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- DirectorAdam CurtisStarsGeorge BushGeorge W. BushJoanne HerringAn experimental documentary that explores Saudi Arabia's relationship with the U.S. and the role this has played in the war in Afghanistan.
- DirectorEduardo CoutinhoStarsEduardo CoutinhoElizabeth TeixeiraFerreira GullarA filmmaker returns to Northeast Brazil after twenty years to resume his film (a profile of assassinated peasant leader João Pedro Teixeira) which was shut down by a right-wing military coup in 1964.
- DirectorJessica BeshirStarsDJ ExpressKawa SherifSalih SigirciA spiritual journey into the highlands of Harar, immersed in the rituals of khat, a leaf Sufi Muslims chewed for centuries for religious meditations - and Ethiopia's most lucrative cash crop today.
- DirectorPeter DavisStarsTin ChanChau DiemNgo Dinh DiemA startling and courageous landmark documentary that unflinchingly confronted the United States' involvement in Vietnam at the height of the controversy that surrounded it.
- DirectorAdam CurtisStarsAdam CurtisDonald TrumpVladimir PutinAdam Curtis explains how, at a time of confusing and inexplicable world events, politicians and the people they represent have retreated in to a damaging over-simplified version of what is happening.
- DirectorRahul JainExplores the dramatic consequences of India's growing economy, capturing not only a city in crisis but magnifying our collective climate realities.
- DirectorEduardo CoutinhoStarsMarília PêraAndrea BeltrãoFernanda TorresFollowing a newspaper ad, ordinary women tell part of their life stories to director Eduardo Coutinho, which are then re-enacted by actresses, blurring the barriers between truth, fiction and interpretation.
- DirectorTalal DerkiStarsTia AlkerdiYara IbrahimAbu OsamaTalal Derki returns to his homeland where he gains the trust of a radical Islamist family, sharing their daily life for over two years.
- DirectorSam HobkinsonStarsMisha DefonsecaKaren SchulmanJane DanielMisha and the Wolves is the dramatic tale of a woman whose holocaust memoir took the world by storm, but a fallout with her publisher - who turned detective - revealed an audacious deception created to hide a darker truth.
- DirectorAgnès VardaStarsMichel PiccoliJuan AlmeidaAlejo CarpentierA photo montage of Cubans filmed by Agnes Varda during her visit to Cuba in 1963. The film explores Cuban society and culture post-revolution.
- DirectorSergey LoznitsaStarsJoseph StalinNikita KhrushchevLavrenti BeriaThe enigma of the personality cult is revealed in the grand spectacle of Joseph Stalin's funeral.
- DirectorJoshua OppenheimerAnonymousChristine CynnStarsAnwar CongoHerman KotoSyamsul ArifinA documentary which challenges former Indonesian death-squad leaders to reenact their mass-killings in whichever cinematic genres they wish, including classic Hollywood crime scenarios and lavish musical numbers.
- DirectorJoshua OppenheimerStarsAdi RukunM.Y. BasrunVolker HanischA family that survived the genocide in Indonesia confronts the men who killed one of their brothers.
- DirectorFelicity MorrisStarsSimon LevievCecilie FjellhøyAyleen CharlottePosing as a wealthy, jet-setting diamond mogul, he wooed women online, then conned them out of millions of dollars. Now some victims plan for payback.
- DirectorMarcelo MachadoStarsGilberto GilCaetano VelosoSet against the turbulent atmosphere of the 1960s, Tropicália is a feature length documentary exploring the Brazilian artistic movement known as tropicália, and the struggle its artists endured to protect their right to freely express revolutionary thought against the traditional brazilian music of that time.
- DirectorHermano BeaumontPedro Serra
- DirectorPaulo CaldasMarcelo LunaStarsHélio José MunizAlexandre GarnizeTwo young men coming from the same social background - the poor outskirts of Recife, one of the biggest cities in Brazil - become two opposite kind of citizens. One is a dangerous hit man, the other, a peaceful musician.
- DirectorEduardo EscorelJosé JoffilyStarsCarlo CaiadoAntonio Pedro Figueira de MelloAndré Luiz FilhoThe documentary follows the campaign of 6 candidates to the municipal legislative council of the city of Rio de Janeiro (population of approximately 6 million) in Brazil, in the 90 days preceding election day. All of them dispute their first election, but only two of them will be successful.
- DirectorGianni MinàMarch 2001: Subcomandante Marcos' only filmed interview after entering Mexico City with the Zapatista commander. The long march of the Zapatistas from San Cristòbal de las Casas to Mexico City in February-March 2001. The Subcomandante's speeches in the squares. In the interview that Gianni Minà with Manuel Vàzquez Montalbàn obtained from Marcos, he speaks and strategist of the Mayan command of Chapas, there are all the reflections and analyzes of the road so far traveled by rebellion and resistance of this people.
- DirectorPeter CohenStarsRolf ArseniusBruno GanzSam GrayAn absorbing and chilling documentary about the National Socialist aesthetic, and how attempts to create the Aryan Ideal caused the extermination of millions. Aspects covered include: Hitler's epiphany while viewing Wagner's opera 'Rienzi', the rise of the homo-erotic Grecian/Nordic ideal, the parallels drawn between the 'degenerate' art of the cubists and dadaists and the mentally ill/physically deformed, the Nazi obsession with purity and cleanliness, and, finally, the descent of the Jewish people to the level of a virus/vermin.
- DirectorTocha AlvesDaniel LieffStarsDráuzio VarellaImagine a prison with some ten thousand prisoners, many of them dangerous and, to control them, only a few unarmed employees. Small in number, these employees work in shifts. They are almost prisoners themselves, in a routine of tension, but also of humor and emotion. This prison was all too real. While it was in existence, the Carandiru was the largest prison in Latin America, administered by a reduced number of employees. The documentary shows, from the point of view of these few employees, holding the keys, how the prison operated: the delicate balance in the relationship with the prisoners, affinity among employees, moments of tension and, even, of happiness. These are stories told by former employees, among them, Dr Dráuzio Varela, author of the book Estação Carandiru. These are the secrets of a place that is no more.
- DirectorAndré D'EliaStarsJuliano CazarréReynaldo GianecchiniValéria PontesThe residents of Chapada dos Veadeiros, concerned about the end of the Cerrado in Goiás, are looking for new ways to develop the region without harming the environment in which they live.
- DirectorPeter CohenStarsJan HolmquistVladimir LeninTrofim LysenkoHomo Sapiens 1900 is a stunning exploration of the history of eugenics, race hygiene and the quest to improve the human race. Emerging at the turn of the century, eugenic movements spawned government sanctioned research projects
- DirectorPeu RoblesPaula SacchettaHow to keep alive the memory of those who have fallen during the military dictatorship? How can we overcome the legal obstacles brought on by the Amnesty Law, enacted thirty years ago, and advance with the recovery and reconstruction of that period? How to gather the scattered facts in order to assemble the puzzle and recover the image of one of the darkest periods in the history of our country? How are remains of the military dictatorship still present today in our society? The newly established Truth Commission was created to search for some of these answers. And parallel to it, we realized the need for a record of this process. So, which crimes of that period haven't been investigated yet and remain unpunished? How many were killed, how were they killed, who murdered them? Where are the bodies of the parents, brothers, sisters, sons and daughters of hundreds of Brazilians citizens? How far will the Truth Commission's work go and what does the population expect from it? The Truth 12.528 documentary, which the name relates to the law that created the National Truth Commission in 2011 and established it in May 2012, comes to contribute towards deepening the debate. Intends to recover and reconstruct the memory. Explains how the National Truth Commission works and shows its relevance today through stories that still need to be told. It is a record of society's expectations in regards to the Commission as a pressure mechanism. What still needs to be discovered and what still needs to be said? Always making a bridge with current days with the intent of educating, raising awareness, and informing the population as whole. What remnants from that period are present in our society today? It is not about revenge or nostalgia, it is about the quest for the construction of the country's memory, in opposition to the social anesthesia in which society is submerged in nowadays based on forgetfulness and reconciliation. In the documentary, stories are told about people who suffered due to the repression and others who, in one way or another, are affected till this day, directly or indirectly. The idea came after we realized the ignorance surrounding the period and the Commission itself. We believe time cannot erase memory, relegating to oblivion a historical time such as this, which needs to be documented for future generations. So, using as central thread a timeline that jumps between reason and emotion, the documentary intercalates personal stories, having as background the period's context and didactic explanations about the Commission's activities.
- DirectorEduardo CoutinhoStarsEduardo Coutinho
- DirectorEduardo CoutinhoStarsFernando JoséThe daily lives and routine of 37 families living in a huge 12-story building in Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: their drama, aspirations, intimate revelations, loneliness, dreams...
- DirectorMat WhitecrossMichael WinterbottomStarsRiz AhmedFarhad HarunWaqar SiddiquiPart drama, part documentary, The Road to Guantánamo focuses on the Tipton Three, a trio of British Muslims who were held in Guantanamo Bay for two years until they were released without charge.
- DirectorBen NicholasDavid TryhornStarsPeléMuhammad AliAmarildoLooks back at the extraordinary 12-year period in which Pelé, the only man to win three World Cup titles, went from young superstar in 1958 to national hero in 1970; a radical yet turbulent era in Brazil’s history.
- DirectorEduardo CoutinhoStarsSonia AbrãoMarcelo AdnetAmaury Jr.The documentary is a selection of images on network television that Coutinho recorded for 24 hours. It was never released in theaters because of issues related to copyright and image.
- DirectorErrol MorrisStarsRobert McNamaraJohn F. KennedyFidel CastroThe story of America as seen through the eyes of the former Secretary of Defense under President John F. Kennedy and President Lyndon B. Johnson, Robert McNamara.
- DirectorRob EpsteinStarsHarvey FiersteinHarvey MilkAnne KronenbergA documentary of the successful career and assassination of San Francisco's first elected gay city supervisor.
- DirectorLeonid VarlamovStarsYuriy LevitanBrian DonlevyStalingrad is a 1943 Soviet documentary. The film illustrates the famous battle of the Red Army with the Germans for Stalingrad.
- DirectorKazuo HaraStarsKenzo OkuzakiRiichi AikawaMasaichi HamaguchiA documentary following Kenzo Okuzaki, a 62-year-old WW2 veteran notorious for his protests against Emperor Hirohito, as he tries to expose the needless executions of two Japanese soldiers during the war.
- DirectorJuan Manuel Salinas AguirreStarsJorge RamosA thrilling, incisive documentary that unpacks how a prominent drug trafficker's settlement in Paraguay in the late 60's set into motion a wave of rampant corruption, leaving no part of the country unpoisoned.
- DirectorRudi BöhmStela GrisottiStarsLucie AubracOlga BenarioJacques BreytonThe dreams and utopias of a generation of men and women who dedicated their lives to the fight for justice, freedom, and democracy, using the story of Apolônio de Carvalho as a common thread. His fight, without frontiers, with the Republicans in the Spanish Civil War, with the French Resistance against Nazism, and in the fight against the military dictatorship in Brazil in the 1960s.
- 2009– 1h 33m6.8 (12)TV EpisodeDirectorAlexandre ValentiStarsMarie-Dominique BayleMaria Chorobik de MarianiEstela de CarlottoDuring the bloody dictatorship in Argentina, the military regime sequestered pregnant women, made them give birth, murdered them and took the babies. 35 years later, a unique trial starts in Buenos Aires for 'Stealing of babies, State Crime and Crime against Humanity', the result of 30 years,of fighting by the grandmothers of the Paza de Mayo to find the 500 stolen babies, their grandchildren.
- DirectorBill CouturiéStarsTom BerengerEllen BurstynJ. Kenneth CampbellFeature-length documentary film featuring real-life letters written by American soldiers, sailors, airmen, and Marines during the Vietnam War to their families and friends back home.
- DirectorRudy ValdezStarsEric SterlingFilmmaker Rudy Valdez shows the aftermath of his sister Cindy's 15-year sentence for conspiracy charges related to crimes committed by her deceased ex-boyfriend.