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Philosophy
see all genres ›The life of the mind is one of the most difficult things for film to capture, yet nonfiction studies of intellectuals and intellectual themes have brought exceptionally innovative strategies to the task.
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Act of God
Is being hit by lightning a random natural occurrence or a predestined event? Accidents, chance, fate and the elusive quest to make sense out of tragedy underpin director Jennifer Baichwal’s captivating new work, an elegant cinematic meditation on the metaphysical effects of being struck by lightning. To explore these...Start your free trial to watch
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Be Like an Ant
Post-Vietnam, Paul bought a trailer for his family to live in. Annoyed by how bad living inside a mobile home during winter could be, he took matters into his own hands and started to build a house around the trailer. He never made any blueprints. As the house took shape, he would take a part of the trailer apart, carry it...Start your free trial to watch
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Genet
"I don't know why I shouldn't talk about myself. I'm the person who knows the most about myself. Right?" So begins a fascinatingly frank conversation with the great French writer Jean Genet, conducted in the summer of 1981 (five years before his passing) by actor, theater director, and filmmaker Antoine Bourseiller. Genet,...Start your free trial to watch
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Her Heart is Washed in Water and Then Weighed
HER HEART IS WASHED IN WATER AND THEN WEIGHED is a meditation on motherhood and mortality that takes its title from a procedure in the autopsying of a human corpse. Subtle juxtapositions evoke parallels between static monuments and living families to suggest what is lost to time and age. When you die,...Start your free trial to watch
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Imagine a School... Summerhill
Summerhill is England's only free school, where students legislate their own laws, manage their banks and have the freedom to attend class at their own discretion. When the British government threatens to shut down the school, students defend their institution by challenging Parliament and the political...Start your free trial to watch
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The Listening Project
What does the world think of The United States of America? This controversial question led to a global quest for four Americans, whose thought-provoking journey through fourteen countries is documented in THE LISTENING PROJECT. Emotional encounters with dozens of diverse and fascinating characters on all...Start your free trial to watch
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Mort à Vignole
A tragic family death combined with a haunted fascination for old 8mm home movies provokes Belgian cineaste Olivier Smolders' exquisite, deeply felt exploration of the cinematic image. From a patchwork of disparate times and places (including the filmmaker's childhood in the then-Belgian Congo and his own 8mm recording of a...Start your free trial to watch
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Project 798
One of the most comprehensive and original movies about the Chinese Contemporary Art scene. Shot on location in '798' Beijing's unique Art District where it all took shape. PROJECT 798 explores Chinese society and culture along with different forms of artistic expression, ranging from oil painting to cutting-edge performance...Start your free trial to watch
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Reflections
On March 3, 1969, astronaut Rusty Schweikart orbited the Earth in Apollo 9. He went outside to repair the capsule and had a mind-blowing experience. Years later, he reflected on that experience with a most amazing "prayer" for the Earth about all that he saw from space. Schweikart recalled the silence and the freedom and...Start your free trial to watch
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The Rothko Chapel
Dedicated in 1971, the Rothko Chapel was built by John and Dominique de Menil as a quiet spiritual sanctuary for people of all beliefs and faiths and as a center for championing social justice and human rights. At the inauguration, Dominique de Menil said that the chapel "is rooted in the growing awareness...Start your free trial to watch
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The Tao of 9 Second Ave
THE TAO OF 9 SECOND AVE documents the life of an extraordinary building on the Lower East Side of New York City. It was known to some as the Church of All Nations, to others as Cuando, to still others as the Taoist Temple of the Ancestral Mother.Start your free trial to watch
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With One Voice
WITH ONE VOICE shares the eternal message and wisdom of the mystics. This illuminating documentary explores the unity of humanity, reveals our essential oneness and spreads the single message that binds all faiths together. The film features mystics from many of the great spiritual traditions around the world whose lives have...Start your free trial to watch
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Zizek!
The author of works on subjects as wide-ranging as Alfred Hitchcock, 9/11, opera, Christianity, Lenin and David Lynch, Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Zizek is one of the most important and outrageous cultural theorists working today. This captivating, erudite documentary explores the eccentric personality and esoteric work of...Start your free trial to watch