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The Endless Summer
They call it THE ENDLESS SUMMER: the ultimate surfing adventure, crossing the globe in search of the perfect wave. From the uncharted waters of West Africa, to the shark-filled seas of Australia, to the tropical paradise of Tahiti and beyond, these California surfers...Watch Movie
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King's Gym
Oakland, California's "boxing gym of champions" is showcased here, its historic walls lined with posters for matches boasting past regulars from George Foreman and Joe Frazier to Gina Guidi. Though the crowded environ may be one of sweaty, noisy machismo, director Barry Jenkins' surprisingly...Watch Movie
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Hoop Dreams
Two young men are followed during their entire high-school career, beginning with their participation in playground games and ending with their being recruited by colleges. The obstacles these young men face include parental drug addiction, family poverty, and inner-city violence, as well as the...Watch Movie
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Around the World
Orson Welles made his first of many forays into television in 1955 when he signed on to produce, direct and host a series of twenty-six travelogues for British television. Six were ultimately broadcast, taking viewers to Paris, London, Madrid, the Basque Country and Vienna...Watch Movie
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Fake It So Real
FAKE IT SO REAL follows a ragtag group of wrestlers in North Carolina over the course of a week leading up to a big show. The film explores what happens when the over-the-top theatrics of the wrestling ring collide with the realities of the working-class South. The wrestlers aren’t paid for their...Watch Movie
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A Night at the Jai Alai
The little known sport of Jai Alai boasts to be the fastest sport on the planet. Its novelty spread its way throughout Florida in the 1960's but over time the lack of interest has slowly deteriorated the sport. Today its small but devout fan base is holding on by a thread. Go...Watch Movie
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Sunday Ball
Eryk Rocha's SUNDAY BALL focuses on a fourteen-team, annual soccer championship among favela teams in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Set in the Sampaio neighborhood (close to the Maracana Stadium, where the 2014 World Cup final was held), the film brings audiences up-close to a final match between two...Watch Movie
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7915km
A motor-sports spectacle that kicks up plenty of dust. On the trail of the 2007 Dakar Rallye (the final year of the race), 7915KM undertakes a search, along the way encountering the variety to be found in Africa’s present in Morocco, Sahrawi Republic, Mauritania, Mali and Senegal. 7915KM...Watch Movie
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Okie Noodling
For centuries, a unique breed of fishermen has been catching monster catfish with their bare hands in the rivers and lakes of Oklahoma. Today, the tradition of “noodling” still has Okie anglers hooked. This documentary by Bradley Beesley features interviews with hardcore handfishing veterans as...Watch Movie
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Brooklyn Stories
Intersecting inadvertently with Brooklyn's early-21st century battle for a new sports team, BROOKLYN STORIES looks back on the borough's last, the immortal Brooklyn Dodgers. A musician, a dock worker, a homeless man: this assortment of yarn-spinning old-timers traipse around...Watch Movie
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Beyond the Game
BEYOND THE GAME is a fascinating look at the incredibly popular online game "Warcraft III." The documentary follows the world's best game players in the run-up to the World Championship Cybergames. Using a traditional narrative structure, filmmaker Jos de Putter slows down the actions and...Watch Movie
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On Any Sunday
Writer, producer and director Bruce Brown explores this dizzying and intoxicating world of rugged road riders where cycles hit incredible speeds. Segueing into the grueling excitement of a muddy and murderous motocross race, we then move on to the tortuous mayhem of the Mexican 1000 off-track...Watch Movie
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Blood Equity
Three-time Super Bowl Champion Roman Phifer produced this film that focuses on the issues facing former NFL Players following their retirement. The film features interviews with guys who were once the face of this league, Hall of Famers and some lessor known players who share heartfelt and...Watch Movie
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Unbelievable is Believable Here
Filmmaker Phil Wall documents the story of the 2011 Virginia Commonwealth University men's basketball team, led by second-year coach Shaka Smart, who were the subject of controversy after receiving an at-large bid into the sixty-eight-team NCAA tournament field. After losing...Watch Movie
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Ultimate Christian Wrestling
ULTIMATE CHRISTIAN WRESTLING documents the experience of three members of a traveling pro-wrestling Christian ministry based in the Southeastern United States and their attempts to balance faith with the overwhelming amount of problems and insecurities that modern living...Watch Movie
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Shadow Boxers
SHADOW BOXERS is the first critically acclaimed documentary on women's boxing. An unexpected combination of striking visual style and disarming personal insight cut to a pulsating original soundtrack, Boxers is a visceral experience of boxing that draws the viewer in and never lets go captivating...Watch Movie
