Documentary Movies

The Other Dream Team (2012)

The Other Dream Team (2012)

The Other Dream Team (2012)
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The incredible story of the 1992 Lithuanian basketball team, whose athletes struggled under Soviet rule, became symbols of Lithuania’s independence movement, and – with help from the Grateful Dead –…

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The Mountain Runners (2012)

The Mountain Runners (2012)

The Mountain Runners (2012)
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The story of America’s first mountain endurance/adventure foot race, the Mount Baker Marathon, which took place in Bellingham, Washington. First run in 1911, the grueling 28 to 32 mile race…

Genre: Documentary
Caesar’s Messiah: The Roman Conspiracy to Invent Jesus (2012)

Caesar’s Messiah: The Roman Conspiracy to Invent Jesus (2012)

Caesar’s Messiah: The Roman Conspiracy to Invent Jesus (2012)
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Based on the best-selling religious studies book by Joseph Atwill, this documentary shows that Jesus is not a historical figure, the events of Jesus’ life were based on a Roman…

Genre: Documentary
The Waiting Room (2012)

The Waiting Room (2012)

The Waiting Room (2012)
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The Waiting Room is a character-driven documentary film that uses extraordinary access to go behind the doors of an American public hospital struggling to care for a community of largely…

Genre: Documentary
Freddie Mercury: The Great Pretender (2012)

Freddie Mercury: The Great Pretender (2012)

Freddie Mercury: The Great Pretender (2012)
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Archive footage of interviews, concerts and personal material bring to light the solo performance work of Mercury, the lead singer of Queen.

Sleepless Nights (2012)

Sleepless Nights (2012)

Sleepless Nights (2012)
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Through the stories of Assaad Shaftari, a former high-ranking militia officer, and Maryam Saiidi, the mother of a missing communist fighter, the film digs into war wounds and poses the…

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Genre: Documentary
Nazi Sunken Sub (2012)

Nazi Sunken Sub (2012)

Nazi Sunken Sub (2012)
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For nearly seventy years the fate of the lost Nazi submarine U-745 remained a mystery. After a decade of painstaking research and exploration, a Finnish diving team has finally solved…

Genre: Documentary
16 Acres (2012)

16 Acres (2012)

16 Acres (2012)
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The dramatic inside story of the monumental collision of interests at Ground Zero in the decade after 9/11.

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Children of the Stars (2012)

Children of the Stars (2012)

Children of the Stars (2012)
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‘Children of the Stars’ is the strange but true story of a UFO contactee group who relive their past lives on other planets by making their own science fiction films….

Genre: Documentary
Head Games (2012)

Head Games (2012)

Head Games (2012)
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Former football player and wrestler Chris Nowinski’s quest to publicize recent findings about the often dire consequences of head concussions sustained by athletes in contact sports — injuries that have…

Genre: Documentary
Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel (2012)

Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel (2012)

Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel (2012)
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This intimate and loving portrait of the legendary arbiter of fashion, art and culture illustrates the many stages of Vreeland’s remarkable life. Born in Paris in 1903, she was to…

Genre: Documentary
How to Survive a Plague (2012)

How to Survive a Plague (2012)

How to Survive a Plague (2012)
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A story of two coalitions – ACT UP and TAG (Treatment Action Group) – whose activism and innovation turned AIDS from a death sentence into a manageable condition. Despite having…

Queen: Hungarian Rhapsody – Live in Budapest ’86 (2012)

Queen: Hungarian Rhapsody – Live in Budapest ’86 (2012)

Queen: Hungarian Rhapsody – Live in Budapest ’86 (2012)
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On 27th July 1986, British stadium rock band Queen broke new ground by playing for the first time in Hungary, a country which was still under a communist dictatorship behind…

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Alone Up There (2012)

Alone Up There (2012)

Alone Up There (2012)
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The stand-up comedian is a special breed, both an artist and an artisan. They work by painstakingly developing a persona, scripting and editing an act, and revising it on the…

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Genre: Documentary
Where the Trail Ends (2012)

Where the Trail Ends (2012)

Where the Trail Ends (2012)
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“Where the Trail Ends…” is a film following the worlds’ top freeride mountain bikers as they search for un-ridden terrain around the globe, ultimately shaping the future of big mountain…

Knuckleball! (2012)

Knuckleball! (2012)

Knuckleball! (2012)
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Follows the Boston Red Sox’ Tim Wakefield and the New York Mets’ R.A. Dickey – the only two major league pitchers who use the unpredictable knuckleball – during the 2011…

Genre: Documentary
Artifact (2012)

Artifact (2012)

Artifact (2012)
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Follow 30 Seconds to Mars as they record their latest album, This Is War, and their battle against record label EMI.

It’s a Girl! (2012)

It’s a Girl! (2012)

It’s a Girl! (2012)
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In India, China and many other parts of the world today, girls are killed, aborted and abandoned simply because they are girls. The United Nations estimates as many as 200…

Genre: Documentary
No Place on Earth (2012)

No Place on Earth (2012)

No Place on Earth (2012)
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This extraordinary testament to survival from Emmy-winning producer/director Janet Tobias brings to light a story that remained untold for decades: that of thirty-eight Ukrainian Jews who survived World War II…

Genre: Documentary, War
Free Angela and All Political Prisoners (2012)

Free Angela and All Political Prisoners (2012)

Free Angela and All Political Prisoners (2012)
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FREE ANGELA is a feature-length documentary about Angela Davis and the high stakes crime, political movement, and trial that catapults the 26 year-old newly appointed philosophy professor at the University…

Genre: Documentary
Iceberg Slim: Portrait of a Pimp (2012)

Iceberg Slim: Portrait of a Pimp (2012)

Iceberg Slim: Portrait of a Pimp (2012)
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‘Iceberg Slim: Portrait of a Pimp’, examines the tumultuous life of legendary Chicago pimp Iceberg Slim (1918-1992) and how he reinvented himself from pimp to author of 7 groundbreaking books….

Genre: Documentary
How to Make Money Selling Drugs (2012)

How to Make Money Selling Drugs (2012)

How to Make Money Selling Drugs (2012)
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Ten easy steps show you how to make money from drugs, featuring a series of interviews with drug dealers, prison employees, and lobbyists arguing for tougher drug laws.

Genre: Documentary
Detropia (2012)

Detropia (2012)

Detropia (2012)
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Detroit’s story has encapsulated the iconic narrative of America over the last century – the Great Migration of African Americans escaping Jim Crow; the rise of manufacturing and the middle…

Genre: Documentary
Beauty Is Embarrassing (2012)

Beauty Is Embarrassing (2012)

Beauty Is Embarrassing (2012)
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Raised in the Tennessee mountains, Wayne White started his career as a cartoonist in NYC. He quickly found success as one of the creators of the Pee-wee’s Playhouse TV show…

Genre: Documentary
Investigation on The Night That Won’t Forget (2012)

Investigation on The Night That Won’t Forget (2012)

Investigation on The Night That Won’t Forget (2012)
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Erwin Romulo, the late Alexis Tioseco’s best friend, recalls the events after the critic and his girlfriend Nika Bohinc’s untimely death in their home in Quezon City. Diaz makes use…

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Vitality (2012)

Vitality (2012)

Vitality (2012)
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A provocative look at the broken medical system in America and how our definition of health is skewed. This movie takes us through a journey into LIFESTYLE and teaches us…

Genre: Documentary
Way Beyond Weight (2012)

Way Beyond Weight (2012)

Way Beyond Weight (2012)
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Today, one third of Brazilian children are overweight. This is the first generation to introduce diseases previously restricted to adults, such as depression, diabetes and cardiovascular problems. This documentary examines…

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Genre: Documentary
Backyard Blockbusters (2012)

Backyard Blockbusters (2012)

Backyard Blockbusters (2012)
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For years, people have been making home movies, many times using pop culture properties that they may not own, but love. In recent years, these types of projects have come…

Genre: Documentary
DocoBANKSY (2012)

DocoBANKSY (2012)

DocoBANKSY (2012)
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From the streets of Bristol to the caverns of London and beyond, BanksyDoc finds the truths and explores the impact that the world’s most famous graffiti artist has had on…

Genre: Documentary
The Clash: The Rise and Fall of The Clash (2012)

The Clash: The Rise and Fall of The Clash (2012)

The Clash: The Rise and Fall of The Clash (2012)
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Profile of seminal punk group The Clash.

7/7: One Day in London (2012)

7/7: One Day in London (2012)

7/7: One Day in London (2012)
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The day after London won the Olympic bid, terrorists attacked the transport network killing 52 people. 7/7: One Day in London gathers the testimony of over 50 people affected.

Genre: Documentary
Katt Williams: Kattpacalypse (2012)

Katt Williams: Kattpacalypse (2012)

Katt Williams: Kattpacalypse (2012)
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Katt Williams ushers in Kattpacalypse, exploding with more energy than an atomic bomb and riffing on everything from Doomsday to Obama. Katt Williams has been the best selling urban comic…

Wild Horse Wild Ride (2012)

Wild Horse Wild Ride (2012)

Wild Horse Wild Ride (2012)
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100 Days. 100 gritty souls. 100 wild mustangs. That’s the premise of the annual Extreme Mustang Makeover, a competition that challenges horse trainers – both pros and amateurs – to…

GLOW: The Story of The Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling (2012)

GLOW: The Story of The Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling (2012)

GLOW: The Story of The Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling (2012)
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The year is 1986. Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling (GLOW) is about to burst onto the scene as the first ever all-female wrestling show on television. By 1989, the GLOW girls…

Genre: Documentary
Black Metal Veins (2012)

Black Metal Veins (2012)

Black Metal Veins (2012)
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Black Metal Veins unflinchingly documents the dark realities of despair and morbid self annihilation surrounding the lives of five heroin junkies. The addicts’ intertwining stories of pain, loss, sadness, and…

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Hooligan (2012)

Hooligan (2012)

Hooligan (2012)
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Aiming to be an in-depth study of hooliganism (both in act and in what it is to be one), director Donal MacIntyre, a former undercover journalist who was once under…

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Genre: Documentary
Side by Side (2012)

Side by Side (2012)

Side by Side (2012)
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Since the invention of cinema, the standard format for recording moving images has been film. Over the past two decades, a new form of digital filmmaking has emerged, creating a…

Genre: Documentary
End of the Road: How Money Became Worthless (2012)

End of the Road: How Money Became Worthless (2012)

End of the Road: How Money Became Worthless (2012)
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Wall Street is being occupied. Europe is collapsing in on itself. Around the world, people are consumed by fear and anger, and one question is on everyone’s lips: Is the…

Genre: Documentary
Treblinka’s Last Witness (2012)

Treblinka’s Last Witness (2012)

Treblinka’s Last Witness (2012)
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Samuel Willenberg and Kalman Taigman, the last two survivors of the Nazi extermination camp Treblinka, recount the horrors they experienced during the war and talk about their lives after their…

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This Ain’t California (2012)

This Ain’t California (2012)

This Ain’t California (2012)
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A retrospective look at the youth cultures born in the German Democratic Republic. A celebration of the lust for life, a contemporary trip into the world of skate, a tale…

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