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For decades, the Schwinn-riding Bill Cunningham, cultural anthropologist, has been obsessively and inventively chronicling fashion trends and high society charity soirées for the New York Times Style section.

Documentary 1 hr, 24 mins

  • 3.1 / 5

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This film documents orphaned orangutans and elephants and the extraordinary people who rescue and raise them--saving endangered species one life at a time.

G Documentary 3D

  • 4.1 / 5

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A living legend in the horse world, Buck Brannaman was the inspiration for The Horse Whisperer. For this true cowboy, horses are a mirror of the human soul. Reared by an abusive father, Buck eschews violence. By teaching people to communicate with horses through instinct, not punishment, he frees the spirit of the horse and its human comrade. Crisscrossing the world with Zenlike wisdom, Buck promulgates grace in the bond between man and horse.

PG Documentary 1 hr, 29 mins

  • 5 / 5

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This documentary chronicles how Hollywood writer-director producer Roger Corman created his cult film empire, one low-budget success at a time, capitalizing on undiscovered talent, and pushing the boundaries of independent filmmaking.

Documentary 1 hr, 30 mins

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For six months of the year, renowned Spanish chef Ferran Adria closes his restaurant El Bulli -- repeatedly voted the world's best -- and works with his culinary team to prepare the menu for the next season.

NR Documentary

  • 3 / 5

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  • 2.2 / 5

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The nearly ten-year transformation of five people whose lives were forever altered on September 11, 2001.

Documentary

  • 1 / 5

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The mining and burning of coal is at the epicenter of America's struggle to balance its energy needs and environmental concerns, so the daring solution proposed by this small Appalachian community takes on national significance when Bobby Kennedy, Jr. joins the Appalachian families to fight the extraordinary and insidious power of Big Coal.

PG Documentary

  • 3.3 / 5

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From a snowy small town in Northern Michigan to the mountains of Afghanistan and back, the film follows the four-year journey of childhood friends and their town, forever changed by a faraway war. At its heart a story about growing up, the film is an intimate look at the young men who fight our wars, the families and town they come from, and the everyday struggles of their return.

NR Documentary 1 hr, 31 mins

  • 4 / 5

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Kevin Clash, the man behind Elmo of Sesame Street, as he chases and ultimately achieves his childhood dream of working with master puppeteer Jim Henson.

PG Documentary 1 hr, 20 mins

  • 4.2 / 5

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Documentary on a group of street musicians in Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

PG-13 Documentary

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A disparate crew of renegade filmmakers who emerged from an economically bankrupt and dangerous moment in New York history.

Documentary 1 hr, 34 mins

  • 4.1 / 5

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An optimistic, solutions-based, non-preachy, non-partisan, big tent film that shows tackling climate change boosts the economy, increases national and energy security and promotes health and a clean environment.

Documentary

  • 5 / 5

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The true-life tale of investigator Harry Markopolos' meticulous, decade-long fight to reveal Madoff's widely destructive Ponzi scheme.

Documentary

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Set within a century-old traveling circus, a Mexican family struggles to stay together despite mounting debt, dwindling audiences, and a simmering family conflict that threatens this once-vibrant family tradition.

Documentary 1 hr, 15 mins

  • 3 / 5

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Documentary on the legal battle to free Debbie Peagler, a woman imprisoned for over a quarter century due to her connection to the murder of the man who abused her. She finds her only hope for freedom when two rookie attorneys with no background in criminal law step forward to take her case.

Crime Documentary 1 hr, 35 mins

  • 4.3 / 5

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64%

A look at the Vent Haven Convention, which bills itself as the ventriloquism capital of the world.

PG Documentary

  • 4 / 5

14%

86%

From a basketball academy in West Africa to the high-pressure world of American prep schools, the documentary follows four particularly tall West African teenagers with big hearts, open minds, and NBA dreams.

PG Documentary

  • 3 / 5

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A 3D IMAX movie about the prehistoric world inhabited by pterosaurs -- flying vertebrates with a wingspan of up to 45 feet that lived alongside dinosaurs.

Documentary 3D

  • 4 / 5

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