Happy People: A Year in the Taiga (2010)
Genre: Documentary
Director: Werner Herzog
Actors: Anatoly Blumei, Gennady Soloviev, Gennady Tiganov, Mikhail Tarkovsky, Werner Herzog
Country: Germany
Barataria (2021)
In El Quiñon, a newly-built but half-finished city in Spain, the ochre facades are juxtaposed to the fields of La Mancha. Residents talk about their hopes and dreams, illustrating through…
Foreign Wars (2016)
From the land of narco-violence to the land of displaced persons. The documentary Guerras Ajenas (‘Wars of Others’) explores the consequences of the war on drugs in Colombia, and one…
The Dead Nation (2017)
A documentary-essay which shows Costică Axinte’s stunning collection of pictures depicting a Romanian small town in the thirties and forties. The narration, composed mostly from excerpts taken from the diary…
Dance Dreams: Hot Chocolate Nutcracker (2020)
This documentary spotlights Debbie Allen’s career and follows her group of dance students as they prepare for Allen’s annual “Hot Chocolate Nutcracker,” a reimagining of the classic ballet.
Thank You Dr. Fauci (2024)
Award-winning documentarian Jenner Furst seeks answers from Dr. Fauci about the origins of COVID-19, a bio-arms race with China, and what could be the largest coverup in modern history. Awaiting…
My Robot Sophia (2022)
This stirring and visually immersive documentary brings us inside the spirited pursuits of David Hanson, a restless inventor aiming to perfect the world’s most life-like A.I. With freewheeling energy and…
The Making of ‘Superman III’ (1985)
This documentary treats movie fans to a behind-the-scenes look at the making of Superman III, a more comical take on the superhero story in which the Man of Steel takes…
Kimjongilia (2009)
The first film to fully expose the humanitarian crisis of North Korea, this stylish, deeply moving documentary is centered around astonishing interviews with survivors of North Korea’s vast and largely…
Elizabeth: A Portrait in Part(s) (2022)
Elizabeth is an archive-based documentary film about the Queen. A celebration. A truly cinematic mystery-tour up and down the decades: poetic, funny, disobedient, ungovernable, affectionate, inappropriate, mischievous, in awe. Funny….
Everyone Stares: The Police Inside Out (2007)
Stewart Copeland, drummer for The Police, compiles his Super 8 footage to offer an intimate look at what it was like to be a member of one of the most…
Malcom is Missing (2023)
A single mother of two from small town Canada looks for her missing father in Mexico and ends up taking on one of the most corrupt justice systems in the…
Araatika: Rise Up! (2021)
For Indigenous Australian rugby league players, a pre-game ‘unity dance’ is an important step towards celebrating their cultures and combating entrenched racism.