Ornette: Made in America
Shirley Clarke’s frenetic documentary about multi-talented musician Ornette Coleman.
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Genre: Documentary, Music
Release: 1985
Pumping Iron II: The Women
PUMPING IRON II: THE WOMEN, a film that is changing the way the world views the female physique-creating “a new definition of the female form.” Join four women as they…
Genocide
The mass murder of Jewish people by the Nazi regime is chronicled, with a warning that anti-Semitism is on the rise and the events of the Holocaust could happen again….
Warren Miller’s Ski Time
Time is the most precious and valuable thing we own, so hopefully, you’ll invest yours in Ski Time. From the Alps to Oregon, Montana, Idaho, down to New Zealand, and…
Tokyo Olympiad
This impressionistic portrait of the 1964 Tokyo Summer Olympics pays as much attention to the crowds and workers as it does to the actual competitive events. Highlights include an epic…
The Battle of Chile: Part III
Guzmán’s final installment shifts from covering the actions of Allende’s opponents to those who battled to revive & promote their toppled leader’s vision for a new Chile.
The City
A prescient documentary about city planning, which presents idyllic suburbs and nuclear families as a solution to the chaos, poverty and social decay of industrialized inner cities.
The Presence
Two old men enter an abandoned synagogue, look at the decay around them, and pray.
Take It Out in Trade: The Outtakes
Outtakes to the once lost Edward D. Wood Jr. film from 1970. For nearly two decades these outtakes were all that was known to survive.
Ethnic Notions
This documentary traces the deep-rooted stereotypes which have fueled anti-black prejudice.
Underground
A documentary about the Weathermen, founded as a militant faction of the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), who fought to overthrow the U.S. government during the 1960s and 1970s….
Hot Pepper
A musical portrait of Zydeco King Clifton Chenier, who combines the pulsating rhythms of Cajun dance music and black R&B with African overtones, belting out his irresistible music in the…
Moana
Robert J. Flaherty’s follow-up to Nanook of the North shifts from the Arctic to the South Seas, portraying Samoan village life with a painterly eye. Blending ethnographic detail with a…
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