Movies and TvShows featuring "documentarist" theme.
Follow the adventures of Eliza Thornberry, a young girl who has the ability to talk to animals. She travels with her eccentric family in their hi-tech RV, encountering various wildlife and exploring different cultures.
This documentary delves deep into the world of internet porn, exploring the shady practices, capitalism, and feminism within the industry. It examines the lives of adult film stars, directors, and performers, and discusses the financial difficulties and challenges they face. Through interviews and graphic footage, it sheds light on the vast income and revenue generated by the industry while highlighting the need for reform.
Follow a group of recent high school graduates as they navigate their way through their last summer together before heading off to college. Filled with comedy, romance, and coming-of-age moments, this movie explores the highs and lows of teenage life and the importance of friendship.
Hemingway & Gellhorn is a movie based on the real-life love story and turbulent relationship between Ernest Hemingway and Martha Gellhorn. Set against the backdrop of the Spanish Civil War and World War II, the film explores their passionate love affair, artistic ambitions, and the challenges they faced as both war correspondents and partners. It delves into their volatile personalities, their shared addiction to alcohol, and their constant need for adventure. Despite their intense love, the relationship suffers from infidelity, jealousy, and the pressures of fame, eventually leading to their divorce.
Recep Ivedik 6 is a hilarious comedy movie where Recep goes on a trip to Africa. In an absurd turn of events, his trip goes wrong and he finds himself in hilarious situations. With the help of his friends, Recep tries to survive in the African savannah and encounters various wild animals, tribes, and unique rituals. This comedy movie is filled with laughter and adventure.
In Ghoul, a group of documentarists explores the horrifying history of a cannibalistic mass murderer in Ukraine. The film is presented as a found-footage-style pseudo-documentary, delving into the dark and sinister secrets of the past.
Living Among Us (2018) is a horror comedy film that follows a documentary crew as they explore the existence of vampires living among humans. The crew gets more than they bargained for when they find themselves in the midst of a vampire feast.
A filmmaker, reeling from the death of her famous father, falls down the rabbit hole of a charismatic homeless man who becomes the subject of her latest documentary and her new love interest.
Daniel Northcott began documenting his surroundings at 7 when he got his dad's video camera. He filmed his family and friends growing up then traveled, capturing meaningful moments with new people and places. Real footage captures this haunting and inspiring story of filmmaker Daniel Northcott's travels over 9 years, through 42 countries and into the darkness of a Mayan burial chamber where his life is changed forever. Did Daniel stumble upon an ancient curse, or did he write himself out of his own epic story? At 29 years young Daniel left in his will 1,100 hours of videotapes and a request that his sister Erin complete the sacred circle that he left broken.
The film's main theme is obsession. An obsession with love, with art, originality, copying, with success, money and... with oneself. Sooner or later, if we lose our rational upper hand over it and let ourselves be dragged down by it, every obsession leads to destruction. But it is only when being dragged down, in spite of all the cuts and bruises, that we find a unique DELIGHT, if only for a few short moments - and what else is life really about? It is like a drug. What at first seems to be weak and trivial is capable of expanding and growing into a serious problem that can appear to be absolutely incomprehensible and absurd to those who have never experienced anything like it.
When Chris arrives at the village of T'boli in lake Sebu, South Cotabato, he thought he has left his dark recent past behind. He is working on commission as a video documentarist to make a profile on the women T'boli and their changing views on multiple marriages. The most affluent men, called Datu, marry more than once and each time pays dowry to the family of the women they marry. When a young T'boli woman, Ngapon, tells Chris that she wants to be free from a marriage that was set by her parents and to go to Manila, Chris begins to confront waht he left in the city. Like the proud Datu with many wives, Chris has Denver, a bronze skinned lover in Manila, who is proud of his relationships. Denver lives with Chris in an apartment as partners yet he still goes into sexual and emotional relationships with other men. Ngapon's quest for freedom becomes Chris journey to a very sad dark past. - Written by Anonymous
A filmmaker is commissioned to film a documentary on the social reality of the Lacandon people in the state of Chiapas. As he enters the harsh living conditions of this indigenous community, his social conscience forces him to confront his superiors, who threaten to destroy his material.
To celebrate the centenary of WW1, a TV Documentary team travels to the Somme to put together a ratings smash about new mysteries relating to the famous battle. However, what they unearth is far from a new story of those that died 100 years ago – but an army of the undead and a brand new war.
Peter von Bagh's documentary about Juhani Aho and people around him.
Documentary filmmaker Tatiana is working on a film about former European boxing champion Vadim Larin. As a director, she wants him to return to the ring, which would make her film more optimistic. Larin himself, touched by Tatiana's attention and in love with her, is ready to respond to this wish. However, a victorious return to the ring did not work out...
Himlens mörkrum is a biographical documentary that revolves around the life and work of a photographer. It explores the world of analogue photography, darkroom techniques, and the challenges faced by a documentarist in capturing the essence of their subjects. The movie also delves into the importance of preserving and showcasing a photo archive through exhibitions.
Two siblings set sail as a crew on a yacht on the Aegean Sea. Circumstances soon change when a young documentary filmmaker comes aboard.
A final outcry before it all disappears. 90 percent of the marshlands of Mesopotamia have already been irrevocably destroyed by war and the oil industry. A stirring account of an overlooked natural disaster.
In 1998, documentary filmmaker Robert Drew and his associates attend the Museum of Tolerance.