documentary
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KINGS OF PASTRY
If watching grown men burst into tears over a tart that can ruin their lives is your idea of fun, then this is the movie for you. This truly captivating movie from award winning filmmakers D. A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegadus (‘The War Room’ ‘Moon Over Broadway’) follows three Pastry Chefs as they go into…
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RESTREPO
This extraordinary documentary is the ultimate in cinema verite and is the work of two intrepid and fearless filmmakers who chose to live through a grueling 14-month tour of duty with a company of American solders in one of the most dangerous parts of Afghanistan. They witness and record everything that happens: reconnaissance missions, constant…
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Casino Jack and the United States of Money
A fascinating documentary that tracked the rise and fall of the powerful lobbyist Jack Abramoff who at one time was funneling huge funds to help bank roll most of the Republican Party’s key players and a few minor Democrats too. It was ill-gained money that he wrangled out of Indian Tribes and the Government of…
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The Boys : The Sherman Brothers
Richard and Robert Sherman are two remarkable songwriters who so excelled at writing smash hit songs for family musical that they became the only in-house composers that the Walt Disney Studios ever hired. They were responsible for all the sugary hits in classic children movies such as ‘Mary Poppins’, ‘The Jungle Book’, ‘The Parent Trap’,…
