Sans Soleil
A woman narrates the thoughts of a world traveler, meditations on time and memory expressed in words and images from places as far-flung as Japan, Guinea-Bissau, Iceland, and San Francisco.
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Genre: Documentary
Release: 1983
The Volunteer
After a masterful Shakespearean performance in a London theater, Ralph Richardson is sought for an autograph by Fred, his dresser. Later, Fred has joined the Fleet Air Arm (Fly Navy)…
The Lion Has Wings
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The Solar Film
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Break Up the Dance
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Faces of Death II
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In Heaven There Is No Beer?
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Welfare
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Place de la République
Louis Malle presents his entertaining snapshot of the comings and goings on one street corner in Paris.
Minamata: The Victims and Their World
The first in a series of independent documentaries that Tsuchimoto made of the mercury poisoning incident in Minamata, Japan.
The Times of Harvey Milk
Harvey Milk was an outspoken human rights activist and one of the first openly gay U.S. politicians elected to public office; even after his assassination in 1978, he continues to…
Lightning Over Water
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City of Gold
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