The Decline of Western Civilization
The Los Angeles punk music scene circa 1980 is the focus of this film. With Alice Bag Band, Black Flag, Catholic Discipline, Circle Jerks, Fear, Germs, and X.
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Genre: Documentary, Music
Release: 1981
Night Mail
This documentary short examines the special train on which mail is sorted, dropped and collected on the run, and delivered in Scotland on the overnight run from Euston, London to…
Mondo Cane
A documentary consisting of a series of travelogue vignettes providing glimpses into cultural practices throughout the world intended to shock or surprise, including an insect banquet and a memorable look…
Welfare
WELFARE shows the nature and complexity of the welfare system in sequences illustrating the staggering diversity of problems that constitute welfare: housing, unemployment, divorce, medical and psychiatric problems, abandoned and…
Spend It All
Another short documentary of “Real Food, Roots Music, and People Full of Passion for what they do!”, Spend It All is Les Blank’s spirited look at the French-speaking Cajun community…
Brooklyn Bridge
Today it’s a symbol of strength and vitality. 135 years ago, it was a source of controversy. This documentary examines the great problems and ingenious solutions that marked the construction…
Mein Kampf
Using exclusively archival footage, Erwin Leiser traces the rise and collapse of the Third Reich, from Adolf Hitler’s early years to the devastation of Europe and his suicide in 1945….
The Man Who Skied Down Everest
This Oscar-winning documentary tells the story behind Japanese daredevil Yuichiro Miura’s 1970 effort to ski down the world’s tallest mountain.
High School
Documentary filmmaker Frederick Wiseman takes us inside Northeast High School as a fly on the wall to observe the teachers and how they interact with the students.
Snowonder
Grab your skis and discover the Snowonder of skiing. Join the likes of skiers like David Butterfield, Billy Campbell, Greg Athens, Dick Dorworth, John Harlan, Hal O’Leary, and many others…
Olympia Part Two: Festival of Beauty
Part two of Leni Riefenstahl’s monumental examination of the 1938 Olympic Games, the cameras leave the main stadium and venture into the many halls and fields deployed for such sports…
Dry Wood
Featuring the stories and music of seminal Cajun musicians “Bois Sec” Ardoin and Canray Fontenot, Dry Wood is a short, vibrant documentary portrait of life, food, music and festivity in…
The Steel Road
Bold and exhilarating documentary account of the building of the Turkestan-Siberian railway, presented as a heroic triumph of Soviet progress over natural adversity.
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