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Mademoiselle C (2013 Documentary)
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A documentary focused on former Vogue Paris editor-in-chief and fashion stylist Carine Roitfeld as she moves to New York to launch her own magazine. (93 mins.)
Director: Fabien Constant
Stars: Carine Roitfeld, Donatella Versace, Tom Ford, Karl Lagerfeld
 
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The Victoria's Secret Fashion Show (2008 TV Special)
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Victoria's secret fashion show is an annual fashion show featuring Victoria's secret, a brand of lingerie and sleep wear. Victoria's secret use this show to promote their products in high profile setting with the help of top models.
Director: Hamish Hamilton
Stars: Heidi Klum, Alessandra Ambrosio, Doutzen Kroes, Karolina Kurkova
 
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One Zero One: The Story of Cybersissy & BayBjane (2013 Documentary)
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It is a 90-minutes documentale, a hybrid of documentary and fiction. It follows the life of 33-year-old Moroccan-German Mourad... (90 mins.)
Director: Tim Lienhard
Stars: Antoine Timmermans, Mourad Zerhouni, Gregory Rack, Hans Timmermans
 
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Whores' Glory (2011 Documentary)
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An examination of the lives, needs, troubles and hopes of prostitutes in Thailand, Bangladesh and Mexico. (110 mins.)
Director: Michael Glawogger
Stars: Emma, Ning, Toh, Wat
 
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Abortion Democracy: Poland/South Africa (2008 Documentary)
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This documentary feature contrasts changes in Poland and South Africa regarding abortion laws and their impact on the lives of women... (50 mins.)
Director: Sarah Diehl
Stars: Wanda Nowicka, Alicja Tysiac, Marijke Alblas, Nurrudin Farrah
 
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We Come as Friends (2014 Documentary)
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As war-ravaged South Sudan claims independence from North Sudan and its brutal President, Omar al-Bashir... (110 mins.)
Director: Hubert Sauper
 
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Young & Beautiful (2013)
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After losing her virginity, Isabelle takes up a secret life as a call girl, meeting her clients for hotel-room trysts. Throughout, she remains curiously aloof, showing little interest in the encounters themselves or the money she makes. (95 mins.)
Director: François Ozon
Stars: Marine Vacth, Géraldine Pailhas, Frédéric Pierrot, Fantin Ravat
 
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Inside Deep Throat (2005 Documentary)
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An examination of the infamous pornographic film Deep Throat, covering aspects from the film's creation to its cultural impact. (89 mins.)
Director: Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato
Stars: Linda Lovelace, Harry Reems, Dennis Hopper, Gerard Damiano
 
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Dior and I (2014 Documentary)
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Dior and I brings the viewer inside the storied world of the Christian Dior fashion house with a privileged... (90 mins.)
Director: Frédéric Tcheng
Stars: Christian Dior, Omar Berrada, Raf Simons, Pieter Mulier
 
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Amy (2015 Documentary)
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Archival footage and personal testimonials present an intimate portrait of the life and career of British singer/songwriter Amy Winehouse. (128 mins.)
Director: Asif Kapadia
Stars: Amy Winehouse, Mitch Winehouse, Mark Ronson, Russell Brand
 
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A Journey of a Thousand Miles: Peacekeepers (2015 Documentary)
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A JOURNEY OF A THOUSAND MILES: PEACEKEEPERS follows three women in an all female, predominantly Muslim... (95 mins.)
Director: Geeta Gandbhir, Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
 
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Hip Hop-eration (2014 Documentary)
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You're never too old to go on the journey of a lifetime. (93 mins.)
Director: Bryn Evans
Stars: Terri '2-cents' Wool-Moore Goodwin, Kara 'bang bang' Nelson, Eileen 'diva mystic' Evans, Rosemary 'missy ro-yo' McKenzie
 
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Dialogues with Madwomen (1994 Documentary)
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(90 mins.)
Director: Allie Light
 
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The Salt of the Earth (2014 Documentary)
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The life and work of photographer Sebastião Salgado, who has spent forty years documenting deprived societies in hidden corners of the world. (110 mins.)
Director: Juliano Ribeiro Salgado, Wim Wenders
Stars: Sebastião Salgado, Wim Wenders, Lélia Wanick Salgado, Juliano Ribeiro Salgado
 
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The Pearl Button (2015 Documentary)
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The ocean contains the history of all humanity. The sea holds all the voices of the earth and those that come from outer space... (82 mins.)
Director: Patricio Guzmán
Stars: Patricio Guzmán, Raúl Zurita
 
Image of B-Movie: Lust & Sound in West-Berlin 1979-1989
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B-Movie: Lust & Sound in West-Berlin 1979-1989 (2015 Documentary)
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Music, art and chaos in the wild West-Berlin of the 1980s. The walled-in city became the creative melting pot for sub- and pop-culture... (92 mins.)
Director: Jörg A. Hoppe, Heiko Lange
Stars: Andi, Bela B., Blixa Bargeld, Ben Becker
 
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Sicko (2007 Documentary)
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A documentary comparing the highly profitable American health care industry to other nations, and HMO horror stories including shotgun deaths. (123 mins.)
Director: Michael Moore
Stars: Michael Moore, Tucker Albrizzi, Tony Benn, George W. Bush
 
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The September Issue (2009 Documentary)
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A documentary chronicling Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour's preparations for the 2007 fall-fashion issue. (90 mins.)
Director: R.J. Cutler
Stars: Anna Wintour, Thakoon Panichgul, André Leon Talley, Grace Coddington
 
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The Social Network (2010)
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Harvard student Mark Zuckerberg creates the social networking site that would become known as Facebook, but is later sued by two brothers who claimed he stole their idea, and the co-founder who was later squeezed out of the business. (120 mins.)
Director: David Fincher
Stars: Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield, Justin Timberlake, Rooney Mara
 
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3096 Days (2013)
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A young Austrian girl is kidnapped and held in captivity for eight years. Based on the factual case of Natascha Kampusch. (111 mins.)
Director: Sherry Hormann
Stars: Antonia Campbell-Hughes, Thure Lindhardt, Amelia Pidgeon, Trine Dyrholm
 
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Resilience (2016 Documentary)
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In a shantytown of Brazil a man refuses to let his physical disability prevent him from living a full life and to fulfill his dream of being able to live with his son.
Director: Ricardo Koanuka
 
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Maya Angelou and Still I Rise (2016 Documentary)
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The first feature documentary about the remarkable writer, poet, actress, activist Maya Angelou. (114 mins.)
Director: Bob Hercules, Rita Coburn Whack
Stars: Maya Angelou, Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Common
 
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Unlocking the Cage (2016 Documentary)
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Between 2013 and 2015, a group of nonprofit attorneys seek nonhuman clients for whom they can advocate in two U.S. territories, in order to establish legal personhood for elephants, cetaceans and nonhuman apes in the U.S. (91 mins.)
Director: Chris Hegedus, D.A. Pennebaker
 
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Exit Through the Gift Shop (2010 Documentary)
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The story of how an eccentric French shop-keeper and amateur film-maker attempted to locate and befriend Banksy... (87 mins.)
Director: Banksy
Stars: Banksy, Space Invader, Mr. Brainwash, Debora Guetta
 
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I Want to See the Manager (2014 Documentary)
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In the light of the current transformations within the global power structure, I WANT TO SEE THE MANAGER... (93 mins.)
Director: Hannes Lang
 
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Democracy: Im Rausch der Daten (2015 Documentary)
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Digitalization has changed society. While data is becoming the "new oil", data protection is becoming the new "pollution control"... (100 mins.)
Director: David Bernet
Stars: Jan Philipp Albrecht, Viviane Reding, Ralf Bendrath, John Boswell
 
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Losers and Winners (2006 Documentary)
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A documentary about a German factory that is set to be taken apart and reassembled in China. (96 mins.)
Director: Ulrike Franke, Michael Loeken
 
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Göttliche Lage - Eine Stadt erfindet sich neu (2014 Documentary)
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In an urban regeneration project a decommissioned steelworks in Dortmund will be transformed into premium... (100 mins.)
Director: Ulrike Franke, Michael Loeken
Stars: Ursula Klischan, Heinz Hüppe, Ludger Schürholz, Frank A. Kirsch
 
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Regarding Susan Sontag (2014 Documentary)
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REGARDING SUSAN SONTAG is an intimate and nuanced investigation into the life of one of the most influential... (100 mins.)
Director: Nancy D. Kates
Stars: Noël Burch, Lucinda Childs, Patricia Clarkson, Kevin Costner
 
Image of Ella Maillart: Double Journey
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Ella Maillart: Double Journey (2015 Short Film)
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Summer 1939. Ella Maillart and Annemarie Schwarzenbach leave Europe for Asia. Ella hopes to make an... (40 mins.)
Director: Antonio Bigini, Mariann Lewinsky
Stars: Irène Jacob
 
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Wer hat Angst vor Sibylle Berg? (2015 Documentary)
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(84 mins.)
Director: Wiltrud Baier, Sigrun Köhler
 
Image of The Dreamed Ones
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The Dreamed Ones (2016)
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(89 mins.)
Director: Ruth Beckermann
Stars: Anja Plaschg, Laurence Rupp
 
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Was du willst (2008 Documentary)
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(41 mins.)
Director: Bettina Braun
Stars: Ali El Mkllaki, Moussa El Mkllaki, Alban Kadiri, Kais Setti
 
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Examined Life (2008 Documentary)
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Examined Life pulls philosophy out of academic journals and classrooms, and puts it back on the streets... (87 mins.)
Director: Astra Taylor
Stars: K. Anthony Appiah, Judith Butler, Michael Hardt, Martha Nussbaum