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Academy Awards
Documentary
(Feature)
The
Academy Awards are given annually by the Academy of Motion Picture
Arts and Sciences in multiple categories including Motion
Picture, Documentary (Feature), Foreign Language
Film, and Animated Feature Film. A full
listing of the Best Documentaries can be found on the Academy Awards site.
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- 2007
Taxi to the Dark Side
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- 2006
An Inconvenient Truth
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A passionate and inspiring look at former Vice President Al Gore's campaign to expose the myths and misconceptions of global warming, and to create public awareness on the subject. Directed by Davis Guggenheim. Hosted by Al Gore. PG
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- 2005
March of the Penguins
- In the Antarctic, every March since the beginning of time, the quest begins to find the perfect mate and start a family. This courtship will begin with a long journey - a journey that will take them hundreds of miles across the continent by foot, one by one in a single file. They will endure freezing temperatures, in brittle, icy winds and through deep, treacherous waters. They will risk starvation and attack by dangerous predators, under the harshest conditions on earth, all to find true love. Directed by Laurent Chalet & Jérôme Maison. Narrated by Morgan Freeman. G
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- 2004
Born into Brothels
- While living in the red light district of Calcutta, documenting life in the brothels, New York-based photographer Zana Briski embarked on a project by which she gave cameras to the children of prostitutes and taught them photography, awakening within them hidden talent and creativity and giving them a means to transform their lives. Directed by
Ross Kauffman & Zana Briski. Featuring Zana Briski. R
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- 2003
The
Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara
- The story of America as seen through the eyes of the former
Secretary of Defense, under President Kennedy and President Johnson,
Robert S. McNamara. McNamara was one of the most controversial
and influential political figures of the 20th century. Now, he
offers a candid and intimate journey through some of the most
seminal events in contemporary American history. He offers new
and often surprising insights into the 1945 bombing of Tokyo,
the Cuban Missile Crisis, and the effects of the Vietnam War.
Directed by Errol Morris. PG-13
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2002
- Bowling
For Columbine
- The United States of America is notorious for its astronomical
number of people killed by firearms for a developed nation without
a civil war. With his signature sense of angry humor, activist
filmmaker Michael Moore sets out to explore the roots of this
bloodshed. Directed by Michael Moore. R
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2001
- Murder
on a Sunday Morning (Un coupable idéal)
- When a 15-year-old black male is arrested for the murder of
Mary Ann Stephens, everyone involved in the case from investigators
to journalists is ready to condemn him, except for his public
defence lawyer, Patrick McGuiness. A true tale of murder and injustice.
Directed by Jean-Xavier de Lestrade. NR
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2000
- Into
The Arms of Strangers: Stories Of The Kindertransport
- The life-affirming tale of 10,000 children saved from Hitler's
grasp and placed with foster parents and hostels in Great Britain
at the outbreak of World War II. Includes archival footage and
decades-later remembrances of both rescuers and the rescued. Directed
by Mark Jonathan Harris. Based on the book Into
The Arms Of Strangers: Stories Of The Kindertransport
by Mark Jonathan Harris & Deborah Oppenheimer.
PG
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1999
- One
Day In September
- This is the shocking and incredibly true story of the brutal
massacre of 11 Israeli athletes by a team of extreme Palestinian
terrorists during the 1972 Olympics in Munich, Germany. From terrorist
training in Libya to the terrorists sneaking into the Olympic
Village to the tension-filled negotiations to the shocking conclusion
at a German airport. Told with actual video shot during the crisis.
Directed by Kevin Macdonald. R
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1998
The Last Days |
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1997
- The
Long Way Home
- The story of the post World War II Jewish refugee situation
from liberation to the establishment of the modern state of Israel.
Directed by Mark Jonathan Harris. NR
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1996
- When
We Were Kings
- It's 1974, Muhammed Ali is 32 and thought by many to be past
his prime. George Forman is ten years younger and the Heavyweight
champion of the world. Promoter Don King wants to make a name
for himself and offers both fighters five million dollars apiece
to fight one another, and when they accept, King has only to come
up with the money. He finds a backer in Mobutu Sese Suko, the
dictator of Zaire and the "Rumble in the Jungle" is set. Directed
by Leon Gast. PG
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1995
- Anne
Frank Remembered
- Using previously unreleased archival material in addition to
contemporary interviews, this documentary tells the story of the
Frank family and presents the first fully-rounded portrait of
their brash and free-spirited daughter Anne, perhaps the world's
most famous victim of the Holocaust. Directed by Jon Blair. PG
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