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1) Leviathan
Publisher
Cinema Guild
Language
English
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One of the most critically-acclaimed documentaries in recent years, LEVIATHAN is a groundbreaking, immersive portrait of the contemporary commercial fishing industry. Directed by the award-winning filmmakers of *Sweetgrass* and *Foreign Parts*, LEVIATHAN is a purely visceral, cinematic experience. Nominated for the Truer Than FIction Award at the **Film Independent Spirit Awards.** Winner of the Don Quixote Award and the FIPRESCI Prize at the **Locarno...
2) Food, inc
Publisher
Magnolia Pictures
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
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Food Inc. reveals surprising - and often shocking - truths about what we eat, how it's produced, and who we have become as a nation.
3) Makala
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Language
Swahili
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A powerful testament to one man's commitment to his family, and his endurance in working to provide them with a brighter future. Kasongo, a 28-year-old man living in Congo with his wife and daughters, dreams of purchasing a plot of land on which to build his family a home. He sees his opportunity to earn money by selling charcoal, culled from the ashes of a mighty hardwood tree that he has felled and baked in an earthen oven. Loading up the bags of...
Language
English
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On February 4, 1974, college student Patty Hearst (granddaughter of newspaper tycoon William Randolph Hearst), was kidnapped from her apartment by a terrorist group calling itself the Symbionese Liberation Army. The SLA, seeking to foment a violent uprising within America's working class, forced the Hearst family to donate millions of dollars in food to the poor. But two months after her kidnapping, Patty emerged in public as Tania, an armed member...
5) Blackfish
Language
English
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Killer whales – beloved, yet infamous for their capacity to kill viciously – lie at the heart of BLACKFISH, which expands on the discussion of keeping such intelligent creatures in captivity. Official Selection at the **Sundance Film Festival** and **San Francisco International Film Festival**.
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English
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On a remote mountaintop of the Himalayas sits Jhamtse Gatsal (Tibetan for “The Garden of Love and Compassion”), a special school and home for 85 abandoned and neglected children. Founded by former Buddhist monk Lobsang Phunstok, who trained under the Dalai Lama, this unique community gives boys and girls the chance to escape extreme poverty and grow up in an environment where they are free to be themselves and dream about their future. Winner...
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English
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With a net worth of over {dollar}60,000,000,000, Warren Buffett is truly a one-of-a-kind billionaire. Now 86 years old, the legendary investor still lives in a modest home in Omaha, and continues to drive himself to the office every morning to manage Berkshire Hathaway, the fifth largest public company in the world. But more surprising than his humble lifestyle and self-effacing personality is Buffett’s exemplary moral core. The same principles...
9) Oyate
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Language
English
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Description
In the wake of the Dakota Access Pipeline protests, Indigenous people are using their newfound platform to shed light on the wide array of injustices committed against them in an effort to embark upon the process of decolonization.
Publisher
IFC Films
Language
English
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Description
This eye-opening documentary investigates the strange case of Anonymous hacktivist Matt DeHart, who fled the US to seek asylum in Canada after law enforcement brought charges against him for child pornography. But DeHart countered that he was framed, targeted for his support of Wikileaks, and that he was tortured in a US prison. Unfolding like a spy mystery, the film follows a multiyear quest for truth, with unexpected twists and turns until the very...
11) Famous Nathan
Publisher
Film Movement
Language
English
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Description
Rich in nostalgia, FAMOUS NATHAN pushes the boundaries of conventional documentary filmmaking, as kaleidoscopic and layered as Coney Island itself, capturing the honky-tonk, in-your-face spirit that was Nathan's Famous in its hey-day and today. An insider documentary by Lloyd Handwerker, grandson of Nathan Handwerker, who founded the legendary Brooklyn eatery and iconic New York institution, Nathan's Famous, in Coney Island in 1916. Over a thirty-year...
12) A decent home
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Language
English
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Description
When housing on the lowest run of the American Dream is devoured by the wealthiest of the wealthy, whose dream are we serving? A DECENT HOME addresses urgent issues of class and economic (im)mobility through the lives of mobile home park residents who can t afford housing anywhere else.
13) Hold your fire
Publisher
IFC Films
Language
English
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Description
Brooklyn, 1973. When Shu’aib Raheem and his friends attempted to steal guns for self-defense, it sparked the longest hostage siege in NYPD history. NYPD psychologist Harvey Schlossberg fought to avert a bloodbath, reform police methods, and save the lives of hostages, police, and the four young Muslim men at the heart of the conflict.
14) The young vote
Publisher
Video Project
Language
English
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Description
Democracy is being threatened, and young people are taking it personally. In 2016, only 39% of those 29 and under, the largest generation of eligible voters in US history, voted in the presidential election. What can we do to increase young voter participation and sustain a functional democracy? THE YOUNG VOTE takes the temperature of a generation raised during a time of increasing distrust in government, active voter suppression, and continued inaction...
15) The exiles
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Language
English
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Description
Documentary filmmaker, Christine Choy, tracks down three exiled dissidents from the Tiananmen Square massacre in order to find closure on an abandoned project she began shooting in 1989. Driven by Choy’s iconoclastic voice, THE EXILES is about the enduring love for one’s home, the fragility of historical record and remembrance, and the power of film to intervene and bear witness.
Publisher
PBS
Language
English
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Description
Uncover the true story of the seven-week period that changed China forever. On June 4, 1989, a violent and bloody pro-democracy demonstration ended, leaving thousands dead, and laying the foundation for China's future. Includes never-before-seen Chinese television archival materials, exclusive interviews, and eyewitness accounts.
17) Combat obscura
Publisher
Oscilloscope Laboratories
Language
English
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An unvarnished perspective of the intensity and paradoxes of war shot by Marine Corps videographer Miles Lagoze. This ingeniously edited documentary is composed solely of footage the Corps did not intend for you to see. Nominated for the Grand Jury Prize for Documentary Feature at the **Dallas International Film Festival.** *"...Lagoze detonates any lingering illusions of military heroism." - Lawrence Garcia, **AV Club*** *"An unfiltered tour-de-force...
18) Plan C
Publisher
Level 33 Entertainment
Language
English
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Description
A determined group of women, midwives, and doctors fight to increase access to abortion pills in the United States outside of a clinic setting. In 2014, Francine, a social scientist based in Los Angeles, and her partners, launched Plan C to spread the word about access to abortion pills online. This is the story of the work done between 2020 and the overturning of Roe v. Wade in 2022.
19) Refashioned
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Language
English
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Description
Three passionate Hong Kongers strive to disrupt the textile and recycling industries by innovating sustainable solutions to change mindsets and transition towards a circular economy before the landfills overflow.
20) Black code
Publisher
Music Box Films
Language
English
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Description
This documentary examines how governments are manipulating the Internet to control their citizens, creating challenges to our ideas of citizenship, privacy, and democracy. Official Selection at the **Toronto International Film Festival**. *"BLACK CODE pulls back the curtain of awful government intrusion in very immediate terms. Genuinely terrifying, because these things are happening to regular citizens all over the world, it comes from the heart...
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