Documentary Short Movies

  • 1957
    The Constitution and the Labor Union

    The Constitution and the Labor Union

    The Constitution and the Labor Union

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    Shows the relationship of the Constitution to organized labor. Presents the case of Whitaker et al. v. North Carolina, in which a group of unions...

    The Constitution and the Labor Union
  • 2017
    Café Togo

    Café Togo

    Café Togo

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    CAFÉ TOGO looks at the efforts to change street names with colonial connotations in the so-called Afrikanisches Viertel (African Quarter) in...

    Café Togo
  • 2016
    The Shampoo Summit

    The Shampoo Summit

    The Shampoo Summit

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    The Shampoo Summit
  • 2016
    Consumed

    Consumed

    Consumed

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    'Consumed' is a cinematic journey through the landscapes, mines, factories, and shipyards of Chinese production. Blurring the lines between...

    Consumed
  • 1939
    Hans Memling, Painter of the Madonna

    Hans Memling, Painter of the Madonna

    Hans Memling, Painter of the Madonna

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    1939 short documentary by Belgian filmmaker on pianter Hans Memling.

    Hans Memling, Painter of the Madonna
  • 2002
    César Menéndez: el cazador de fantasías

    César Menéndez: el cazador de fantasías

    César Menéndez: el cazador de fantasías

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    César Menéndez confesses that he has lived and, at the same time, is a man condemned to paint. Through a brief tour we enter the...

    César Menéndez: el cazador de fantasías
  • 1972
    The Wasp Nest

    The Wasp Nest

    The Wasp Nest

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    In this film, a group of women and children gather sweet, fresh /ole berries and sha roots. The younger women, led by N!ai, bait a nest of wasps. As...

    The Wasp Nest
  • 2007
    Féminin, Masculin

    Féminin, Masculin

    Féminin, Masculin

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    In the male dominated society of Iran, Farahnaz Shiri, the first female bus driver in Tehran, has made her own little society in her bus. In Iran...

    Féminin, Masculin
  • 1970
    Fighting the Bill

    Fighting the Bill

    Fighting the Bill

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    Made as part of the compaign against the Industrial Relations Bill. A trade unionist talks about the crisis he sees in the working classes. The...

    Fighting the Bill
  • 1970
    An Uncanny Resemblance

    An Uncanny Resemblance

    An Uncanny Resemblance

    01970HD

    A short documentary about a man who resembles Barack Obama.

    An Uncanny Resemblance
  • 1957
    Waterloo

    Waterloo

    Waterloo

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    However impressive the site is, however bossy the guides are, the visitors of the Musée Napoléon listen only absent-mindedly. Does this...

    Waterloo
  • 2024
    A Girl Named Abigaël

    A Girl Named Abigaël

    A Girl Named Abigaël

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    A young Congolese girl moves to a historical adversary, Burundi, where her efforts to pursue studies are shared with a relentless desire to give back...

    A Girl Named Abigaël
  • 1970
    Family album

    Family album

    Family album

    01970HD

    Sandra rummages in the fragments of her memory and photographs in order to reconstruct the portrait of the life and death of her brother.

    Family album
  • 2024
    Daphne

    Daphne

    Daphne

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    Daphne, a transgender performer, and LGBTQ educator based in Milan, navigates two worlds: by day, she juggles work, friendships, and dating apps; by...

    Daphne
  • 2024
    Pretty Land And Green Its Sighs

    Pretty Land And Green Its Sighs

    Pretty Land And Green Its Sighs

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    A short anecdotal documentary about the nature of destruction, a debilitating deadlock of humanity.

    Pretty Land And Green Its Sighs
  • 2016
    Lucia Berlin: Pen Pals

    Lucia Berlin: Pen Pals

    Lucia Berlin: Pen Pals

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    Legendary short story writer Lucia Berlin (1936-2004) captured moments of grace in the cafeterias and laundromats of the American Southwest, in the...

    Lucia Berlin: Pen Pals
  • 2016
    Vermont: Ron Padgett

    Vermont: Ron Padgett

    Vermont: Ron Padgett

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    Ron Padgett (1942- ) is a poet and editor whose artistic career took off during his teenaged years in Tulsa, Oklahoma. There, along with Joe Brainard...

    Vermont: Ron Padgett
  • 1970
    CurryStone 2013: Hunnarshala

    CurryStone 2013: Hunnarshala

    CurryStone 2013: Hunnarshala

    01970HD

    Hunnarshala, founded in the wake of the 2001 earthquake in Gujarat, India, facilitates community-driven, artisan-led reconstruction in post-disaster...

    CurryStone 2013: Hunnarshala
  • 1970
    Jordan Simmons: San Francisco Foundation Community Leadership Awards 2011

    Jordan Simmons: San Francisco Foundation Community Leadership Awards 2011

    Jordan Simmons: San Francisco Foundation Community Leadership Awards 2011

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    The San Francisco Foundation Community Leadership Awards presents Jordan Simmons, artistic director of the East Bay Center for Performing Arts, with...

    Jordan Simmons: San Francisco Foundation Community Leadership Awards 2011
  • 1970
    Bishop Yvette A. Flunder: San Francisco Foundation Community Leadership Awards 2011

    Bishop Yvette A. Flunder: San Francisco Foundation Community Leadership Awards 2011

    Bishop Yvette A. Flunder: San Francisco Foundation Community Leadership Awards 2011

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    The San Francisco Foundation Community Leadership Awards presents Bishop Yvette A. Flunder, founder and director of Ark of Refuge, with the Robert C....

    Bishop Yvette A. Flunder: San Francisco Foundation Community Leadership Awards 2011