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Publisher
Shout Studios
Pub. Date
1991.
Language
English
Description
Documentary tracing the development and production of the mini-series '"Lonesome Dove" (1989), from Larry McMurtry's novel of the same name. Stars Robert Duvall and Tommy Lee Jones, among others, described the circumstances of filming, and director Simon Wincer comments on the adaptation of the novel. Others from the crew, including wranglers and stuntmen, describe some of the difficulties of this massive project.
Publisher
Collective Eye Films
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
A Pope John Paul II lollipop. An Elvis Presley shower curtain. A Princess Diana teacup. These are just some of the countless pieces of memorabilia that these pop culture icons’ most devoted fans collect and cherish – but why? Director Annie Berman, explores the deep veneration and legacies of the Pope, the Princess, and the King. Over the course of 20 years, Berman profiles these figures’ biggest fans and makes numerous pilgrimages to Vatican...
5) Searchers
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Alternately humorous and touching, SEARCHERS draws on encounters with a diverse set of New Yorkers as they navigate their preferred dating apps, searching for their special someone.
Publisher
Troma Entertainment
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
In Lloyd Kaufman’s 2003 book “Make Your Own Damn Movie,” the legendary filmmaker cinematic masterfully showed up-and-coming artists how to buck the mainstream and get their movies made and seen. Based upon the phenomenal reaction from fans and fellow filmmakers alike, Kaufman and Team Troma has put together this lesson in 6 parts which will show you, step by step, how to take your truly independent vision from conception to completion! Make...
Publisher
British Film Institute
Pub. Date
1996.
Language
English
Description
A personal study, in which the filmmaker traces the evolution of his identity as a gay man through the films with which he grew up, suggesting that Chinese cinema has dealt with questions of gender and sexuality more frankly and more provocatively than any other national cinema.
Publisher
Media Education Foundation
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
This documentary picks up where "Further Off the Straight and Narrow" left off in 2006. How did the rise of LGBTQ visibility, political progress, and digital technologies in the 2000s come together to offer the abundance of complex queer and transgender representations we see today? The streaming services Netflix and Amazon Prime attracted audiences’ attention with nuanced and intersectional queer and trans narratives when they debuted the original...
10) My Ghost Story
Publisher
A&E®
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Everybody has a ghost story. But how many people have filmed theirs? Welcome to MY GHOST STORY, where true and unbelievable stories of the paranormal are told by the people who lived through them - and actually captured their hauntings on tape.
11) Dear Santa
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Shines a light on the 100-year-old 'Operation Santa' Program of the United States Postal Service. Each year, hundreds of thousands of letters to Santa arrive at Post Offices around the country. Through Operation Santa, the United States Postal Service makes it possible for the public to safely adopt these letters and make children's dreams come true. The film invites audiences along for the magic of this massive endeavor.
Publisher
Journeyman Pictures
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
An Al Jazeera investigation into how the U.S. is now driven by radically differing views on what is real, and what is not. THE TRUTH ILLUSION looks at how those deepening divisions began, and how they have eroded faith in authority – spawning conspiracy theories and creating ‘alternative realities’.
13) Missing Mom
Publisher
Filmhub, Inc
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
This multi-award-winning documentary shows film director, Rob McCallum, and his brother, Chris, search for their Mom who's been missing for almost 25 years. The pair interview reluctant family members and discover distorted truths about their past.
Publisher
A&E®
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Everybody has a ghost story. But how many people have filmed theirs? Welcome to MY GHOST STORY, where true and unbelievable stories of the paranormal are told by the people who lived through them - and actually captured their hauntings on tape.
15) My Old School
Publisher
Magnolia Pictures
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Unravels the astonishing true story of a mysterious new student who may not be who his Scottish classmates and teachers believe.
Publisher
Giant Pictures
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Enter a world where passion meets madness! NAME OF THE GAME is a comedic feature-length documentary about the team-up between the oldest Finnish indie game developer Housemarque and American arcade era legend Eugene Jarvis on their three year struggle to create a spiritual successor to one of Jarvis’ smash hit games of the 80’s, Robotron, resulting in the critically acclaimed "Nex Machina".
17) Searching Eva
Publisher
Syndicado
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
**WARNING**: This film contains nudity and frank discussions of sex and sexuality that may be upsetting and/or offensive to some viewers. Eva, 25, drifter, Berliner, pet-owner, poet, lesbian, sex worker, virgo, housewife, addict, feminist, model, declared privacy an outdated concept at the age of 14. This is the tale of a young woman growing up in the age of the internet, turning the search for oneself into a public spectacle, challenging definitions...
18) Television Event
Publisher
Media Education Foundation
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
An archive-based feature documentary that views the dramatic climax of the Cold War through the lens of a commercial television network, as it narrowly succeeds in producing the most watched, most controversial made-for-TV movie, "The Day After" (1983).
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
For generations, Monopoly has been America’s favorite board game, a love letter to unbridled capitalism and--for better or worse--the impulses that make our free-market society tick. But behind the myth of the game’s creation is an untold tale of theft, obsession and corporate double-dealing. Ruthless: Monopoly’s Secret History presents the fascinating true story behind America’s favorite game.
20) The Middle
Publisher
Filmhub, Inc
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
A NEW documentary film by director and filmmaker Donald Ledesma. Story of an Oregon Ufologist named Terry Linch, who had a close encounter sighting a giant U.F craft in 2018—and now putting the story together of numerous sightings in the area.
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