Documentary Movies
Beah: A Black Woman Speaks (2004)
Beah: A Black Woman Speaks is a 2003 documentary about the life of Academy Award nominated actress Beah Richards. Directed by Lisa Gay Hamilton, it won the Documentary Award at…
A Place of Our Own (2004)
Filmmaker Stanley Nelson’s look back at the 40 years he spent summering at Oak Bluffs, a black-oriented resort community on Martha’s Vineyard.
Marco Polo: The China Mystery Revealed (2004)
Marco Polo became a legend after his epic, 24 year trek across Asia. Was he the world’s greatest overland explorer? Or the biggest liar? National Geographic’s own legend, Michael Yamashita,…
Control Room (2004)
A chronicle which provides a rare window into the international perception of the Iraq War, courtesy of Al Jazeera, the Arab world’s most popular news outlet. Roundly criticized by Cabinet…
In the Realms of the Unreal (2004)
In the Realms of the Unreal is a documentary about the reclusive Chicago-based artist Henry Darger. Henry Darger was so reclusive that when he died his neighbors were surprised to…
The Gerson Miracle (2004)
In 1928, Dr. Max Gerson, a German-Jewish researcher, stumbled upon a therapy that has cured tens of thousands of people worldwide since then, including patients’s previously thought incurable by their…
Pink Floyd: Inside Pink Floyd: A Critical Review 1975-1996 (2004)
In this revised second edition of the ultimate critical guide to the work of Pink Floyd, you’ll be privy to an embarrassment of riches from the band in concert, on…
Heir To An Execution (2004)
When Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were put to death in 1953 for selling atomic secrets to the USSR, their two children were orphaned after every family member refused to take…
Kizu: The Untold Story of Unit 731 (2004)
Documentary about Japan’s Unit 731 of World War II.
North Korea: A Day in the Life (2004)
If the cityscapes and patriotic anthems of this film seem a far cry from the bleak landscape of Seoul Train, that’s no accident. Dutch filmmaker Pieter Fleury, with the full…
Bumfights Vol. 3: The Felony Footage (2004)
In September 2002, the Bumfights Krew was arrested on seven felony charges for paying homeless people to fight. Finally, thanks to some good lawyers, here is the footage that was…
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years (2004)
Discover how television has reflected the African American experience in this retrospective of the medium’s first half-century. Actors, writers and historians discuss the image of black America on television from…
Rivers of Danger (2004)
The rivers of Africa bring life and abundance to their inhabitants, but they can also be the arena for some of nature’s greatest challenges and dramas. Harsh seasonal cycles dictate…
Louis Theroux: Louis and the Nazis (2003)
Louis Theroux travels to California to meet the man dubbed “the most dangerous racist in America”; Tom Metzger. Louis meets him, his family and his publicity manager as well as…
Five Dedicated to Ozu (2003)
Finding himself in a house in the north of Iran by the Caspian Sea, the director picked up his handheld DV camera and began filming the seemingly anodyne events happening…
Penthouse: Showers of Lust (2003)
Premier Penthouse photographer Hank Londoner has gathered together some of his sexiest, hottest young model to get wet just for you. Penthouse’s Showers of Lust…come join in the fun.
Tupac: Resurrection (2003)
Home movies, photographs, and recited poetry illustrate the life of Tupac Shakur, one of the most beloved, revolutionary, and volatile hip-hop MCs of all time.
Steve-O: Out on Bail (2003)
Outrageous and out of control! Just when you thought it couldn’t get any worse – it did. ‘Out on Bail’ is by far Steve-O’s most shocking DVD yet, loaded with…
Louis Theroux: Louis and the Brothel (2003)
Louis stays with the residents of a soon to open brothel in Nevada for a few weeks.
The Five Obstructions (2003)
Lars von Trier challenges his mentor, filmmaker Jørgen Leth, to remake Leth’s 1967 short film The Perfect Human five times, each with a different set of bizarre and challenging rules.
Bye Bye Africa (2003)
A Chadian film director who lives and works in France returns home upon the death of his mother. He is shocked at the degraded state of the country and the…
Jimi Plays Berkeley (2003)
This rousing world-famous concert is regarded by critics to be one of Jimi Hendrix’s finest performances ever. Taking footage from two separate performances at the Berkeley Community Theater on May…
Wheel of Time (2003)
Wheel of Time is Werner Herzog’s photographed look at the largest Buddhist ritual in Bodh Gaya, India.
The Fog of War (2003)
Using archival footage, cabinet conversation recordings, and an interview of the 85-year-old Robert McNamara, The Fog of War depicts his life, from working as a WWII whiz-kid military officer, to…
Tarnation (2003)
Filmmaker Jonathan Caouette’s documentary on growing up with his schizophrenic mother — a mixture of snapshots, Super-8, answering machine messages, video diaries, early short films, and more — culled from…
Windy City Heat (2003)
A man caught up in the glamor of being a Hollywood celebrity has no idea that the production he’s in is a fake.
Concert for George (2003)
As a memorial to George Harrison on the first anniversary of his passing, The Concert for George was held at the Royal Albert Hall in London on 29 November 2002…
The Net (2003)
More of a film essay – of the type pioneered by Orson Welles and Chris Marker – than a standard documentary, German filmmaker Lutz Dammbeck’s The Net: The Unabomber, the…
The Godfathers of Mondo (2003)
A look at the careers of Gualtiero Jacopetti and Franco Prosperi who invented the mondo genre with MONDO CANE in 1962. It follows their career until their split in following…
Festival Express (2003)
The filmed account of a large Canadian rock festival train tour boasting major acts. In the summer of 1970, a chartered train crossed Canada carrying some of the world’s greatest…
The Corporation (2003)
Since the late 18th century American legal decision that the business corporation organizational model is legally a person, it has become a dominant economic, political and social force around the…
Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer (2003)
British documentarian Nick Broomfield creates a follow-up piece to his 1992 documentary of the serial killer Aileen Wuornos, a highway prostitute who was convicted of killing six men in Florida…
Dying at Grace (2003)
This film is about the experience of dying. Five terminal patients in a Palliative Care Unit share the last days of their lives and deaths with a film crew.
Game Over: Kasparov and the Machine (2003)
Garry Kasparov is possibly the greatest chess player who has ever lived. In 1997, he played a match against the greatest chess computer: IBM’s Deep Blue. He lost. This film…
Touching the Void (2003)
The true story of Joe Simpson and Simon Yates’ disastrous and nearly-fatal mountain climb of 6,344m Siula Grande in the Cordillera Huayhuash in the Peruvian Andes in 1985.
Unlikely Heroes (2003)
For most, the idea of Jewish resistance or defiance during the Holocaust is limited to the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising and a few isolated acts throughout WWII. “Unlikely Heroes”, narrated by…
Step Into Liquid (2003)
No special effects. No stuntmen. No stereotypes. No other feeling comes close. Surfers and secret spots from around the world are profiled in this documentary.
Beef (2003)
A documentary on the evolution of MC battles from verbal one-upmanship to street warfare.
Penthouse Pet of the Year 2003 (2003)
After much deliberation (and wading through a mountain of votes), Penthouse has the pleasure of naming Sunny Leone our Pet of the Year for 2003. All of last year’s contenders…
Mayor of the Sunset Strip (2003)
A look at the history of fame in the world through the eyes of pop star impresario, Rodney Bingenheimer