XIVth Olympiad: The Glory of Sport
A documentary covering the 1948 Olympic Games in St. Moritz, Switzerland, and London, England.
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Genre: Documentary
Director: Castleton Knight
Actors: Bill Stern, John Snagge, Stewart MacPherson, Ted Husing
Their Frozen Dream
Poetic documentary about the polar expedition of S. A. Andrée which Troell had previously dramatized in “Ingenjör Andrées luftfärd” (1982).
Jack Kerouac: King of the Beats
Jack Kerouac’s life is examined through interviews with his contemporaries and friends including Allen Ginsberg, Lawrence Ferlinghetti and William S. Burroughs. The film also employs dramatic recreations of Kerouac’s life…
Washed Ashore
Life on the Danube is essentially determined by two factors: the river itself and the often strange idiosyncrasies of the people who live along its banks. And they are multifarious:…
Philosophy Of a Knife
The true history of Japanese Unit 731, from its beginnings in the 1930s to its demise in 1945, and the subsequent trials in Khabarovsk, USSR, of many of the Japanese…
Dream Window: Reflections on the Japanese Garden
Exquisite exploration of landscape and Toru Takemitsu’s music for a Japanese moss garden.
Why We Fight: Divide and Conquer
The third film of Frank Capra’s ‘Why We Fight” propaganda film series, dealing with the Nazi conquest of Western Europe in 1940.
Tyson
Director James Toback takes an unflinching, uncompromising look at the life of Mike Tyson–almost solely from the perspective of the man himself. TYSON alternates between the controversial boxer addressing the…
Routine Pleasures
Jean-Pierre Gorin interacts with a club of model railroad train enthusiasts and his mentor, artist/writer Manny Farber.
No Regret
Five gay Black men who are HIV-positive discuss how they are battling the double stigmas surrounding their infection and homosexuality.
H.H. Holmes: America’s First Serial Killer
Torture chambers, acid vats, greased chutes and gassing rooms were just some of the devices of death designed by the Torture Doctor, H.H. Holmes in his castle of horrors. Follows…
Hero
1986 FIFA World Cup Official Film. Mexico had just recovered from a devastating earthquake, but the nation put on a great tournament and Argentina, inspired by Maradona, justified “favourite” status….
Michael Jackson: The Trial and Triumph of the King of Pop
This pro-Michael documentary raises and debunks the various charges/trials/conspiracies surrounding Michael over the last 17 years. The program features hostess Pearl Jr talking to dozens of Michael fans, interviews with…
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