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The Heart of Man (2017), Playground (2009), We Are Together (2006), Off and Running (2009), A Lion in the House (2006), A Test of Love (1985), Making the Grade (2017) ... Let's take a look at the following list...

The Heart of Man (2017)

The Heart of Man (2017)

8.2/10 Documentary

The Heart of Man is a timeless tale of a father's relentless pursuit of his son -- interwoven with interviews of top thought-leaders on brokenness, identity, and shame.

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Playground (2009)

Playground (2009)

6.9/10 Documentary

A look into the sex trade of children.

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We Are Together (2006)

We Are Together (2006)

9.2/10 Documentary, Music

This U.K.-produced HBO documentary covers the spread of AIDS in South Africa, focusing on an orphanage called Agape, founded by one "Grandma" Zodwa Mqadi. The story centers on the local children's choir as they rehearse for a trip to England, and follows the Moya family as they struggle with the disease, which has plagued the region. Notable names such as Lorraine Bracco, Alicia Keys, Paul Simon and Kanye West appear as themselves to help carry the narrative along.

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Off and Running (2009)

Off and Running (2009)

8.8/10 Documentary

Avery Klein-Cloud, a teenage African-American girl, lives in Brooklyn with her Caucasian Jewish lesbian mothers and two brothers who are also of other races. When Avery decides to contact her birth mother, this triggers a major identity crisis.

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A Lion in the House (2006)

A Lion in the House (2006)

8.7/10 Documentary

Five families struggle with the ups and downs of cancer treatment over the course of six years.

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A Test of Love (1985)

A Test of Love (1985)

6.7/10 Drama

Due to an ignorant misdiagnosis, a three-year-old disabled girl was institutionalized and subsequently spent her entire childhood in a hospital for the severely retarded. A caring therapist helped her to prove her intellectual capability.

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Making the Grade (2017)

Making the Grade (2017)

10.0/10 Documentary

The musical educational system in Ireland is explored, where over 30,000 students prepare for graded piano exams each year.

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Bad Boy Kummer (2010)

Bad Boy Kummer (2010)

6.6/10 Documentary, Biography

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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Wonder (2017)

Wonder (2017)

8.0/10 Drama, Family

Based on the New York Times bestseller, this movie tells the incredibly inspiring and heartwarming story of August Pullman, a boy with facial differences who enters the fifth grade, attending a mainstream elementary school for the first time.

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Canvas (2006)

Canvas (2006)

7.8/10 Drama

In a small coastal town, contractor John Marino (Joe Pantoliano) struggles to understand his wife, Mary (Marcia Gay Harden), when she starts behaving strangely. After a doctor's visit, they discover she has schizophrenia. Nothing the doctors do helps, however, so John must live with his wife's incurable mental illness, while also helping their confused child Chris (Devon Gearhart) make sense of it. But as Mary's mental state declines, John finds an unexpected source of comfort in his son.

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A Northern Soul (2018)

A Northern Soul (2018)

7.7/10 Documentary

A documentary following a resident of Hull as he attempts to make a positive impact on his community by travelling with a hip-hop tour bus.

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Undefeated (2011)

Undefeated (2011)

7.7/10 Documentary

Chronicles three underprivileged students from inner-city Memphis and their volunteer coach who tries to help them beat the odds on and off the field.

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It's Not Yet Dark (2016)

It's Not Yet Dark (2016)

7.5/10 Documentary

It's Not Yet Dark tells the ground breaking story of Simon Fitzmaurice, a talented young Irish film maker with ALS (MND), as he embarks on directing his first feature film through the use of his eyes and eye gaze technology.

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Remember Me (2019)

Remember Me (2019)

7.4/10 Romance, Comedy, Drama, Documentary

The Sultana was a river boat that exploded in 1865 killing many passengers, mostly Union Soldiers.

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Evelyn (2018)

Evelyn (2018)

7.1/10 Documentary

Following his Oscar winning The White Helmets, Orlando von Einsiedel turns his camera on his own family as they attempt to cope with a devastating loss. When his brother, newly diagnosed as schizophrenic and suffering from intense depression, took his own life at 22, Orlando and his other two siblings buried the trauma, rarely talking about it. Over a decade later, th...Read all

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Inspirations (1997)

Inspirations (1997)

6.5/10 Documentary

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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Made in America (2013)

Made in America (2013)

4.8/10 Documentary, Music

Hip-hop artist Jay-Z organizes the "Budweiser Made In America" music festival.

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The Cure (1995)

The Cure (1995)

7.7/10 Drama

Erik, a loner, finds a friend in Dexter, an eleven-year-old boy with AIDS. They vow to find a cure for AIDS together and save Dexter's life in an eventful summer.

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