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A fascinating account of the presidency of Andrew Jackson, who was both one of America's great presidents and a borderline tyrant. The seventh...

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

Since the late 18th century American legal decision that the business corporation organizational model is legally a person, it has become a dominant...

Produced in the UK on a zero-budget, the filmmakers spent two years contacting and interviewing journalists, organisers and critics of the corrupt...

Les Blank's poetic documentation of 1967's Los Angeles Easter Sunday Love-In. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2002.

A lyrical recreation of Lightnin’ Hopkins’ decision at age eight to stop chopping cotton and start singing for a living. Preserved by...

A found-footage short film documentary exploring the tragedies surrounding America's royal family: The Kennedys. The film highlights the Camelot era...

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...

An Oscar-nominated film with no narration showing the Exploratorium (The Palace of Arts and Science) in San Francisco. It shows many of the exhibits...

Three young ladies perform yoga without clothes in the open air of Cyprus. Another does the same in a studio. These visuals are interspersed with...

Shut Up and Sing is a documentary about the country band from Texas called the Dixie Chicks and how one tiny comment against President Bush dropped...