Your search by 'Documentary' identified 44 films

Before Flying Back to the Earth
Lithuania, 2006, 52 min.
A gracefully expressive journey into the lives of children living with leukemia at a pediatric hospital in Vilnius, Lithuania. Every detail is carefully chosen, composed and edited. A poetic, unsentimental, award-winning documentary about the resilience of the human spirit.... more

Beyond Hatred
France, 2006, 86 min.
After their gay son is murdered by a gang of skinheads, a close-knit French family tries to move toward understanding and even forgiveness in this devastating documentary. In classic vérité style, director Olivier Meyrou allows this immensely cathartic story to unfold at its own pace without unneces... more

Beyond the Call
USA, 2006, 82 min.
In an Indiana Jones-meets-Mother Teresa adventure, three middle-aged men, former soldiers and modern-day knights, travel the world delivering lifesaving humanitarian aid directly into the hands of civilians and doctors in some of the most dangerous yet beautiful places on Earth, the front lines of... more

Blindsight
United Kingdom, 2006, 104 min.
This insightful documentary follows a group of blind Tibetan teenagers—outcasts in their culture—as they attempt to hike up the 23,000-foot summit of Lhakpa Ri on the north side of Mount Everest with the aid of a dedicated, mountaineering dream team. Director Lucy Walker captures the monumental land... more

The Blood of Yingzhou District
China, 2006, 39 min.
The Blood of Yingzhou District follows a year in the life of AIDS orphans from China’s Anhui Province.... more

Buddha’s Lost Children
Netherlands, 2006, 97 min.
Mark Verkerk’s inspirational documentary follows the exploits of a Thai ex kick boxing champ and soldier turned Buddhist monk who for the last 15 years has created a safe haven and given a sense of hope to the children throughout the Golden Triangle.... more

Can Mr. Smith Get to Washington Anymore?
USA, 2006, 82 min.
When Dick Gephardt vacated his democratic Senate seat in 2004, an unknown political science instructor entered the race, defying all odds and expectations to demonstrate that with no money and lots of enthusiasm, you can become a contender. This Capra-esque documentary is an inspiring example of how... more

The Cats of Mirikitani
USA, 2006, 74 min.
When filmmaker Linda Hattendorf turned her lens on Jimmy Mirikitani, a homeless octogenarian Japanese-American artist, she got far more than she anticipated: the collapse of the World Trade Center, a family reunion more than 50 years in the making, and a series of small miracles. Audience Award Winn... more

Dear Talula
USA, 2006, 34 min.
In Lori Benson’s Dear Talula, a mother is diagnosed with breast cancer shortly after the birth of her daughter. ... more

Deliver Us From Evil
USA, 2006, 101 min.
For over two decades, Roman Catholic priest Oliver O’Grady molested dozens of young boys and girls throughout central California. Documentary filmmaker Amy Berg uncovers the truth behind the scandal, and why the Church kept trying to cover it up. Winner of the 2006 New York Film Critics Circle Award... more

The Diary of Immaculée
USA, 2006, 38 min.
The Diary of Immaculée chronicles the life of a young woman who survived the slaughter in Rwanda, directed by Peter LeDonne.... more

Floating Lamp Of The Shadow Valley
India, 2006, 64 min.
This inspirational documentary features nine-year-old Kashmir boy Arif, who serves as breadwinner of the family after his Muslim militant father abandons them for the sake of the jihad. Jala touches on Arif’s predicament with care and compassion, set in some of the most breathtaking scenery in the w... more

Forever
Netherlands, 2006, 95 min.
Forever takes viewers on a mesmerizing tour of artists' graves in Paris' famous Pere-Lachaise cemetery, to show that art is eternal and plays a powerful role in our lives. The tombs of departed greats prompt curious stories from dedicated visitors. Best Documentary at the Netherlands Film Festival.... more

The Ground Truth: After The Killing Ends
USA, 2006, 72 min.
Documentary filmmaker Patricia Foulkrod lets veterans step and recount their heartrending experiences being in Iraq, and even worse returning from that war—wounded, traumatized, with little or no government assistance to support them. It’s a story that is not only heartbreaking, but absolutely vital... more

Gypsy Caravan
USA, 2006, 110 min.
Part concert film and part sociological study, this documentary travels between concert venues and cultures to give us an inside look at Gypsy music. With Macedonian diva Esma Redzepova, traditional Indian troupe Maharaja, Romanian groups Fanfare Ciocarlia and Taraf de Haidouks, and the Antonio El P... more

An Inconvenient Truth
USA, 2006, 100 min.
The documentary, narrated by Al Gore, is the decade’s scariest film in which he shows man’s toxic effect on the environment—global warming. The biggest event-documentary since Fahrenheit 9/11, the film provides a timely, salutary look at the physical state of our Earth. ... more

In the Pit
Mexico, 2006, 80 min.
In the chaos of Mexico City, a crew of construction works toil away to rebuild the city’s highway. Like Shakespearean characters, they react to the work with a full range of emotions in this award-winning documentary on the nature of work and workers. ... more

Into Great Silence
Germany, 2006, 164 min.
Documentary filmmaker Philip Groeing shows us the never-before-seen life of a monastery high in the French Alps, in which the monks, bound by a vow of silence and solitude, live a simple life of faith.... more

I Only Wanted to Live
Italy, 2006, 75 min.
Drawing on the extensive archives of Steven Spielberg’s Shoah Foundation, director Mimmo Calopresti has crafted a straightforward, yet deeply affecting portrait of what happened to Italy's Jews. The eyewitness accounts are told with a searing intensity, each a unique and necessary testimony.... more

Iraq in Fragments
USA, 2006, 94 min.
The title of this poetic account of Iraq in 2003 has a double meaning, referring to the violence and instability of the crumbling nation as well as the film’s three-part structure, which focuses on Sunni, Shiite, and Kurdish lives. The film took top honors at Sundance for directing, cinematography, ... more

Jesus Camp
USA, 2006, 86 min.
Documentary filmmakers Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady (The Boys of Baraka) take their camera into the “Kids on Fire” camp in Devils Lake, North Dakota to witness the fun and games of an extremely evangelical Christian summer camp. ... more

Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple
USA, 2006, 86 min.
This engrossing documentary uses archival footage to revisit the paradoxes of idealism and destruction that defined Jim Jones and his California cult, the People’s Temple, who eventually committed mass suicide in the jungle of Guyana in 1978.... more

Meth
USA, 2006, 79 min.
Palm Springs-based filmmaker Todd Ahlberg has created a mesmeric exploration of a particularly timely —and emotionally charged—topic: the endemic and growing use of the drug crystal meth among gay men, in this and other communities over the course of recent years.... more

Murch
USA, 2006, 78 min.
Legendary editor and sound designer Walter Murch (American Graffiti, The Godfather, The Conversation, Apocalypse Now, The English Patient) is the focus of Edie and David Ichioka’s entertaining and edifying documentary that manages to capture both the man, and his artistic vision.... more

My Country, My Country
USA, 2006, 90 min.
Filmmaker Laura Poitras traveled to Baghdad shortly after the Abu Ghraib scandal became public and worked alone in the besieged country for eight months, assembling a vital snapshot of the chaotic and resilient Iraqi lives on the front lines.... more

Phoenix Dance
USA, 2006, 16 min.
Karen Epperlein’s Phoenix Dance tells the story of a dancer who returns to the stage after losing his leg to cancer.... more

The Railroad All-Stars
Spain, 2006, 90 min.
Valeria, Vilma and Mercy are two-dollar-a-pop prostitutes in a destitute neighborhood of Guatemala City. In order to publicize their plight (and also as a way of having fun), they decide to found a soccer team. Rodriguez's documentary is an exhilarating story about perseverance in the face of prejud... more

The Rape of Europa
USA, 2006, 117 min.
Based on an award-winning study, this powerful documentary— using contemporary interviews and historic footage—tells the history of art during War World II, from the Nazi’s looting and destruction, to the heroes who struggled return these treasures to their rightful owners. Narrated by Joan Allen.... more

Recycled Life
USA, 2006, 38 min.
Leslie Iwerks’ Recycled Life illuminates the lives of the families who inhabit the Guatemala City garbage dump. Narrated by Edward James Olmos.... more

Rehearsing a Dream
USA, 2006, 40 min.
In Rehearsing a Dream, director Karen Goodman follows a group of gifted teenage artists who spend a week with well-known mentors.... more

A Revolving Door
USA, 2006, 39 min.
A man struggles with addiction and mental illness in director Marilyn Braverman’s A Revolving Door.... more

Sharkwater
Canada, 2006, 89 min.
As the ocean’s top predator, sharks play a crucial role in the ocean’s ecosystem, but as much as 90 percent of them have been eradicated by poachers. With luminous imagery, this film offers a passionate plea to protect them.... more

Shut up and Sing
USA, 2006, 99 min.
Barbara Kopple and Cecilia Peck document the scandal that dogged, and nearly destroyed, The Dixie Chicks after they criticized the president in 2003 in a quip heard around the world, as well as the group’s miraculous come back in producing their number-one selling album “Taking the Long Way” in 2005... more

Sisters in Law
Burkina Faso, 2006, 104 min.
Documentary filmmakers Kim Longinotto and Florence Ayisi take their cameras into the courtroom of a small Cameroon town to introduce us to a female judge and prosecutor who are cleaning up decades of gender discrimination.... more

Storm of Emotions
Israel, 2006, 106 min.
The Israeli government’s decision to order the evacuation of the Gaza Strip in 2005 caused great political and social upheaval. This extraordinary documentary charts this tumultuous time from the point of view of several Israeli Army officers.... more

Three Women and a Chateau
USA, 2006, 81 min.
This intriguing and enjoyable documentary recounts the history of a remarkable mansion, happily brought back yet again and again from the edge of ruin. Built in 1915 by heiress Harriet Pullman Carolan, it was abandoned after her marriage fell apart. Rescued by two subsequent owners, one a countess a... more

Trantasia
USA, 2006, 92 min.
Trantasia is a voyeuristic look behind the scenes of the world’s first “Most Beautiful Transexual Pagent” in Las Vegas. Six contestants reveal what it is like to live as beautiful women. Trantasia presents the ultimate triumph of “sisterhood” in a moving humorous celebration of the human spirit.... more

The Trials of Darryl Hunt
USA, 2006, 113 min.
In 1984, a black North Carolinian teenager was convicted of life in prison for the murder of a young white woman. What transpired over the next 19 years graphically illustrates the holes in the American Justice system. Outraged without being outrageous, this is an investigative documentary of the hi... more

Two Hands
USA, 2006, 18 min.
Director Nathaniel Kahn’s short-listed documentary Two Hands features pianist Leon Fleisher, who, at the height of his career lost the ability to play with his right hand... more

Unknown Soldier—What Did You Do in the War, Dad?
Germany, 2006, 97 min.
Based on the recent exhibition of never-before-seen private WWII photographs that shocked an ever-more-complacent Germany, Michael Verhoeven's (The Nasty Girl) film traces some of the common crimes committed by German soldiers during the war, exploding the myth that the SS were the real bad g... more

An Unreasonable Man
Canada, 2006, 121 min.
From his 1966 attack on General Motors’ safety record, to his refusal to step out of the 2000 presidential election and throw his support to Al Gore, Ralph Nader, as this moving documentary demonstrates, has made being unreasonable a political credo.... more

When Pigs Fly
USA, 2007, 62 min.
Ostensibly a portrait of inspirational Florida animal-lover Lory Yazurlo, a quadriplegic since a traffic accident in 1990, and her burgeoning sanctuary for an ever-increasing herd of rescued pigs, When Pigs Fly is also an incisive indictment of the nation’s attitude to workers’ compensation p... more

Who Gets To Call It Art?
USA, 2006, 80 min.
This fabulously entertaining filmic collage traces the life and times of art lover Henry Geldzahler, the curator/director of New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art who had a profound effect on the course of mid-century art in this country, and the movement away from abstract expressionism into the wo... more

Yippee
USA, 2006, 74 min.
Award-winning writer/director/actor Paul Mazursky chronicles his whirlwind journey to Uman, a small Ukrainian town that is the site of an annual gathering of Hassidim visiting the burial place of the revered Rabbi Nachman. An investigation of the mass expression of spiritual ecstasy.... more