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An investigation of how Hollywood's fabled stories have deeply influenced how Americans feel about transgender people, and how transgender people...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Laverne Cox

An unprecedented and intimate look at the life, work and enduring legacy of British actress Audrey Hepburn (1929-1993).

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Alessandra Ferri

The fantastic story of how an ancient martial art, Chinese kung fu, conquered the world through the hundreds of films that were produced in Hong Kong...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Alan Hofmanis

Deep Throat, a pornographic film directed by Gerard Damiano, a film-loving hairdresser, and starring Linda Lovelace, a shy girl manipulated by a...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Anna Sigalevitch

Using testimonies by pioneers and witnesses of the times, delve into the feverish visual culture the media generated – with far-fetched...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Sarah-Jane Sauvegrain

An exploration of the cinematic history of the folk horror, from its beginnings in the UK in the late sixties; through its proliferation on British...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Abraham Castillo Flores

The epic life story of Alice Guy-Blaché (1873–1968), a French screenwriter, director and producer, true pioneer of cinema, the first...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Jodie Foster

France, 1974. The erotic film Emmanuelle, directed by Just Jaeckin, breaks all records for cinema attendance: the story of the creation of a sensual...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Crystal Shepherd-Cross

A deep investigation, in the way of a poetic essay, on one of the main Latin American movements in cinema, analyzed via the thoughts of its main...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Nelson Pereira dos Santos

The evolution of the zombie from its roots in Haitian voodoo to its coveted role as the world's most popular monster: from being a clumsy corpse to...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: George A. Romero

An account of the extraordinary life of film pioneer Georges Méliès (1861-1938) and the amazing story of the copy in color of his...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Costa-Gavras

The personal and professional story, told in first person, of Spanish actress Carmen Maura, director Pedro Almodóvar's first muse and a...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Agustín Almodóvar

A personal and captivating account of the extraordinary life and work of Ingrid Bergman (1915-82), a young Swedish woman who became one of the most...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Alicia Vikander

A hilarious introduction, using as examples some of the best films ever made, to some of Slovenian philosopher and psychoanalyst Slavoj Žižek's...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Slavoj Žižek

The history of cinematic sound, told by legendary sound designers and visionary filmmakers.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Walter Murch

In 1964, Henri-Georges Clouzot's production of L'Enfer came to a halt. Despite huge expectations, major studio backing and an unlimited budget, after...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Romy Schneider

An account of the life and work of legendary Japanese actor Toshirō Mifune (1920-97), the most prominent actor of the Golden Age of Japanese cinema.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Keanu Reeves

A journey into the labyrinthine heart of ideology, which shapes and justifies both collective and personal beliefs and practices: with an infectious...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Slavoj Žižek

A memory of Marilyn Monroe (1926-1962), woman, actress, goddess, myth, in the words of the Spanish director and scriptwriter José Luis Garci,...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: José Sacristán

The extraordinary life of Orson Welles (1915-85), an enigma of Hollywood, an irreducible independent creator: a musical prodigy, an excellent...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Simon Callow

As told through clips from 183 female directors, this epic history of the cinema focuses on women’s integral role in the development of film...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Tilda Swinton

A worldwide guided tour of the greatest movies ever made and the story of international cinema through the history of cinematic innovation.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Mark Cousins

Television series Golden Sixties examines new insights into Czech and Slovak cinema of the 1960s and the role of the Czechoslovak New Wave. Each...

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Genre: Documentary

Cast: Miroslav Táborský

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Hana Vítová

Running for 7 weeks from July 2007, each week focused on a different genre, examining British film by genre. Presented by Jessica Stevenson (Shaun Of...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Jessica Hynes

Two-part documentary about the Czechoslovak "New Wave" in the '60s, including interviews with directors, actors, and others involved in the industry...

Genre: Documentary

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