Biographies & Inspiring Stories
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The House in Arguello
After the appearance her uncle’s remains, disappeared in Argentina military dictatorship, Valentina (documentary’s director, born in jail) explores the stories of her grandmother-Mother of Plaza de Mayo and her mother-political prisoner- to find those memories that her mind does not seem to find.
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Undaunted, Chasing History at the Boston Marathon
It is a film about the comeback of one unique runner, a 3-foot-9 physician assistant who has been mistaken for a runaway child while training. It's also about a city rallying against terror. Thousands of runners returned to compete, while a million spectators came back to cheer despite their fear...
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The Time of Their Lives
The ultimate coming-of-age movie. With a combined age of almost 300, Hetty, Rose and Alison love to share their concerns on everything from terrorism and global warming to sex, death and the meaning of life. Rose, at 101, is the oldest newspaper columnist in the world; Hetty, 102, is still marchi...
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Half A Square Meter Of Freedom
Artworks coming from all over the world touch the spectators of this movie with an incredible emotional intensity. What could drive men and women, locked up behind bars for many years, to paint the portrait of their twin brother or a field of flowers? Some of these artworks can be quite disturbin...
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A Wing And A Prayer
Mark Oremland had a dream - to own his own DC-3 aircraft and fly it from England to his home country New Zealand - recreating the famous flight by Jean Batten who in 1936 became the first person to fly this route. Several people join him on his adventure. The journey is fraught with bad weather,...
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Unseen
Three stories of women in the film UNSEEN are complemented by three births. Through them, we are given the space to immerse ourselves into the birthing reality in Slovakia and Denmark, and to understand the events that Melody, Stella and Lucia have faced. The door opens to understanding the compl...
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The Indian Queen
Septuagenarians Alan and Pat Braithwaite set out on the adventure of a lifetime, driving 5,600km across India and back in a Morgan three-wheeler sports car. Overcoming heart problems for Alan before he even gets there, they face inevitable breakdowns and setbacks, but discover the amazing genero...
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Built Different
12-year-old Paige Calendine was born bilateral without legs.Paige has never let her disability hold her back, in fact just the opposite. She is a very successful athlete, who competes against kids who are not disabled, and wins! She even qualified for the state tournament in two sports: gymnastic...
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Apollo 8 - Christmas At The Moon
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If I were a Superhero
This short documentary made in an orphanage in India, shows with great humanity how eight children carry within them the seeds of "everyday superheroes".
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Birds Without Wings
Two adults who grew up in the slums of Delhi strive to give new wings to the kids bounded by the shackles of poverty, drugs, and society.
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Sons of Toledo
After receiving the early morning news of his younger brother's murder, a mourning barber pushes through the muddy waters of grief to find the courage to do the impossible - give his brother one last cut.
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Conducting Life
Filmed over seven years, the film follows the improbable journey of conductor Roderick Cox and his quest to succeed in the highly competitive field of orchestral conducting. This profession has traditionally overlooked musicians of color.
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Meherio
Originally from France and Mathilde's family relocated to the island of Raiatea in French Polynesia when she was a child. Her father Gwen, a professional windsurfing instructor began teaching her to windsurf from an early age on the island's beautiful lagoons. It wasn't long before Mathilde cau...
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Some Dogs Go To Heaven
Some Dogs Go To Heaven is a documentary that shines a light on the crisis of animal homelessness and the effects of this crisis on local human communities. The film follows nonprofit Chiquita's Friends, as the team conducts animal welfare focused operations in both the US and impoverished region...
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Elliott Erwitt, Silence Sounds Good
Elliott Erwitt - Silence Sounds Good is a quiet, intimate portrait of an artist at work, who values companionship of all kinds above idle conversation. His life's work is a testament to the power of the image. Elliott Erwitt has spent his entire adult life taking photographs, of presidents, po...
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Finding Fidel
Finding Fidel tells the remarkable story of war cameraman Erik Durschmied, who in 1958 journeyed to Cuba’s Sierra Maestra mountains to interview a little-known rebel leader named Fidel Castro. A month later, Castro’s band of fighters rolled into Havana, and the world would never be the same. Int...
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A Stone in Our Heart
A mother and a daughter climb a mountain trying to cope with a past the mother has spent years suppressing. The daughter was sexually abused by her stepfather, and now she wants to understand why her mother didn't notice.
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Young & Afraid
In 2017 Petter (24) decides to end his life, but at the very last moment, is stopped by the police. His best friend and fellow film student Sverre is determined to help and suggests they make a film to keep Petter busy and focused on getting better. Equipped with a camera, they search the streets...
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The Good Death
Janette is terminally ill and wants to die in a dignified way but British laws do not allow it. She gets in touch with Dr. Erika in Switzerland, who is willing to help her. Muscular dystrophy, the illness that Janette suffers from , has affected her family for generations. Janette's mother was wh...
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Ambulance
When a talented young filmmaker tells the story of his country with compassion, beauty, and warmth in an honest, straight and raw first-person account of the war in Gaza in the summer of 2014. Mohamed Jabaly, a young man from the Gaza City, joins an ambulance crew as war approaches, looking for ...
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On The Inside Of A Military Dictatorship
“On the Inside of a Military Dictatorship” takes its audience back to when the military made their master plan for a so-called disciplined democracy in Myanmar and wrote a very scripted role for their enemy no. 1; Aung San Suu Kyi In a dramatic way The film builds the character- and story set-up ...
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The Middle Way
The Middle Way is the story of Jam Alker's childhood of trauma-abuse, neglect, and abandonment-and how he tried valiantly to overcome it. Through interviews and archival footage, this documentary traces how Alker's tumultuous upbringing drove him to pursue false idols in adulthood-money, fame, wo...
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Raised On Rock - The Burnette Family Legacy
This film is about a famous music family who influenced Elvis, The Beatles and Lef Zeppelin. The friction between the famous brothers carried down to their sons who also became famous and the film is an adventure where the director struggles to reunite the family at the end of the film.
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