Popular Documentary Movies - Page 51
Fire of Anatolia
2008
Fire of Anatolia
2008
Everything that belongs to Anatolia quickened in this show. Anatolia, where the mankind settled down for thousands of years, has been concreted within 3000 folkloric dance figures.Bumpa
2025
Bumpa
2025
This documentary will explore the Afro-Caribbean dance, ‘whining’ alongside the practice of twerking to analyze respectability politics, pressures to accommodate whiteness, and gendered criticism of sexual expression within the Black diaspora. Using archival footage of West African dance, expert opinion from dancing and gender studies professors, and the active participation of partygoers in a dance experiment, Watkins will paint the picture of the defiance, autonomy, and ancestral veneration intrinsic to these traditional movement styles.Norm.
2026
Billy Edwards and the Unknown
1895
star 4Former lightweight boxer Billy Edwards, now a trainer and writer of the sport, takes on a challenger named Warwick in an exhibition match. The match is scheduled for five rounds of 20 seconds each. A large crowd has gathered behind the ring to watch the fight.Tedders
1897
Deathfarm
2024
Deathfarm
2024
star 10One evening, as Ludvik is about to go to bed, he notices that a painting, once owned by his grandfather, mysteriously begins to move on its own. The next day, Ludvik shares the unsettling event with his friend Amund, and together they decide to investigate the painting's origins. Ludvik's grandfather had lived in an old cabin deep in the woods, that had been abandoned since his passing. Determined to uncover the truth, Ludvik and Amund venture to the cabin, only to discover secrets that should never see the light of day.Where the Polar Bears Wait
2024
In a town on the edge of the Canadian Arctic, polar bears are waiting longer for the sea ice on the bay to form. It's a dangerous change for a place known as the polar bear capital of the world.Adrenaline & Turbulence
2009
The two Hungarian Acrobatic Paraglider athletes Pál Takáts and Gábor Kézi train themselves to be the bests in the sport they live for. They travel around the world, win competition after competition, and finally reach their goal of a lifetime: to be professional athletes, who can make a living form the sport they love. - Written by András KollmannThe Ballad of the Clowns
2024
Making art involves several difficulties, even more so when you are an artist in Brazil. We will follow the couple from Street Theater, Paula and Daniel, seeing how their love for art allows them to overcome adversity and take what they love to places where culture is relegated.Repas en famille
1896
Repas en famille
1896
star 2.3A French family consisting of father, mother and two children, sitting around a table and eating a meal.Queen of Chess
2026
Queen of Chess
2026
star 7.5A Hungarian girl dreams of conquering international men’s chess. After a 15-year battle against world champion Garry Kasparov and her domineering father, Judit Polgár revolutionizes the sport’s patriarchal culture to become one of the greatest chess prodigies in history and the greatest woman chess player of all time.Une rue à Tokyo
1897
Questioning Adonis
2025
Questioning Adonis
2025
A documentarian observes their fellow gym bros behaving more... openly... in the gym than they usually are outside of it.Chimpanzee
2012
Chimpanzee
2012
star 7A nature documentary centered on a family of chimps living in the Ivory Coast and Ugandan rain forests. Through Oscar, a little chimpanzee, we discover learning about life in the heart of the African tropical forest and follow his first steps in this world with humor, emotion and anguish. Following a tragedy, he finds himself separated from his mother and left alone to face the hostility of the jungle. Until he is picked up by an older chimpanzee, who will take him under her protection.Maillane : défilé des tambourinaires
1900
star 5A group of tambours and dancers in traditional outfits pass the camera.Sea and the Jungle
2005
Sea and the Jungle
2005
star 6Angolares are the oldest inhabitants of the island of São Tomé. Control of the island was wrested from them in the late 19th century, and their descendents have been reduced to a small fishing community. This fascinating film explores the tangled history of the Angolares and their beautiful island.Roi et Reine d'Italie
1896
star 4.8King Umberto I and Queen Margherita of Savoy stepping down a staircase, followed by their escort, before climbing into a horse-drawn carriage.Pont de bateaux
1896
Pont de bateaux
1896
star 4.7A crowd of passers-by is granted access to a drawbridge by its gatekeeper.
