1960

Primary

6.475/40

Primary is a documentary film about the primary elections between John F. Kennedy and Hubert Humphrey in 1960. Primary is the first documentary to use...

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Primary

1994

Hoop Dreams

7.576/330

Every school day, African-American teenagers William Gates and Arthur Agee travel 90 minutes each way from inner-city Chicago to St. Joseph High Schoo...

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Hoop Dreams

1950

Screen Actors

6.333/3

This short film takes a look at the off-screen personas of screen actors. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2012.

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Screen Actors

1971

Sikkim

6.667/3

Satyajit Ray's poetic documentary was commissioned by the Chogyal (King) of Sikkim at a time when he felt the sovereignty of Sikkim was under threat f...

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Sikkim

1949

The Art Director

7/2

A film's art director is in charge of the set, from conception to construction to furnishing. This short film walks the viewer through art directors'...

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The Art Director

1944

The Town

6/3

The Town was a short propaganda film produced by the Office of War Information in 1945. It presents an idealized vision of American life, shown in mic...

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The Town

1983

I Be Done Been Was Is

0/0

A documentary about four African-American comediennes set in 1984. Restored in 2021 by the Academy Film Archive. 

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I Be Done Been Was Is

1977

Harlan County U.S.A.

7.487/114

This film documents the coal miners' strike against the Brookside Mine of the Eastover Mining Company in Harlan County, Kentucky in June, 1973. Eastov...

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Harlan County U.S.A.

1963

Showman

6.667/3

Albert and David Maysles (Gimme Shelter) directed this 53-minute documentary about movie tycoon Joseph E. Levine (1963). Preserved by the Academy Fil...

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Showman

1945

Appointment in Tokyo

6.4/5

Produced by the Army Pictorial Service, Signal Corps, with the cooperation of the Army Air Forces and the United States Navy, and released by Warner B...

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Appointment in Tokyo

1982

A Crime to Fit the Punishment

8/1

This fascinating making-of documentary investigates the controversy and political atmosphere surrounding the production of Salt of the Earth, movingly...

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A Crime to Fit the Punishment

1943

Food and Magic

5.833/6

A sideshow barker uses magic and visual aids to alert the public that proper food management is both a resource and a weapon that could be to America'...

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Food and Magic

1963

The Chair

7.5/2

Follows a crusading lawyer as he embarks on a campaign to save an African-American man, Paul Crump, from the electric chair. Preserved by the Academy...

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The Chair

1971

I Don't Know

4.4/5

A truly major work, I Don’t Know observes the relationship between a lesbian and a transgender person who prefers to be identified somewhere in betwee...

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I Don't Know

1942

The Battle of Midway

5.894/80

The Japanese attack on Midway in June 1942, filmed as it happened. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive, in partnership with Twentieth Century Fox F...

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The Battle of Midway

1975

The Man Who Skied Down Everest

6.762/21

This Oscar-winning documentary tells the story behind Japanese daredevil Yuichiro Miura's 1970 effort to ski down the world's tallest mountain.

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The Man Who Skied Down Everest

1972

Marjoe

7.6/35

Part documentary, part expose, this film follows one-time child evangelist Marjoe Gortner on the "church tent" Revivalist circuit, commenting on the s...

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Marjoe

1979

Soft Fiction

8/6

Chick Strand's SOFT FICTION is a personal documentary that brilliantly portrays the survival power of female sensuality. It combines the documentary a...

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Soft Fiction

1950

The Costume Designer

10/1

This short focuses on the job of the costume designer in the production of motion pictures. The costume designer must design clothing that is correct...

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The Costume Designer

1948

California's Golden Beginning

9/1

A description and enactment of the discovery of gold by James Marshall, and the role played by John Sutter. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive.

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California's Golden Beginning