20 Best Documentaries of 2013
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- DirectorJoe CrossKurt EngfehrStarsJoe CrossAmy BadbergMerv CrossFat, Sick, and Nearly Dead is an American documentary that chronicles Australian Joe Cross's 60-day journey across the United States, where he embarks on a juice-only fast in a quest to reclaim his health.
- DirectorRoko BelicStarsMarci ShimoffEd DienerRichard DavidsonHappy takes us on a journey from the swamps of Louisiana to the slums of Kolkata in search of what really makes people happy.
- DirectorJames ColquhounCarlo LedesmaStarsVicky BlewittIan BrighthopeJerome BurneFood Matters examines how the food we eat can help or hurt our health. Nutritionists, naturopaths, doctors, and journalists weigh in on such topics as organic food, food safety, raw foodism, and nutritional therapy.
- DirectorSteven FeinartzStarsEddie PepitoneZach GalifianakisSarah SilvermanFEATURING ZACH GALIFIANAKIS, SARAH SILVERMAN, PATTON OSWALT & MANY MORE! Cult-Comic Eddie Pepitone's life is on display in this unhinged portrait of creativity, enlightenment and rage.
- DirectorFrances CauseyDonald GoldmacherStarsElizabeth WarrenNomi PrinsFranklin D. RooseveltHeist: Who Stole the American Dream? reveals how American corporations orchestrated the dismantling of middle-class prosperity through rampant deregulation, the outsourcing of jobs, and tax policies favoring businesses and the wealthy. The collapse of the U.S. economy is the result of conscious choices made over thirty five years by a small group: leaders of corporations and their elected allies, and the biggest lobbying interest in Washington, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. To these individuals, the collapse is not a catastrophe, but rather the planned outcome of their long, patient work. For the rest of the country, it is merely the biggest heist in American history.
- DirectorKip PastorStarsNyeila GrissomLinda DomeyerBen SkolnikA documentary that follows director Kip Pastor on a personal journey to answer commonly asked questions about organic food: What exactly is organic? Is it really better, or just a marketing scam?
- DirectorJanks MortonStarsTaalam AceyJohn McWhorterAlvin F. PoussaintSince the triumphs of the civil rights legislations of the early 1960's havoc and decimation has been wreaked on the Black family with a specific devastation on the Black man. With myths and stereotypes of the media, the failed policy of the great society and modern era black leadership abandoning tenets that held the community together during slavery, a new form of mental slavery has perpetuated an undeclared civil war in the Black Community.
- DirectorNicholas J. Polizzi
- DirectorGini RetickerStarsJanet Johnson BryantEtweda CooperVaiba FlomoA group of women rise up to peace to Liberia and help bring to power the country's first female head of state.
- DirectorGeorgia Sugimura ArcherKristin ArmfieldStarsJaneane GarofaloHenry RollinsWes ArmstrongIs "The Man" controlling the vertical, the horizontal and the channel you'll be on? In a privatized American Internet, is big business "Big Brother" or does the free market protect and serve the needs of the average citizen with its invisible hand? With the simple act of swapping files, barbershop quartet baritone Robb Topolski finds himself at ground zero of a landmark case whose outcome will affect the rights of every American citizen. Following one man's personal quest to defend what he believes to be his inalienable rights, BARBERSHOP PUNK examines the critical issues surrounding the future of the American Internet and what it takes to challenge the status quo. Contemplating the future of the American Internet and the inalienable rights under review.
- DirectorNicholas J. PolizziEight people. Eight illnesses. One journey into the heart of the Amazon jungle. They went looking for alternatives to the modern medicines that failed them. What they found would change their lives forever.
- DirectorChip HidenAlexis IrvinStarsKyle BernerKirk CocoNisha GanatraThe Dream Share Project is an inspirational documentary film that follows two recent college graduates on a road trip across America, as they explore how successful people have chased their dreams.
- DirectorBarry NolanGarland WallerStarsBarry NolanIn 1994, Holly Collins became an international fugitive, hunted by the FBI, for kidnapping her own children. She had been ordered to turn her two children over to live with the father who had been abusing them. Medical evidence of broken bones and domestic abuse just didn't matter to the court. Holly believed she had exhausted all legal options, and had no way out but one to keep her kids safe. Holly and the kids eventually made it to Amsterdam where they spent two years in and refugee camp and then became the first Americans to be granted asylum by the government of the Netherlands on grounds of domestic violence. Today, her now grown children call her their hero.
- DirectorMark ManningStarsRana al AioubyTariq AliReza AslanAn American man and Iraqi woman joined forces to document the reality of life on the ground for Iraqi civilians and become the only outsiders to live with the people of Fallujah following the battle that destroyed their holy city.
- DirectorPatrick ShenStarsDon CheadleA documentary that follows Haiti-born Josue Lajeunesse as he works to bring bacteria-free water to his native village.
- DirectorBarker WhiteStarsDean BlanchardDean CainBilly NungesserWatching his hometown and its surrounding areas being desecrated by BP's massive oil spill, director Barker White was compelled to uncover the truth. Traveling thousands of miles across the most severely impacted areas, he interviewed key experts, BP contractors, government officials, fisherman and many more. Ride along with this team of filmmakers as they unveil a shocking tale of greed and corruption, which culminated into the largest man-made environmental disaster in America's history.
- DirectorAndrés WoodStarsMatías QuerAriel MatelunaManuela MartelliTwo 12-year-old Chilean children from different social classes become friends in 1973. They both discover each other's world as political tensions in their country increase.
- DirectorEric MerolaStarsJoe BartonStanislaw BurzynskiRichard JaffePh.D biochemist, Dr. Stanislaw Burzynski, won one of the largest legal battles against the Food & Drug Administration in U.S. history. Dr. Burzynski and his patients endured a treacherous 14-year journey in order to obtain FDA-approved clinical trials for a new cancer-fighting drug. His groundbreaking medical and legal battles have brought revolutionary cancer treatment to the public. Upon completion, his treatment will be available the world over - sending a shock wave through the cancer industry.
- DirectorLaura NixStarsJason AlamedaSam MendesAlex RyabovThis Documentary was produced to be accompanied with the movie Jarhead and was supposed to be aired during the credits after the movie ending. It was documentary feature that tells the true stories of a Marines who served in Iraq during the 2003 Operation Iraqi Freedom Invasion and the following years during the war. This documentary became a special edition added on a DVD set., so it was not something that you could easily get to see. Although the movie Jarhead takes place during the 1991 Gulf War, the thought was to tell stories and relate and remind to modern day Marines that were just engaged in combat and/or just returned home in the middle of the Operation Iraqi Freedom. You hear stories and see the Marines actual picture's and videos of recent combat, their stories of coming home, stress, PTSD, and family life.
- DirectorClay TweelStarsEd AlonzoAlbert M. Belmont Jr.Gay BlackstoneSix of the world's best young magicians battle for the title of Teen World Champion.