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WatchHeavy Metal Parking Lot (1986)
Enough said.
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WatchGlass Jars by Alec Soth
August 2011
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WatchBorn Rich, 2003 dir. Jamie Johnson
Moderately attractive white people wearing nice clothes and jewelry are gathered in what appears to be a rented Gazebo for the 21st birthday party of the narrator / director Jamie Johnson, heir to the Johnson and Johnson fortune. We see Jamie alone, dressing himself in a tuxedo in a small study. An upbeat jazz song is playing. People are drinking champagne. With...
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WatchKORAN BY HEART was greeted by standing ovations at all of its recent Tribeca Film Festival screenings. It is an engaging and inspiring film about three 10-year-old kids – two boys and a girl – who come from all over the Islamic world to compete in Cairo’s prestigious Koran-recitation contest during Ramadan. The recitation of the Koran is a revered and deeply religious tradition, and this “Olympics...
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July 2011
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WatchLadies and Gentlemen Mr. Leonard Cohen, 1965
“This informal black-and-white portrait of Leonard Cohen shows him at age 30 on a visit to his hometown of Montreal, where the poet, novelist and songwriter comes “to renew his neurotic affiliations.” He reads his poetry to an enthusiastic crowd, strolls the streets of the city, relaxes in this three-dollar-a-night hotel room and...
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New Domain Name
I just got a domain name for the group: docgroup.org. Update your bookmarks.
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WatchThe Redemption of General Butt Naked
“Once a brutal warlord who mercilessly slaughtered men, women, and children during Liberia’s bloody civil war, Joshua Milton Blahyi (General Butt Naked) led his child soldiers into battle in the nude, believing their bare skin to be impenetrable. This riveting documentary follows Blahyi as he reinvents himself as an evangelist and seeks forgiveness from the...
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Documentary Group Forums →
I decided to create a forum for the documentary group. Feel free to start a discussion or join in on an existing one.
For members, if you want, feel free to add links to threads in your posts that relate to your posts.
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Michael Rapaport interviewed on The Sound of Young...
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Watch“Franz Otto Ultimate Highballer is a film about a notable tree planter directed by Adam Humphreys. The film was shot on location in British Columbia and Oregon in the fall of 2009. Adam struggles to tell the story of a microculture clinging to the edges of Pacific Northwest Forests.” -Erik Stinson
April 2011
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February 2011
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WatchThe Uncontacted Tribes is an extraordinary film footage of one of the last uncontacted tribes left in the world. Threatened by the illegal influx of Peruvian loggers, there very survival is in serious jeopardy.
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WatchBe Linen is a Movie by the French director, Benoit Millot. Chronicling the journey of Linen from farmed flax to fabric, it is clearly told and an impressive short film.
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WatchRoman & Williams
“It’s a shame to only have dreams at night. You should have a few opportunities during the day.” This wistful quote from Stephen Alesch speaks volumes about the spaces he and Robin Standefer create as architects and designers. Their firm Roman & Williams, is named for their grandparents, paying homage to another era. Together, they draw on the evocative moods,...
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WatchWait For Me by Red Light Films
From Ross Kauffman—the Academy Award winning Director of “Born Into Brothels.” In 1985, a young man from a well-to-do family took a bicycle trip across southern Europe, wandered into Bangladesh, traveled through India, and vanished while hiking in the rugged foothills of the Himalayas. He was never seen or heard from again. “Wait For Me” is...
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