Depeche Mode 101
A fascinating documentary focusing on backstage realities of art and business during the British synthesizer band’s 1988 American tour.
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Genre: Documentary, Music
Director: Chris Hegedus, D. A. Pennebaker, David Dawkins
Actors: Alan Wilder, Andy 'Fletch' Fletcher, Dave Gahan, Martin Gore
Head Games
Former football player and wrestler Chris Nowinski’s quest to publicize recent findings about the often dire consequences of head concussions sustained by athletes in contact sports — injuries that have…
Contradiction: A Question of Faith
Contradiction addresses the saturation of churches in African American communities coexisting with poverty and powerlessness. Why are there so many churches yet so many problems? Is there a correlation between…
Objectified
A feature-length documentary about our complex relationship with manufactured objects and, by extension, the people who design them.
The Pruitt-Igoe Myth
Destroyed in a dramatic and highly-publicized implosion, the Pruitt-Igoe public housing complex has become a widespread symbol of failure amongst architects, politicians and policy makers. The Pruitt-Igoe Myth explores the…
Fists of Freedom: The Story of the ’68 Summer Games
Fists of Freedom examines one of the 20th century’s most memorable moments — the dramatic “Black Power” demonstration of American sprinters Tommie Smith and John Carlos on the victory stand…
Equal Play
This beautiful and compelling documentary uncovers the transformative power of sport for disabled people, through the experiences of two British children who are striving to be included.
That’s Entertainment!
Various MGM stars from yesterday present their favorite musical moments from the studio’s 50 year history.
Robin Williams: Live on Broadway
2002 HBO Stand-up Special starring Robin Williams. Recorded and broadcast live from New Your City’s Broadway Theater at the culmination of his historic 2002 sold-out tour, this special finds the…
In Search of Walt Whitman, Part One: The Early Years (1819-1860)
Walt Whitman rises from a hardscrabble boyhood in Long Island and Brooklyn to write the masterpiece Leaves of Grass in 1855 that revolutionizes literature. Many of his most famous poems…
Bridegroom
A documentary that tells the emotional journey of Shane and Tom, two young men in a loving and committed relationship — a relationship that was cut tragically short by a…
The Wanted 18
Through stop-motion animation, drawings and interviews, directors Amer Shomali and Paul Cowan recreate an astonishing true story from the First Palestinian Intifada: the Israeli army’s pursuit of eighteen cows, whose…
Psalm
A synagogue service in Bohemia, where the Torah scrolls are ceremoniously taken out and read, intercut with images of a Jewish cemetery.