Genre: Documentary
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Rick Steves: Europe: Spain 2000-2012 (2012)
Cast: Rick Steves
Trying just about everything -- except running with the bulls -- travel aficionado Rick Steves takes his popular television series to spectacular Spain. Stops include Barcelona, Catalunya,…
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Fight Life (2012)
Cast: Jake Shields, Gilbert Melendez, Frank Shamrock …
Directed by: James Z. Feng
Discover the real world of mixed martial arts in this hard-hitting documentary that follows fighters at various stages of their careers. The cameras capture every aspect of the sport, from…
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Turtle: The Incredible Journey (2011)
Cast: Miranda Richardson
Directed by: Nick Stringer
Attempting a perilous odyssey its ancestors have undertaken for millions of years, one loggerhead turtle swims from a beach in Florida across the Atlantic Ocean, encountering stunning sea…
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Vidal Sassoon: The Movie (2011)
Cast: Vidal Sassoon, Michael Gordon, Ronnie Sassoon …
Directed by: Craig Teper
This incisive documentary profiles trend-setting stylist Vidal Sassoon, from his harsh childhood and Israeli military service to his revolutionary approach to hairstyles and his establishment…
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Exit Through the Gift Shop (2010)
Cast: Banksy, Shepard Fairey, Thierry Guetta …
Directed by: Banksy
Amateur filmmaker Thierry Guetta's project to chronicle the underground world of street art takes a fascinating twist when he meets Banksy, an elusive British stencil artist, in this…
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Waste Land (2010)
Cast: Vik Muniz, Karen Harley
Directed by: Lucy Walker, Karen Harley, João Jardim …
Renowned artist Vik Muniz embarks on one of the most inspired collaborations of his career, joining creative forces with Brazilian garbage pickers who mine treasure from the trash heaps of…
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Catfish (2010)
Cast: Nev Schulman, Megan Faccio, Melody C. Roscher …
Directed by: Henry Joost, Ariel Schulman
Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman document the strange series of events that unfolds when a gifted 8-year-old artist named Abby contacts Nev, a 24-year-old photographer (and Schulman's…
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Inside Job (2010)
Cast: Matt Damon, William Ackman, Daniel Alpert …
Directed by: Charles Ferguson
From filmmaker Charles Ferguson comes this sobering, Oscar-winning documentary that presents in comprehensive yet cogent detail the pervasive and deep-rooted corruption that led to the global…
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I'm Still Here (2010)
Cast: Joaquin Phoenix, Casey Affleck, Antony Langdon …
Directed by: Casey Affleck
In 2008, Oscar nominee Joaquin Phoenix walked away from acting to pursue a rap career, an inexplicably bizarre detour captured in gritty detail in this "documentary" directed by…
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Babies (2010)
Directed by: Thomas Balmes
Documentary filmmaker Thomas Balmes charts the simultaneous early development of four babies from different parts of the world, illustrating what makes human life unique, similar and precious…
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Waiting for Superman (2010)
Cast: Geoffrey Canada, Michelle Rhee, Bill Strickland …
Directed by: Davis Guggenheim
Dynamic documentarian Davis Guggenheim weaves together stories about students, families, educators and reformers to shed light on the failing public school system and its consequences for the…
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Restrepo (2010)
Cast: Dan Kearney, Lamont Caldwell, Kevin Rice …
Directed by: Tim Hetherington, Sebastian Junger
Sebastian Junger, author of The Perfect Storm, teamed with photographer Tim Hetherington and spent a year embedded with the Second Platoon in Afghanistan, chronicling the hard work, fear and…
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Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage (2010)
Cast: Rush, Geddy Lee, Neil Peart …
Directed by: Sam Dunn, Scot McFadyen
Celebrate the remarkable 40-year career of influential Canadian rock band Rush with this music documentary, which details the band's formation, long list of hit albums, struggles with…
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Cave of Forgotten Dreams (2010)
Cast: Werner Herzog, Dominique Baffier, Jean Clottes …
Directed by: Werner Herzog
In this spellbinding documentary, filmmaker Werner Herzog offers an unprecedented examination of the Chauvet Cave, a cavern in southern France that contains the oldest human-painted images…
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Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work (2010)
Cast: Joan Rivers, Melissa Rivers, Kathy Griffin …
Directed by: Ricki Stern, Annie Sundberg
Documentarians Ricki Stern and Annie Sundberg provide an uncompromising glimpse into the personal and professional life of comedian and red-carpet mainstay Joan Rivers, a woman clinging…
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Frontline: Digital Nation (2010)
Directed by: Rachel Dretzin
Exploring how the Internet and digital media have completely transformed contemporary life, this fascinating installment of PBS's "Frontline" examines its effect on relationships,…
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IMAX: Hubble (2010)
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, K. Megan McArthur, Scott D. Altman …
Directed by: Toni Myers
Actor Leonardo DiCaprio narrates this awe-inspiring documentary that takes viewers on a visually stunning IMAX 3-D journey to explore the faraway galaxies viewed by the Hubble Space Telescope…
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Rolling Stones: Stones in Exile (2010)
Cast: Rolling Stones, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards …
Directed by: Stephen Kijak
It's spring 1971 all over again in director Stephen Kijak's nostalgic documentary that chronicles the creation of one of the greatest rock albums ever recorded: "Exile on Main…
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Pink Saris (2010)
Cast: Renu Devi, Sampat Pal Devi, Niranjan Pal …
Directed by: Kim Longinotto
Documentarian Kim Longinotto relates the powerful story of Sampat Pal Devi, the tough-minded leader of the Gulabi Gang, a group devoted to obtaining equal rights for women in India and ending…
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Blood Into Wine (2010)
Cast: Maynard James Keenan, Eric Glomski, Milla Jovovich …
Directed by: Ryan Page, Christopher Pomerenke
This perceptive documentary tells the unusual tale of Maynard James Keenan, the hard-rocking, eccentric front man of Tool, A Perfect Circle and Puscifer who abruptly left Los Angeles in the…
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War Don Don (2010)
Cast: Issa Sesay
Directed by: Rebecca Richman Cohen
Filmmaker Rebecca Richman Cohen offers this gripping documentary that follows the sensational trial of Issa Sesay, a controversial leader in Sierra Leone's bloody civil war who stands…
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Disney Parks (2010)
Cast: Alex Pels
Walt Disney's original vision of a special place where families could have fun together has been transformed into a global collection of showpiece attractions that feature cutting-edge…
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The Weird World of Blowfly (2010)
Cast: Clarence Reid, Chuck D., Ice-T …
Directed by: Jonathan Furmanski
Time hasn't mellowed caped comedian Blowfly (aka Clarence Reid), who's still dishing up lewd and rude rap ditties that could make folks half his age blush. This unflinching biopic…
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Magick of Solomon: Lemegeton Secrets Revealed (2010)
Cast: Poke Runyon
Directed by: Poke Runyon
Anthropologist and ceremonial magician Poke Runyon explains and demonstrates the authentic techniques of ancient ritual magick. Learn how to invoke angels and evoke spirits to visible…
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Frontline: The Dancing Boys of Afghanistan (2010)
Cast: Najibullah Quraishi
Follow Afghan journalist Najibullah Quraishi as he profiles the reemergence of his country's tradition of &NFi;bacha bereesh&NFi_;, in which wealthy and powerful men lure impoverished…