documentary
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My Scientology Movie
British/American journalist and filmmaker Louis Theroux is known mainly for his series of Weird Weekends documentaries which covered marginal, mostly American subcultures such as survivalists, black nationalists, white supremacists and porn stars. His whole raison d’être is based on his seemingly unquenchable thirst to bring a sense of understanding to these issues which on the surface make…
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Devoted to Dries
Finally the long-awaited trailer has arrived of a new documentary on Dries Van Noten who queerguru has always maintained is the most-underrated fashion designer of his generation. The openly-gay Van Noten from Antwerp allowed German filmmaker Reiner Holzemer to accompany him in his creative process, and his home life, for an entire year. It documents the precise…
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Memories of A Penitent Heart
When Cecilia Aldarondo’s mother was clearing her garage out in 2008 she called her daughter and asked if she would be interested in a box of decaying 8mm home movies and several hundred slides that she had just uncovered. Little did she know then when she agreed to take the box did she ever imagine the…
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Waiting For B
This very quirky and rather slight documentary tells the tale of a group of young Brazilian Beyonce fans in São Paulo who camped outside a stadium for two months before her concert just to ensure to be to get a good spot to see the Show. Most of them were total strangers, and all of them flamboyantly…
