
Thomas Hart Benton (1989)
Thomas Hart Benton’s paintings were energetic and uncompromising. Today his works are in museums, but Benton hung them in saloons for ordinary people to appreciate.
Genre: Documentary
Director: Ken Burns
Actors: Burl Ives, Edward R. Murrow, Jason Robards, Thomas Hart Benton
Country: Canada, United States of America
Functional Fitness (2016)
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The Mountains (2023)
Formed by 30 years of home videos, more than 75,000 photographs, and a 1,600-km Arctic Circle road trip, a self-portrait of the men in the filmmaker’s family and the devastating…
Science Friction (2022)
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The Cult of JT LeRoy (2014)
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Tails You Win: The Science of Chance (2012)
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Judy Blume Forever (2023)
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Resident Orca (2024)
Resident Orca tells the unfolding story of a captive whale’s fight for survival and freedom. After decades of failed attempts to bring her home, an unlikely partnership between Indigenous matriarchs,…
Bee Gees: In Our Own Time (2010)
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Mama Africa (2011)
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Shimon’s Returns (2014)
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Damaged: The Very British Obscenity of David Hamilton-Grant (2023)
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The First VCR (2019)
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