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see all genres ›Politics as usual and politics as “unusual” offer great source material for documentary filmmakers who've mined scandal, personality and the search for the public “good” in creating films on public service and the political process.
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Genres / Documentary / Political
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Cairo as Seen by Chahine
This concise masterpiece by famed Egyptian filmmaker Youssef Chahine began as a commission by French television. Using his unique sense of artistic digression, Chahine transforms this portrait of a city into a self-portrait of a filmmaker. The film was banned in Egypt for its realistic portrayal of Cairo.Start your free trial to watch
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Colored Frames
A look back at the last fifty years in African American art, COLORED FRAMES is an unflinching exploration of influences, inspirations and experiences of black artists. Beginning at the height of the Civil Rights Era and leading up to the present, it is a naked and truthful look at often ignored artists and their progeny set...Start your free trial to watch
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Crime and Punishment
On the North Korean border, Chinese military police enforce the law with a heavy hand, leading to moments of harrowing abuse and surreal satire. Amidst the barren wintry landscape of Northeast China, Chinese military police officers rigidly enforce law and order in an impoverished mountain town. They raid...Start your free trial to watch
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Crossing the American Crises
On September 15, 2008, the United States fell into the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression. The same day, we set out on a trip around the country to ask the American people what they had to say about it. In 2010, we went back to see how things had changed. Their voices reveal desperation,...Start your free trial to watch
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Crossing the Line
Taking full advantage of access granted by the government of North Korea, the mysterious and feared rogue state of the so-called "axis of evil," director Daniel Gordon (A STATE OF MIND) combines historical footage with contemporary interviews to both uncover the Kim-Jong Il regime and end 44 years of...Start your free trial to watch
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Deng Xiaoping
CCTV, the official Chinese TV news station, produced this documentary highlighting the political career and reign of Deng Xiaoping, the successor to Mao for the leadership of China. Among the topics covered are the Cultural Revolution, Tianmen Square and the rise of China to a Westernized economy.Start your free trial to watch
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Deserter
DESERTER is the journey of Ryan and Jen Johnson, a deserting soldier and his young wife, as they flee across the country to seek refugee status over the Canadian border. As they move from safe house to safe house, we get to know Ryan and Jen, two shy, small-town kids from the Central Valley who joined the military because...Start your free trial to watch
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Dial H-I-S-T-O-R-Y
Buckle up for DIAL H-I-S-T-O-R-Y, the acclaimed hijacking documentary that eerily foreshadowed 9/11. We meet the romantic skyjackers who fought their revolutions and won airtime on the passenger planes of the 1960s and 1970s. By the 1990s, such characters were apparently no more, replaced on our TV screens...Start your free trial to watch
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Double Take
An Official Selection at both the Berlin and Sundance Film Festivals, Johan Grimonprez's DOUBLE TAKE is a unique film that combines early 60's advertising, hysterical Red Menace newsreels and Alfred Hitchcock (featuring his hilarious introductions to his TV show and movies, and interviews with actual Hitchcock impersonator...Start your free trial to watch
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Double-Headed Eagle
Rather than offering a contemporary interpretation of history through narration and interviews, filmmaker Lutz Becker allows the disturbing saga of German fascism to unfold on its own terms. The rise of the National Socialist Party is depicted almost exclusively in newsreel footage and clips of features...Start your free trial to watch
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Durakovo: Village of Fools
Durakovo, the ironically named Village of Fools, is a secluded town 90 miles outside Moscow whose leader brews old ideals in hopes of a revitalized regime. Mikhail Morozov rules this small community with concepts of God, Tsar and Fatherland. Happiness only comes from God, the Tsar does God's bidding and...Start your free trial to watch
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The Eleanor Roosevelt Story
Richard Kaplan’s lively documentary reveals the human face behind the American icon, beginning with the emotional deprivation suffered by this plain, awkward little girl born into a socially prominent and powerful family. Though she would eventually marry a man who would look beyond her awkwardness,...Start your free trial to watch
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Every 7th Person
Every seventh person in the world is a Chinese farmer. Between 2002 and 2005, the filmmakers Elke Groen and Ina Ivanceaneau carried out numerous interviews in three Chinese villages documenting everyday life (without any censorship whatsoever). At the same time, the inhabitants of the villages shot their...Start your free trial to watch
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Everyday Sunshine
From the shifting faultlines of Hollywood fantasies and the economic and racial tensions of Ronald Reagan's America, Fishbone rose to become one of the most original bands of the last twenty-five years. With a blistering combination of punk and funk they demolished the walls of genre and challenged the...Start your free trial to watch
