Movie List for "documentary"

FELA KUTIis to African music what Bob Marley is to reggae: its prophet. All contemporary forms of black music, from funk to electronic, owe something to the irresistible groove of the Afrobeat sound that he created. Shot in Lagos at Year 1982.

The document of the 1936 Olympics at Berlin, orchestrated as Nazi propaganda. Year 1938.

Documentary featuring interview footage with Traudl Junge, one of Hitler’s personal secretaries during WWII. Year 2002.

A documentary following Kenzo Okuzaki, a 62-year-old WW2 veteran notorious for his protests against Emperor Hirohito, as he tries to expose the needless executions of two Japanese soldiers during the war. Year 1987.

A documentary about the everyday lives of ordinary Parisians, done in the style of cinéma vérité. Year 1961.

N/A Year 2010.

Two South Africans set out to discover what happened to their unlikely musical hero, the mysterious 1970s rock n roller, Rodriguez. Year 2012.

Kon Ichikawa examines the beauty and rich drama on display at the 1964 Summer Games in Tokyo, creating a record of observations that range from the expansive to the intimate. Year 1965.

A surrealistic documentary portrait of the region of Las Hurdes, a remote region of Spain where civilisation has barely developed, showing how the local peasants try to survive without even the most basic utilities and skills. Year 1933.

A documentary on 85-year-old sushi master Jiro Ono, his renowned Tokyo restaurant, and his relationship with his son and eventual heir, Yoshikazu. Year 2011.

Four boys from Sudan embark on a journey to America after years of wandering Sub-Saharan Africa in search of safety. Year 2006.

Makhmalbaf puts an advertisement in the papers calling for an open casting for his next movie. However when hundreds of people show up, he decides to make a movie about the casting and the screen tests of the would-be actors. Year 1995.

An elderly farmer lives out his final days with his wife and a loyal ox in the Korean countryside. Year 2008.

Interviews, archival footage, and filmed performances highlight the role of music in the South African struggle against apartheid. Year 2002.

The infamous propaganda film of the 1934 Nazi Party rally in Nuremberg, Germany. Year 1935.

Come Back, Africa chronicles the life of Zachariah, a black South African living under the rule of the harsh apartheid government in 1959. Year 1959.