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Hale County This Morning, This Evening

Daniel Collins · Cinema Guild
Format: DVD

Academy Award Nominee - Best Documentary Feature 2018 In his directorial debut, award-winning photographer and director RaMell Ross offers a refreshingly direct approach to documentary that fills in the gaps between individual black male icons. Hale County This Morning, This Evening allows...
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Fail State

Alexander Shebanow · Gravitas Ventures
Format: DVD

Executive produced by news legend Dan Rather, Fail State investigates the dark side of American higher education, chronicling decades of policy decisions in Washington DC that have given rise to a powerful and highly-predatory for-profit college industry. With echoes of the subprime mortgage...
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The Dawn Wall

Tommy Caldwell · Red Bull Media House, Sender Films
Format: DVD

The Dawn Wall transcends initial conventional sports documentary trappings, emerging as an affecting portrait of conquering personal limitations. --Los Angeles TimesA riveting and spectacular documentary ... --VarietyAs the most genuine of crowd-pleasers, it will have you rooting instantly...
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Piripkura

Bruno Jorge, Mariana Oliva, Renata Terra · Cinema Libre
Format: DVD

The last two surviving members of the Piripkura people, a nomadic tribe in the Mato Grasso region of Brazil, struggle to maintain their indigenous way of life amidst the region s massive deforestation. Living deep in the rain forest, Pakyî and Tamandua live off the land relying on a machete,...
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Amercian Experience: The Circus

Sharon Grimberg · PBS Distribution
Format: Book

The Circus explores the colorful history of this popular, influential and distinctly American form of entertainment, from the first one-ring show at the end of the 18th century to 1956, when the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey big top was pulled down for the last time.
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Never-Ending Man: Hayao Miyazaki

Kaku Arakawa
Format: Book

Never-Ending Man: Hayao Miyazaki is a 2016 Japanese television documentary film directed by Kaku Arakawa. The film follows the Academy Award-winning animator and filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki in the wake of his decision to retire, including documenting the early production of his 2018 short...
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Documenting Hate Charlottesville and new American Nazis

Frontline · PBS Distribution
Format: DVD

Exposing the white supremacists and Neo-Nazis involved in the 2017 Charlottesville rally. Exposing a neo-Nazi group that has actively recruited inside the U.S. military. An investigation with ProPublica shows the group's terrorist objectives and how it gained strength after the 2017...
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Weed The People

Angela Smith · Giant Interactive
Format: DVD

A compelling look beyond the pot-activist propaganda and politics, revealing the legitimate science behind cannabis medicine and the stories of ordinary people whose lives are caught up in the controversy.
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Charm City

Marilyn Ness
Format: Book

CHARM CITY delivers a candid portrait of citizens, police, community advocates, and government officials on the frontlines during three years of unparalleled, escalating violence in Baltimore. The film highlights the positive actions undertaken by groups and individuals, who come together...
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