Most Similar Movies to Chain Camera (2001)
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Playground (2009), All This Panic (2016), American Teen (2008), Salesman (1969), The Hip Hop Project (2006), Family Fundamentals (2002), Shirkers (2018) ... Let's take a look at the following list...


All This Panic (2016)
Shot over a three-year period with unparalleled intimacy and access, ALL THIS PANIC is a feature length documentary that takes an intimate look at the interior lives of a group of teenage girls as they come of age in Brooklyn. A potent mix of vivid portraiture and vérité, we follow the girls as they navigate the ephemeral and fleeting transition between childhood and ...Read all
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American Teen (2008)
A documentary on seniors at a high school in a small Indiana town and their various cliques.
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Salesman (1969)
Four dogged door-to-door Bible salesmen travel from Boston to Florida on a seemingly futile quest to sell luxury editions of the Good Book to working-class Catholics.
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The Hip Hop Project (2006)
The Hip Hop Project is the dynamic and inspirational story of a group of New York City teenagers who transform their life stories into powerful works of art, using hip hop as a vehicle for self-development and personal discovery. The film traces the evolution of this award-winning outreach program developed by Kazi, a formerly homeless teenager turned youth mentor. Af...Read all
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Family Fundamentals (2002)
Filmmaker Arthur Dong examines the discord between fundamentalist Christian parents and their homosexual children.
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Shirkers (2018)
A woman explores the events surrounding a film she and her friends began making with a mysterious stranger decades ago.
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Mad Hot Ballroom (2005)
The students of several New York City elementary schools learn ballroom dancing and compete in a city wide dance competition.
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Making the Grade (2017)
The musical educational system in Ireland is explored, where over 30,000 students prepare for graded piano exams each year.
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Seventeen (1983)
This cinéma vérité documentary covers several months in the lives of a group of high school students in Muncie, Ind. The filmmaker focuses on Lynn, a white girl whose relationship with an African-American student has caused controversy. After a cross is burned on her lawn, Lynn responds with righteous anger rather than fear, standing up to her community's bigotry. Meanwhile, Lynn's peers face their own trials, including an unplanned pregnancy and alcohol abuse.
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Bad Boy Kummer (2010)
Tom Kummer is still considered to be the king of faked interviews, and his specialty was Hollywood. He met Sharon Stone, Sean Penn and Bruce Willis for long, sincere talks - which all turned out to have been invented. For four years, until he was exposed, Kummer supplied reputable publications in Germany and Switzerland with his stories. Today, he earns his living as ...Read all
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Inspirations (1997)
This latest documentary film by Michael Apted (7Up series, Gorillas in the Mist, Nell) explores the creative process through candid discussion with seven artists from diverse media. David Bowie, Roy Lichtenstein, Dale Chihuly, Edouard Locke, Louise LeCavalier, and Nora Noranjo-Morse answer the questions regarding their particular artforms: "How do you create your prob...Read all
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Sound and Fury (2000)
Cousins Heather and Peter Artinian -- ages 6 and almost 2, respectively -- are deaf. Their condition could be changed by a cochlear implant, a device that stimulates hearing. The benefits are obvious, but this documentary focuses on why the children's families face a tough decision. There are concerns about how the device will change the recipient's relationship with deaf culture and whether there can ever be a true connection between those who hear sounds and those who hear only silence.
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Promises (2001)
A glimpse at the Arab-Israeli conflict as seen through the eyes of seven Palestinian and Jewish children.
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Comrades in Dreams (2006)
This 2006 documentary looks at diverse people from various countries around the world who share a common passion for movies. The film follows independent theater owners, chronicling their struggles to discover and share cinematic gems with audiences. Featured venues include an Indian circus tent, an old Wyoming barn, and an open-air theater in West Africa. All face the familiar problems of booking, marketing and financing present in larger theaters, but persevere because of their passions.
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On the Bowery (1956)
Filmmaker Lionel Rogosin turns his camera on the homeless "bums" who frequent New York City's Bowery area.
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How to Eat Your Watermelon in White Company (And Enjoy It) (2005)
Melvin Van Peebles was one of the first black directors to challenge the white establishment in his films, which include "Watermelon Man" and "Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song." In this documentary, the life of Van Peebles is discussed, including his work not only in film, but also as a novelist, actor, musician, stock trader and even Air Force pilot. Interview subjects include Gil Scott-Heron, Spike lee and Melvin's son and fellow filmmaker, Mario Van Peebles.
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