journey through the four Papal Basilicas in Rome and their treasures.

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Strike a Pose

Strike a Pose

The surprising and moving story of Madonna's most famous troupe of dancers.

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That Click

That Click

From Marilyn Monroe to Jack Nicholson and Leonardo DiCaprio, Douglas Kirkland has photographed the Hollywood elite for more than 60 years.

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The Barefoot Artist

The Barefoot Artist

Lily Yeh is a global artist who is fueled by a belief that art is a human right, and that artists can create a foundation for profound social change.

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The Earth is Blue as an Orange

The Earth is Blue as an Orange

To cope with the trauma of living in an Eastern Ukraine combat zone, Anna and her four children make a film about their experience of life during war.

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The Greatest Ears in Town: The Arif Mardin Story

The Greatest Ears in Town: The Arif Mardin Story

A documentary about the Grammy-winning music producer Arif Mardin.

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The Gullspång Miracle

The Gullspång Miracle

What begins as an eerie story of family reunification soon becomes a Pandora's Box as three women's lives spiral out of control.

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The Ice King

The Ice King

John Curry transformed a dated sport to an art form and made history by becoming the first openly gay Olympian when homosexuality was not even legal.

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The Last Autumn

The Last Autumn

A desolate farm pushed up against the Arctic Ocean has been breeding sheep for centuries, but this will be their last autumn at the end of the world.

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The Miracle of the Little Prince

The Miracle of the Little Prince

The passionate translators of best-selling children’s book The Little Prince, fight for the preservation of their endangered languages.

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The Mission

The Mission

Four Latter-day Saints teenagers from Utah are sent across the world to preach the gospel in Finland as part of their two-year rite of passage.

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The New Deal For Artists

The New Deal For Artists

The Arts Project of the WPA (1935-1942) was a government agency established to support writers, actors, painters, sculptors, and photographers.

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The Notorious Mr. Bout

The Notorious Mr. Bout

The Notorious Mr. Bout examines the life of international arms dealer Viktor Bout as he builds his empire under the shadows of the fall of Communism, as a series of governments willingly look the othe...

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The Other Side

The Other Side

U.S.-based Italian filmmaker follows up his documentary trilogy from Texas with this docu-hybrid film following three characters on the margins of Louisiana’s drug and paramilitary communities.

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The Paris Opera

The Paris Opera

Go behind the scenes for an all-access look at the Paris Opera, where backstage drama and triumphs play out each night before the curtain rises.

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The Real American: Joe McCarthy

The Real American: Joe McCarthy

An unflinching look at the rise and fall of one of the most infamous political figures in US history.

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The Rising Sun

The Rising Sun

A documentary that follows the Roc Kidz Crew, a European breakdancing team whose dancers decide to leave home to pursue their true calling.

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The Seventh Fire

The Seventh Fire

Terrence Malick presents this haunting and visually arresting nonfiction film about the Native American gang crisis.

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Theory of Obscurity: A Film About the Residents

Theory of Obscurity: A Film About the Residents

The story of the iconic renegade cult music and art collective known as The Residents who have achieved levels of fame most groups can only dream of, yet no one knows who they are.

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Tintoretto - A Rebel in Venice

Tintoretto - A Rebel in Venice

Celebrates the 500th anniversary of the birth of the last great artist of the Italian Renaissance, the most unexpected mind that the art of painting has ever produced: Tintoretto.

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Total Trust

Total Trust

An eye-opening film about surveillance technology, abuse of power and censorship that follows the stories of people in China who have been monitored.

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Twice Colonized

Twice Colonized

Renowned Inuit lawyer Aaju Peter embarks on a deeply personal journey as part of her lifelong fight for the rights of her people.

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Ukrainian Conflict Collection

Ukrainian Conflict Collection

This collection of new, critically-acclaimed Ukrainian films depicts the experience of Ukrainians in the Donbass.

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Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

A stunning new exploration of the life and work of Van Gogh.

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Water Lilies of Monet - The Magic of Water and Light

Water Lilies of Monet - The Magic of Water and Light

A journey through the masterpieces and obsessions of the genius of Impressionism.

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What If? Ehud Barak on War and Peace

What If? Ehud Barak on War and Peace

Twenty years after the failure of the Camp David summit, Ehud Barak looks back on his life and analyzes the Israeli reality with a critical eye.

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White Riot

White Riot

A motley crew of mavericks band together with top punk bands to create Britain's biggest-ever civil rights movement, Rock Against Racism (RAR).

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Why Is We Americans?

Why Is We Americans?

By turns kinetic and intimate, this in-depth documentary examines Newark’s legendary Baraka family from its patriarch Amiri to mayor Ras Baraka.

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Women Composers

Women Composers

An examination of the historical and personal circumstances under which three remarkable women created their works in the 1800s and early 1900s.

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Yarn

Yarn

Every stitch tells a tale. International artists and knitters take a simple skein of yarn to create their extraordinary ideas and stories.

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Yugodivas

Yugodivas

An actress, a painter and three musicians from Belgrade pursue their dreams in New York City despite memories of the past preoccupying their thoughts.

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