1947

Brooklyn, U.S.A.

5/2

Brooklyn, U.S.A. is a 1947 English language short film directed by Arthur Cohen, starring Ted de Corsia. It was nominated for an Oscar in the categor...

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Brooklyn, U.S.A.

1947

First Steps

6/8

United Nations, 1947 - In this film one crippled child learns to walk: first to move, then to stand, and finally to take his first steps. The film dea...

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First Steps

1948

Toward Independence

6.3/6

Toward Independence is a 1948 American short documentary film about the rehabilitation of individuals with spinal cord injuries. Preserved by the Aca...

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Toward Independence

1950

1848

0/0

The film explains the French Revolution of 1848. Bernard Blier's narration is supported by pictures once drawn by contemporary artists including Honor...

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1848

1960

Primary

6.4/36

Primary is a documentary film about the primary elections between John F. Kennedy and Hubert Humphrey in 1960. Primary is the first documentary to use...

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Primary

1944

Hymn of the Nations

4.9/7

Hymn of the Nations, originally titled Arturo Toscanini: Hymn of the Nations, is a 1944 film directed by Alexander Hammid, which features the "Inno de...

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Hymn of the Nations

1946

Seeds of Destiny

6.286/7

Oscar winning postwar propaganda film in support of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration. Strident but poignant, focusing on ch...

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Seeds of Destiny

1972

Hats Off to Hollywood

0/0

Picking up the story first presented in I Don’t Know (1970), Hats Off to Hollywood (1972) brazenly and brilliantly mixes documentary reality with full...

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Hats Off to Hollywood

1944

It's Your War Too

0/0

Documentary short film detailing the history of the American Women's Army Corps, the WACS. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive, Academy War Film Co...

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It's Your War Too

1944

Prices Unlimited

0/0

Two young women, frustrated by war rationing, have a dream illustrating the likely results on prices in America should the measure were prematurely li...

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Prices Unlimited

1994

Hoop Dreams

7.595/299

Every school day, African-American teenagers William Gates and Arthur Agee travel 90 minutes each way from inner-city Chicago to St. Joseph High Schoo...

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Hoop Dreams

1967

The Maltese Cross Movement

6.7/6

The film reflects Dewdney's conviction that the projector, not the camera, is the filmmaker's true medium. The form and content of the film are shown...

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The Maltese Cross Movement

1979

Wilmington 10 -- U.S.A. 10,000

0/0

A documentary on the Wilmington 10, 9 afro-Americans and 1 white woman who were unjustly imprisoned. 4K digital restoration by the Academy Film Archiv...

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Wilmington 10 -- U.S.A. 10,000

1969

The Sun's Gonna Shine

6.6/7

A lyrical recreation of Lightnin’ Hopkins’ decision at age eight to stop chopping cotton and start singing for a living. Preserved by the Academy Fil...

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The Sun's Gonna Shine

1976

Not a Pretty Picture

7.8/2

Mixing narrative and documentary, the film retells a 16 year old girl's experience of a date rape.

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Not a Pretty Picture

1944

The Town

5/2

The Town was a short propaganda film produced by the Office of War Information in 1945. It presents an idealized vision of American life, shown in mic...

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The Town

1963

Showman

6/2

Albert and David Maysles (Gimme Shelter) directed this 53-minute documentary about movie tycoon Joseph E. Levine (1963). Preserved by the Academy Fil...

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Showman

1968

God Respects Us When We Work, But Loves Us When We Dance

5.2/11

Les Blank's poetic documentation of 1967's Los Angeles Easter Sunday Love-In. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2002.

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God Respects Us When We Work, But Loves Us When We Dance

1974

Exploratorium

6/5

An Oscar-nominated film with no narration showing the Exploratorium (The Palace of Arts and Science) in San Francisco. It shows many of the exhibits a...

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Exploratorium

1974

Naked Yoga

5.2/5

Three young ladies perform yoga without clothes in the open air of Cyprus. Another does the same in a studio. These visuals are interspersed with imag...

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Naked Yoga