Documentary Short Movies

1970
Song of Umm Dalaila: The Story of the Saharawis
Song of Umm Dalaila: The Story of the Saharawis
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The film takes place in the Saharawi refugee camps in Algeria against the historical backdrop of Spanish colonialism and the Morroccan invasion of...
1970
Master Craftsmen of Cantabria
Master Craftsmen of Cantabria
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Walk listening to the campanus of the cows in the bush. Light a charcoal stove. Go out to the prao with the albarcas. One day everyday things that...
2021
Where Are They, Where Is the Virus?
Where Are They, Where Is the Virus?
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Amidst heightened quarantine restrictions, a group of Badjao roams the locale of Agusan del Sur in search of food and a way to get through the day....
2020
Bottled Songs: The Observer
Bottled Songs: The Observer
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A researcher finds a phone video showing hundreds of ISIS captives running through a desert. She is puzzled that the video is posted on YouTube by...
2016
The Killer Tears
The Killer Tears
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2020
The Settlers’ Billionaire Backer
The Settlers’ Billionaire Backer
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An investigation by BBC News Arabic into Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich, who controls companies that have donated $100m to Elad, a settler...
1996
The Making of Record of Lodoss War
The Making of Record of Lodoss War
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Mini-documentary covering the making of Record of Lodoss War (1990).
1999
The Cabinetmaker: Crafting a Card Table
The Cabinetmaker: Crafting a Card Table
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Explores the role of the cabinetmaker in colonial America, including the tools and technology used to carve table legs, wooden hinges, and more.
2020
Larry from Gary
Larry from Gary
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A dedicated dance teacher continues inspiring his current and former students even after the arts high school in Gary, Indiana where he's taught for...
1977
Penelope 77
Penelope 77
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An experimental short where the filmmaker considers her personal relationship with intimacy, sexuality and the male gaze.
2020
The Sun and the Looking Glass – for one easily forgets but the tree remembers
The Sun and the Looking Glass – for one easily forgets but the tree remembers
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Ein Qiniya, a small Palestinian village in the West Bank, occupied since 1967. This is where Milena Desse is to make her own enquiries: how can one...
2020
The Sacrifice Zone
The Sacrifice Zone
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A POC-led community group’s fight for environmental justice in the Ironbound community of Newark, New Jersey.
1953
Experimental Studies In Social Climates Of Groups
Experimental Studies In Social Climates Of Groups
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Illustrates the behavior of boys organized in clubs, each of which is run either on democratic principles, an autocratic principles, or as a...
2020
Daughters of Scheherazade
Daughters of Scheherazade
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The film traces the figure of virgin and places her in an amorous encounter with pleasure and pain, body and mind, the historical and the lived. It...
1993
Belfast Boxers
Belfast Boxers
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Why box? Is it the thrill of competition, or the lure of commercial riches, the chance to compete at the Olympics, or a simple need to test oneself....
2019
Part One: Where There Is a Joyous Mood, There a Comrade Will Appear to Share a Glass of Wine
Part One: Where There Is a Joyous Mood, There a Comrade Will Appear to Share a Glass of Wine
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'Part One: Where There Is a Joyous Mood, There a Comrade Will Appear to Share a Glass of Wine' concerns affective relations and community building....
2018
Daughters of the Polo God
Daughters of the Polo God
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Set in Manipur, India, this is a unique story of girls and horses empowering each other. It is a story about saving an endangered breed of pony and...
1974
Face & Body Parts
Face & Body Parts
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Fred Parke's thesis film on facial modeling at the University of Utah is an early landmark in computer animation.
2018
All the Witches
All the Witches
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Fly-on-the-wall documentary footage of a film crew shooting a horror scene in Mumbai.
1972
Candomblé in Togo
Candomblé in Togo
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