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Helma Sanders-Brahms Director

Maurice Bazin as Self

Philippe Collin as Self

Herman Sander as Self

Helma Sanders-Brahms as Self / Narrator

"Hermann mein Vater" is a companion piece by director Helma Sanders-Brahms to her 1980 film "Germany Pale Mother". The latter work was focused on the impact of war on a German family. This made-for-tv documentary follows Sanders-Brahms and her father Hermann on a trip to Normandy, where he was stationed as a soldier in 1940-41.

Into_nation of Big Odessa

4.9

Aleksandr Brunkovsky Director

Rostislav Khait as Self / Narrator

Roman Kartsev as Self / Narrator

Dora Shvartsberg as Self / Narrator

Ekaterina Lanishevskaya as Self / Narrator

In the world, there is a city-port Odesa, which was specially created as a refuge for people of different nationalities and religions. Humor is a special language that helps people from Odesa to communicate and get along with each other. Legends are spreading about Odesa's humor and accent. But - a paradox - people are constantly leaving it. It is loved, but it is left as a child leaves his mother. On the example of this city and its inhabitants, we wanted to understand - why people flee from their cities. We tried to find the answer taking pictures of Odesa citizens in Germany, Israel, Ukraine, Russia, Austria, France and other places. Michael Zhvanetskij, Roman Kartsev, Leonid Barats and Rostislav Khait Victor Loshak, Oksana Fandera, Valerij Todotovskij, Mikhail and Anatoly Kontush and many others are telling their stories and giving their opinions on what is the phenomenon of the city by the Black Sea.

Unsere Kinder

1989

German

6.7

german democratic republic

puberty

Roland Steiner Director

Renate Künast as Self

Stefan Heym as Self

Christa Wolf as Self

Roland Steiner as Self / Narrator

From an official perspective, marginal youth culture did not exist in East Germany. The topic of subcultures was taboo in the GDR, and groups such as goths, skinheads, anti-skins, punks and neo-Nazis were dismissed as social deviations promoted by western countries. Director Roland Steiner had access to such young East Germans in the late 1980s. Over the course of four years, he brought them before the camera in an attempt to understand what drew them to these groups.

Earth Emergency

2021

6.3

♡ 3

climate crisis

Susan Gray Director

Jane Fonda as Self

The Dalai Lama as Self

Greta Thunberg as Self

Richard Gere as Self / Narrator

This revealing film examines how human activity is setting off dangerous warming loops that are pushing the climate to a point of no return - and what we need to do to stop them. With captivating illustrations, stunning footage and interviews with leading climate scientists as well as support from Greta Thunberg and Jane Fonda, "Earth Emergency" adds the missing piece of the climate puzzle.

It's a Girl!

2012

7.4

♡ 1

84%

Evan Grae Davis Director

Rita Banerji as Self

Glory Dass as Self

Reggie Littlejohn as Self

Anne-Marie Meeks as Self / Narrator

In India, China and many other parts of the world today, girls are killed, aborted and abandoned simply because they are girls. The United Nations estimates as many as 200 million girls are missing in the world today because of this so-called “gendercide”. The film tells the stories of abandoned and trafficked girls, of women who suffer extreme dowry-related violence, of brave mothers fighting to save their daughters’ lives, and of other mothers who would kill for a son. Global experts and grassroots activists put the stories in context and advocate different paths towards change, while collectively lamenting the lack of any truly effective action against this injustice.

The Super 8 Years

2022

French

6.8

♡ 1

92%

Annie Ernaux Director

David Ernaux-Briot as Self

Philippe Ernaux as Self

Blanche Madeleine Dumenil Duchesne as Self

Annie Ernaux as Self / Narrator

“In re-viewing our Super 8 films, shot between 1972 and 1981, it occurred to me that they comprised not only a family archive but a testimony to the pastimes, lifestyle and aspirations of a social class in the decade after 1968. I wanted to incorporate these silent images into a story which combined the intimate with the social and with history, to convey the taste and colour of those years.” Annie Ernaux

To Stay Alive: A Method

2016

6.7

♡ 1

Arno Hagers Director

Thomas Haak Wegmann as Marc

Peter Haak Wegmann as Marc's Father

Brecht Hekkema as Michel

Iggy Pop as Self / Narrator

Iggy Pop reads and recites Michel Houellebecq’s manifesto. The documentary features real people from Houellebecq’s life with the text based on their life stories.

A Place of Our Own

7.8

Stanley Nelson Director

Henry Louis Gates Jr. as Self

Lani Guinier as Self

Stanley Nelson as Self / Narrator

Cecelia Antoinette as Storyteller

Filmmaker Stanley Nelson's look back at the 40 years he spent summering at Oak Bluffs, a black-oriented resort community on Martha's Vineyard.

Nature Moment of Impact: Hunters and Herds

7.6

Ron Bowman Director

Ron Bowman as

Kris Kral as

Joe Szymanski as Self / Narrator

From Africa's Serengeti to California's grasslands, some of nature's most dramatic moments are caught, examined and "fractured" into their unique parts.

Children of Winter

2008

7.3

♡ 1

60%

Max Bervy Director

Daron Rahlves as Athlete

Gerry Lopez as Self - Athlete

Jonny Moseley as Self / Narrator

Colby James West as Self - Skier

Warren Miller's Children of Winter showcases incredible cinematography that will get you craving deep powder, fresh lines, and outrageous adventure! It will take you on a daring escape to electrifying global destinations, including Japan, Austria, Iceland, and more! Don't forget to breathe as snowboarding's Olympic Gold Medalist Seth Westcott charges down the Alaskan backcountry, as surf legend Gerry Lopez shreds the Oregon steeps, and as Chris Anthony takes on Leadville Colorado's legendary Skijoring competition.

Blue

1993

7.3

♡ 5

Derek Jarman Director

Nigel Terry as Narrator

Tilda Swinton as Narrator

John Quentin as Narrator

Derek Jarman as Self / Narrator

Against a plain, unchanging blue screen, a densely interwoven soundtrack of voices, sound effects and music attempt to convey a portrait of Derek Jarman's experiences with AIDS, both literally and allegorically, together with an exploration of the meanings associated with the colour blue.

Dynasty

2009

7.0

♡ 2

Sport

sports

Max Bervy Director

Austin Ross as Self

Jonny Moseley as Self / Narrator

Jeff Perkins Hyde as Self Skier

From the rulers of the kingdom — like Chris Davenport, Daron Rahlves and Ingrid Backstrom — to the heirs apparent — like Austin Ross and Chris Benchetler; from the wise sages like Mike Wiegele to the princess Lexi Roland, Dynasty is more than just a family album of skiers and snowboarding. It’s a story. The story stretches back to the ancient mountains of China, to the deep Canadian bush — from a parking lot big-air jump in Michigan to Norway’s Arctic Circle. It’s shouted from the top of Colorado’s Rockies and around the rocky rim of Lake Tahoe. This is a story that’s rewritten each winter, and one we’ll never tire of telling. How else would our love of snow get passed down from generation to generation?

Barry Humphries: The Last Laugh

2023

6.8

♡ 1

Biography

comedy

documentary

Pete Deagle Director

Barry Humphries as (archive footage)

Sharon Osbourne as Self

Jonathan Ross as Self

Patricia Hodge as Self / Narrator

Intimate, upbeat and honest look back at the life and work of Barry Humphries - the legendary comic trailblazer behind Dame Edna Everage and other characters - with incredible tributes from friends.

Somewhere Else Together

2019

German

7.7

♡ 3

Adventure

Daniel Rintz Director

Josephine Flohr as Self

Daniel Rintz as Self / Narrator

Chased by wild elephants. Caught in the cross-fire of a police-smuggler gunfight. Stranded by engine trouble in a civil war zone. How much is this adventurous couple willing to go through for their quest of finding the perfect way of life? Traveling around the globe for three years they meet people from all walks of life, their attitude towards the world is challenged and their ultimate destination unexpected.

In Search of Walt Whitman, Part Two: The Civil War and Beyond

8.5

♡ 2

Andrew D. Kaplan Director

Andrew D. Kaplan as Self / Narrator

Ed Folsom as Self / Whitman Scholar

Al Foote III as Soldier 2

Richard S. Rose as Walt Whitman

The poet moves to Washington to care for injured Civil War soldiers but is disillusioned by the Gilded Age after the war. He recovers from a debilitating stroke to live out his days in Camden NJ, where he continues to write poetry.

Nature Parrot Confidential

2013

8.2

♡ 4