Dear America: Letters Home From Vietnam (1987)
Robert De Niro, Michael J. Fox and other actors read letters by U.S. soldiers, set to film clips and music of the era.
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Lessons of Darkness (1992)
Retreating from Kuwait after the first Gulf War, the Iraqi army sets fire to the country's oil fields. In this documentary, filmmaker Werner Herzog films the raging flames while narrating from the perspective of a confused alien visitor, musing on the strangeness of the landscape. As the fires burn, helicopter shots display the extent of the damage. On the ground, firefighters do their best to control things, while Kuwaiti women recount atrocities perpetrated by the Iraqis.
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Winter Soldier (1972)
This landmark documentary chronicles a 1971 meeting during which more than 100 American veterans spoke publicly at a Detroit motel about the inhumanity and brutality of the Vietnam War. Attempting to add context to the recently uncovered My Lai Massacre of 1968, the soldiers, a group that includes future Senator and presidential candidate John Kerry, recall witnessing atrocities committed against Vietnamese soldiers, unarmed civilians, children and prisoners of war.
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This Is Cinerama (1952)
Executive producer Lowell Thomas narrates an introduction to the special widescreen process of filmmaking.
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Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story (2007)
Director Jeffrey Schwarz delves into the life and career of William Castle, a producer of horror films who had a natural talent for creating attention-grabbing -- and seat-filling -- gimmicks to promote his various projects in his 1950s heyday. Some particular gimmicks of note include a flying skeleton and life insurance policies. Conducting interviews with the likes of John Waters, John Landis and more, Schwarz gains insights from not only other filmmakers, but from Castle's fans as well.
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Samouni Road (2018)
A family prepares to celebrate a wedding in a war-torn farming community outside of Gaza City.
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An Accidental Studio: The Story of HandMade Films (2019)
The early days of HandMade Films from the perspective of the filmmakers, key personnel, and former Beatle George Harrison.
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The Devil We Know (2018)
Citizens in West Virginia take on a powerful corporation after they discover it has knowingly been dumping a toxic chemical -- now found in the blood of 99.7 percent of Americans -- into the local drinking water supply.
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The Art of Political Murder (2019)
An investigation into the truth behind the murder of Guatemalan Bishop Juan Gerardi, who was killed in 1998 just days after trying to hold the country's military accountable for the atrocities committed during its civil war.
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Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film (2006)
Rare archival film footage and interviews illustrate filmmaker Ric Burns' tribute to art-world icon Andy Warhol.
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