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- DirectorJacques DupontStarsRobert St. JohnRay MorganThe expedition that shot this film was sponsored by the French Government and the Museum of Man, for the purpose of making a lasting record of the native tribes in French Equatorial Africa, and the USA had nothing to do with except show the film that was shot by the French expedition, and edited into an exploitation stinker. The expedition members consisted of a group of young French scientists. The resulting film that was taken from the extensive day-to-day footage, was chopped down to about only 68 minutes (USA time) and, while there may be unseen and untold thousands of feet on this film at the Museum of Man, the exploitation-type film that resulted was lots of native nudity, a badly-photographed gorilla hunt and the dissection of animals by the natives. Tagged by the producers as a Documentary (to get by the nudity), it got MPPA approval and code seal number 14460.
- DirectorHarry RaskyStarsGlenn FordThe People of Portland OregonPortentously portrays the evacuation of Portland, Oregon, when threatened by a nuclear attack on its state-of-the-art civil defense system.
- DirectorMonroe ShaffStarsBasil RuysdaelJoseph StalinBenito MussoliniThis documentary film is a pacifistic polemic that presents the argument that the world's largest munitions works, principally those in Europe, work in conjunction with one another, even when their countries are wartime enemies. These munitions works, in the interest of making money, manipulate wartime conditions to prolong wars.
- DirectorEddie GranemannStarsCliff HowellTeetoMintaCeylonese natives are forced to flee into the dangerous jungle after an attack by swarms of vicious vampire bats.
- DirectorJoris IvensStarsEnrique ListerCarlos Romero GiménezJosé DíazA documentary showing the struggle of the Spanish Republican government against a rebellion by ultra-right-wing forces led by Gen. Francisco Franco and backed by Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy.
- DirectorJean-Marie BoursicotRicardo AlbiñanaJean-Jacques AnnaudStarsGrace JonesVanessa ParadisEmmanuelle SeignerA collection of European T.V. commercials directed by a variety of well-known directors from across Europe and the U.S. Compiled and produced by Jean-Marie Boursicot.
- 9 OUT OF 10 DOCTORS AGREE - The history of the hard sell and not always truthful advertising flashes before your eyes in this remarkable collection of politically incorrect cigarette commercials from the 1950s and 60s. Doctors, famous actors, sports heroes and beautiful women light up and extol the virtues of a smooth flavorful smoke, oblivious to the health issues that would arise in subsequent decades.
- Before tobacco companies were banned from television advertising, they marketed cigarettes to adults, minorities, teens, and even children. Marlboro was for he-men - burly cowboys that drove cattle, hunted wild boar and were admired by hen-pecked husbands. Newport's jingle and images showed you how to "fit in," and be smooth, like their taste. Lucky Stike played up a more innocent side, having a teenage girl sing their praises, and use remarks like "Golly!" This fun collection of television cigarette commercials dates from the '50s through the '60s (they were officially banned on January 1, 1971). It charts how shrewd advertising agencies understood our American culture, and used that knowledge to make smoking cigarettes appear to be cool, hip, and even safe.
- DirectorRomano VanderbesStarsNorman RoseSekaBo DerekA mondo film showcasing various aspects of the American underbelly including porn stars, war vets, gun lovers, horny animals, sororities, rednecks, muggers, drugs, gangs, prostitutes, bank robberies, sex in public, morgues, and neo-Nazis.
- DirectorRomano VanderbesStarsBree AnthonyFanne FoxeC.J. LaingDocumentary about bizarre and unusual practices in the USA.
- DirectorRodney VanceStarsWarren KlimaChristopher Philip RusinNoé LevanStories of the people, places, and heart of the Napa Valley - from soil to soul.
- DirectorGriffin DunneStarsJoan DidionGriffin DunneAnna WintourLiterary icon Joan Didion reflects on her remarkable career and personal struggles in this intimate documentary directed by her nephew, Griffin Dunne.
- DirectorWilliam Tyler SmithStarsRay ManzarekMichael McClureJim CarrollA documentary focusing on the collaboration of Michael McClure and Ray Manzarek, between the psychedelic and Beat sensibilities, features live performances interlaced with commentary on the nexus between spoken word and music.
- DirectorDouglas TirolaStarsDanny AbelsonJudd ApatowKevin BaconA look at the history of the American comedy publication and production company, National Lampoon, from its beginning in the 1970s to 2010, featuring rare and never-before-seen footage.
- DirectorHenry Alex RubinDana Adam ShapiroStarsJoe SoaresKeith CavillMark ZupanQuadriplegics, who play full-contact rugby in wheelchairs, overcome unimaginable obstacles to compete in the Paralympic Games in Athens, Greece.
- DirectorJeff FeuerzeigStarsLaura AlbertBruce BendersonTerrence OwensThe story behind literary persona JT LeRoy, the fictional writer created by American author Laura Albert.
- DirectorJamie CattoStarsJamie CattoRam DassDirector's interviews, accompanied by archival footage and original music, Ram Dass explores our universal human condition and behaviors in connection to the journey of the soul and the shared unity of all of our lives.
- DirectorMark WhitneyStarsCarl Gustav JungMarie-Louise von FranzBarbara HannahDocumentary on the famous Swiss psychoanalyst, Carl Gustav Jung, featuring interviews with those who knew him and archive footage of Jung.
- DirectorRon MannStarsHelen AdamMiguel AlgarínAmiri BarakaMore than 20 contemporary North American poets recite, sing, and perform their work. Several also comment. Early in the film, Charles Bukowski talks about the energy of poets and of a poem. These poets are energetic performers, and their poems are meant to be heard. These poets are the children of Walt Whitman and of Charles Olson, incantatory and oratorical, radical, sometimes incorporating contemporary political imagery. Black Mountain poets, the Beats, minimalists like John Cage, the wordless Four Horsemen, Tom Waits, and others capture aspects of poets as troubadours.
- DirectorGeorge ButlerStarsBev FrancisRachel McLishLori Bowen RiceJudges and bodybuilders (Rachel McLish, Bev Francis, Carla Dunlap) try to define femininity at the 1983 world championship, Caesars Palace, Las Vegas.
- DirectorMichael AptedStarsBruce BaldenJacqueline BassettSymon BasterfieldThis eye-opening episode uncovers human nature and the desire to survive and succeed in all its heart-breaking glory.
- DirectorLuke KoremStarsRichard TurnerJohnny ThompsonMax MavenSixty-two year old Richard Turner is renowned as one of the world's greatest card magicians, yet he is completely blind. This is an in-depth look at a complex character who is one of magic's greatest hidden treasures.
- StarsBraden LuskGarrett FisherPaul WorseyA four-volume documentary set following the work of demolition engineers around the globe as they try to bring down some of the world's biggest structures.
- StarsColin StintonLori SchappellGeorge BellExtreme Bodies is an incredible series that looks deep into the structures of the most amazing human bodies Nature has ever created! Using the latest MRI scanning technology, combined with state-of-the-art CGI, Extreme Bodies reveals the remarkable skeletons, brains and cardio-vascular systems of people who live life far from the average. We meet America's Heaviest Athlete, America's Tallest Man, our shortest Special Track and Field Olympian and the Twin Girls who not only share a physical connection but who also think and feel together! This is a journey to the outer limits of the human body's potential and into the extraordinary lives of some the world's most unique people.
- StarsLa CarminaWhen people go to extremes with body modification, they provoke fear and disbelief. Take for example, the world's most pierced woman, Elaine Davidson with her 6000+ piercings; Mary Jose Cristerna, with horn implants; pumped up female bodybuilders; and Japan's adventurous bagel-heads, having saline injected into their foreheads for a temporary mutant thrill.