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In Search of Peace
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In Search of Peace

Sep. 21, 2001

In Search of Peace

In Search of Peace: 1948-1967 chronicles Israel’s first two decades, offering new insights on the origins of the Middle East conflict. ...
Regrouping
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Regrouping

Dec. 08, 1976

Regrouping

In this experimental film, Borden explores the dynamics among the members of a woman’s group. As she interviews people who know them, such as ...
Schindler
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Schindler

Oct. 01, 1983

Schindler

The true story of German-Czech businessman Oskar Schindler (1908-74) as told by some of the Jews — more than a thousand people — whose lives he ...
Babe Ruth
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Babe Ruth

Aug. 16, 1998

Babe Ruth

As its title implies, this video attempts to go beyond the public persona of one of major league baseball’s greatest stars. Accepting Ruth ...
Brutes and Savages
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Brutes and Savages

Nov. 01, 1978

Brutes and Savages

Fascinated by forbidden rituals and ceremonies, world explorer Arthur Davis takes a crew with hidden cameras to Africa and South America to ...
George Stevens: D-Day to Berlin
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George Stevens: D-Day to Berlin

Narrated by George Stevens Jr., this documentary by Oscar-winning director George Stevens trains its lens on World War II in a way that’s ...
Blue Water, White Death
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Blue Water, White Death

Peter Gimbel and a team of photographers set out on an expedition to find and film, for the very first time, Carcharodon carcharias—the Great ...
Ecco
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Ecco

Nov. 15, 1963

Ecco

A documentary highlighting some of the oddest, strangest and more grotesque examples of human behavior. Included are a tour of the Grand Guignol ...
Party Monster: The Shockumentary
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Party Monster: The Shockumentary

Tells the story of the rise and fall of Michael Alig, a kid from Middle America who aspired to take the place of Andy Warhol. Michael quickly ...
Mission to Mir
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Mission to Mir

Oct. 17, 1997

Mission to Mir

This film shows how far we have come since the cold-war days of the 50s and 60s. Back then the Russians were our “enemies”. And to ...
Nitrate Kisses
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Nitrate Kisses

Sep. 12, 1992

Nitrate Kisses

Essay documentary explores eroded emulsions and images for lost vestiges of lesbian and gay culture. First feature by a pioneer of lesbian ...
Candy Mountain
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Candy Mountain

Fifty miles off the coast of Nantucket, 250 feet beneath the Atlantic, lies the RMS Republic and her secret treasure. A famed White Star liner, ...
Artie Shaw: Time Is All You’ve Got
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Artie Shaw: Time Is All You’ve Got

This in-depth examination of the life and career of clarinetist and bandleader Artie Shaw cuts between archival footage, location shots, and an ...
Artie Shaw: Time Is All You’ve Got
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Artie Shaw: Time Is All You’ve Got

This in-depth examination of the life and career of clarinetist and bandleader Artie Shaw cuts between archival footage, location shots, and an ...
Say Amen, Somebody
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Say Amen, Somebody

Mar. 11, 1983

Say Amen, Somebody

Documentary on modern black gospel music, focusing on the pioneering Rev. Thomas Dorsey and Mother Willie Mae Ford Smith
The Other Half of the Sky: A China Memoir
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The Other Half of the Sky: A China Memoir

Documentary on mainland Chinese life. Directed, produced, written, and narrated by Shirley MacLaine, the film follows her First American Women’s ...
Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen
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Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen

“I think my film represents above all the proof to those who want to understand and accept it, that poetry can’t be filmed, that it is useless to ...
Journey Through the Past
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Journey Through the Past

Self-directed combination of concert footage from 1966 onward, backstage footage and art film-like sequences.
Street Scenes 1970
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Street Scenes 1970

Sep. 14, 1970

Street Scenes 1970

Two protest rallies against the Vietnam War that took place in May 1970: the Hard Hat Riot on Wall Street in New York City and Kent ...
Chariots of the Gods
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Chariots of the Gods

Apr. 26, 1970

Chariots of the Gods

Documentary based on the book by Erich von Däniken concerning the ancient mysteries of the world, such as the pyramids of Egypt and Mexico, ...
A Film Like Any Other
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A Film Like Any Other

Sep. 30, 1968

A Film Like Any Other

An analysis of the social upheaval of May 1968, made in the immediate wake of the workers’ and students’ protests. The picture consists of two ...
Dead Birds
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Dead Birds

Oct. 01, 1963

Dead Birds

The film’s title is borrowed from a Dani fable that Gardner recounts in voice-over. The Dani people, whom Gardner identifies mysteriously ...
Sky Above and Mud Beneath
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Sky Above and Mud Beneath

In September, 1959, six Europeans leave Cook’s Bay on the southern coast of Dutch New Guinea, now West Papua or Irian Jaya, to trek north ...
The Master of Apipucos
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The Master of Apipucos

In this special edition series of The Proof Is Out There, journalist Tony Harris will present compelling evidence of UFO sightings from around ...
I Never Forget a Face
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I Never Forget a Face

Apr. 28, 1956

I Never Forget a Face

This Warner Bros. vignette features short snippets about well known people. It includes presidential candidate Warren Harding and his front porch ...