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Follow the exciting story of five young men who rose from humble beginnings in Brazil to form the leading CS:GO (or Counter Strike: Global Offensive) team in the world, SK Gaming. After many years of struggle, the Counter Strike professionals now travel the world to participate in high-pressure international tournaments. In spite of their many successes, the team still deals with the loneliness of life on the road and the other challenges faced by elite eSports athletes. SK Gaming takes you behind the scenes and gives a detailed, raw look at the life of the newest class of elite athletes.
SK Gaming: The Journey (2018 )
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This award-winning, thrilling story is about a group of discarded kids who revolutionized skateboarding and shaped the attitude and culture of modern day extreme sports. Featuring old skool skating footage, exclusive interviews and a blistering rock soundtrack, DOGTOWN AND Z-BOYS captures the rise of the Zephyr skateboarding team from Venice's Dogtown, a tough "locals only" beach with a legacy of outlaw surfing.
Dogtown and Z-Boys (2002 )
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Originally as a behind the scene documentary of Ye Jing’s film Songs of the Youth 1969. Director Ye Jing isolates 13 young people in a disused firearms factory, then dresses them in Cultural Revolution-era clothing and has them listen to Cultural Revolution-era music day in and day out as a kind of anthropological experiment.
In Character (2018 )
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This Business Of Autism is an expository documentary film about the economic and societal benefits of employing young adults with autism. The film addresses the positive impacts of developing profitable businesses while leveraging the unique capabilities of adults with autism, at the crossroads of government programs, corporate social responsibility, entrepreneurship, and family.
This Business of Autism (2018 )
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Slipknot performs live at the London Arena, summer 2002, in support of their Iowa album.
Slipknot: Disasterpieces (2002 )
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A biographical documentary about the life Hazel Dickens profiling a modern woman dealing with contemporary issues from a feminist perspective that is the product of her experiences being Appalachian, being displaced physically and culturally, being poor and working class, being a woman artist in a man’s world, and being a bearer of tradition.
Hazel Dickens: It’s Hard to Tell the Singer from the Song (2002 )
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A film featuring the veteran soul music artists and music of Stax Records.
Only the Strong Survive (2002 )
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Susana Schnarndorf, a professional swimmer and mother of three, discovers a degenerative disease, which forces her to decide between the sportive career and the maternal role in the face of her last great battle: surviving.
A Day for Susana (2018 )
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This star-studded gala celebrates the centenary of the birth of legendary Broadway composer Richard Rodgers. Rodgers' contribution to musical theatre was extraordinary, including 900 published songs, 40 Broadway musicals and several film scores. Rodgers, together with lyricists Lorenz Hart and later Oscar Hammerstein II, wrote many of the best known musicals of the 20th Century, including Babes In Arms, Oklahoma!, Carousel, South Pacific, The King and I and The Sound of Music. This performance at London's Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, directed for the stage by Simon Callow, includes songs, dance, staged numbers and anecdotes featuring leading stars from both Broadway and London's West End. The cast comprises luminaries drawn from Oklahoma!, Kiss Me Kate, Chicago, The King and I and other recent productions as well as from television. This musical extravaganza features many of Rodgers' best-loved classics.
Richard Rodgers: Some Enchanted Evening (2002 )
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On Any Sunday, The Next Chapter” is an exploration into the two-wheeled world of motorcycle riding. The film journeys deeper into the humanity, thrills and excitement behind the global culture of motorcycle riding. We meet those who are bonded by their passion for the race, we experience the exhilaration of the ride and we witness the love of family and friendship as each individual seeks out their next thrilling moment on the bike.
On Any Sunday: The Next Chapter (2014 )
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A group of passionate young environmentalists spend 100 days in the jungles of Borneo in effort to save the rainforests and its endangered orangutans in this Australian documentary...
Rise of the Eco-Warriors (2014 )
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The remarkable story of The Weather Underground, radical activists of the 1970s, and of radical politics at its best and most disastrous.
The Weather Underground (2002 )
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Egyptians were famed for their extravagant building techniques and extraordinary gods, but what about the ordinary citizens? How did they lead their day to day lives? What did they do for entertainment? Did they believe in their gods? Discover astonishing facts that throw new light on our understanding of the Ancient Egyptians.
The Hidden History of Egypt (2002 )
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The ancient Chinese game of Go has long been considered a grand challenge for artificial intelligence. Yet in 2016, Google's DeepMind team announced that they would be taking on Lee Sedol, the world's most elite Go champion. AlphaGo chronicles the team as it prepares to test the limits of its rapidly-evolving AI technology. The film pits man against machine, and reveals as much about the workings of the human mind as it does the future of AI.
AlphaGo (2017 )
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This seven year journey chronicles the brash once-respected Canadian comedian Richard Lett, whose addiction to drugs and alcohol lead him to become homeless; estranged from his daughter and community.
Never Be Done: The Richard Glen Lett Story (2020 )
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After their success climbing the world’s hardest offwidth, the Wide Boyz, Pete Whittaker and Tom Randall, embark on their next crack climbing mission. This time their sights are set on the thinner end of the crack climbing spectrum. Their goal is the mighty Cobra Crack in Squamish BC, considered to be the hardest finger crack in the world. First climbed by Canadian ‘rock star’ Sonnie Trotter after battling it out with Didier Berthod, the route hit the media spotlight in the film First Ascent. With no local hard cracks to train on, the Wide Boyz refit their underground training dungeon and commit to a year of torturous finger training. With only a short trip to Canada planned, the Boyz face their biggest challenge yet against the sharp granite bite of the mighty Cobra Crack!
Wide Boyz II – Slender Gentlemen (2014 )
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The children of "Happy Valley" were victimized for years, by a key member of the legendary Penn State college football program. But were Jerry Sandusky’s crimes an open secret? With rare access, director Amir Bar-Lev delves beneath the headlines to tell a modern American parable of guilt, redemption, and identity.
Happy Valley (2014 )
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In 1998 Marco Pantani, the most flamboyant and popular cyclist of his era, won both the Tour de France and Giro d'Italia, a titanic feat of physical and mental endurance that no rider has repeated since. He was a hero to millions, the saviour of cycling following the doping scandals which threatened to destroy the sport. However, less than six years later, aged just 34, he died alone, in a cheap hotel room, from acute cocaine poisoning. He had been an addict for five years. This is the story of the tragic battles fought by the most important Italian cyclist of his generation; man verses mountain, athlete verses addiction, Marco Pantani verses himself.
Pantani: The Accidental Death of a Cyclist (2014 )
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At 37 years old, time is not on his side. Sergio 'Marvelous' Martinez can drop the best boxers with his lightning strikes, floor the most beautiful women with his devastating looks, and has a hard-scrabble immigrant story and work ethic that make him the hero of the Latin street. But a willingness to call it the way he sees it and speak truth to power, has left him a virtual pariah in the notorious corrupt world of professional boxing. This is story of a man fighting to fight. But the clock is ticking. It may already be too late.
Marvelous, the Film (2014 )
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1 day. 100 miles. The idea sounds impossible to most of us, but that's the challenge Ashley Lindsey faces in 'Solstice,' which documents her attempt to finish the Western States 100 Mile Endurance Run in California's Sierra Nevada Mountains. The world's oldest and most prestigious 100 mile trail race, Western States runners travel from Squaw Valley to Auburn, battling bitter cold, stifling heat, and their own mental and physical limitations along the way. From mountain peaks to river canyons, runners climb over 18,000 vertical feet and descend nearly 23,000 feet on this ultimate challenge for long distance runners. 'Solstice' is the story of a rookie attempting to run 100 miles for the first time, and to prove that 'impossible' is just a word.
Solstice (2014 )
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Jack Coleman's Nameless Direction Underground premieres his fourth fully independent feature length surf film. Groove Move celebrates the pure heart and soul of surfing, with the world's top experimental board riders. It features surfing's underground, as well as some of its most recognized faces. Shot entirely on SUPER 8 film, digitally transferred to HD with the newest technology, for a truly nostalgic cinematic adventure.
Groove Move (2014 )
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Actor Jeremy Irons embarks on an epic journey through the halls of the Prado Museum in Madrid, Spain, two hundred years after its inauguration, along corridors where thousands of masterpieces of all time tell the lives of rulers and common people, and tales about times of war and madness and times of peace and happiness; because, as Goya said, imagination, the mother of the arts, produces impossible monsters, but also unspeakable wonders.
The Prado Museum: A Collection of Wonders (2019 )
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Long a mainstay of Christchurch’s underground music scene, Into the Void are ready for their close-up in this lively and eccentric film which documents two plus decades of heavy rocking, hard drinking and artistic endeavour.
Into the Void (2014 )
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Known for what must be the cheapest and cheesiest of the indie film world, Troma films takes on Cannes with gallons of fake blood, the Tronettes, and numerous hijinks by an uncontrollable group of volunteer Troma fans, costumed, naked, and did I mention covered with blood? While any publicity is good publicity, the low budget Troma films must wonder what this will do to their reputation. And I think they're thinking, woohoo!
All the Love You Cannes! (2002 )
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Gary Barlow performs 28 tracks on his 2014 ‘Since I Saw You Last’ Tour live from the Manchester Phones 4U Arena. The show features much loved solo and Take That classics as well as material from his double platinum solo album 'Since I Saw You Last'.Set list First songs "Since I Saw You Last "Greatest Day" "Candy "Requiem" "Pray" "A Million Love Songs" "Shine" (with Eliza Doolittle) "Lie to Me" Acoustic medley "How Deep Is Your Love" "Shame" "So Help Me Girl" Swing medley "Sure" "Everything Changes" "Could It Be Magic" Ballads medley "Nobody Else" "Love Ain't Here Anymore" "Dying Inside" "Said It All" "The Garden" "Forever Love" Final songs "Sing" (with a local school choir) "The Flood" "Face to Face" (with Elton John on the big screen) "Back for Good" "Relight My Fire" "Let Me Go" "Rule the World" Encore "Jump" "Never Forget"
Gary Barlow: Since You Saw Him Last (2014 )
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Kevin Smith interacts in Q&A sessions throughout various college stops in the USA.
An Evening with Kevin Smith (2002 )
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Les Vieilles Canailles is the name of the trio bringing together singers Jacques Dutronc , Eddy Mitchell and Johnny Hallyday . Les Vieilles Canailles performed for the first time on the Bercy stage , where they gave six performances, from November 5 to 10, 2014 . In June and July 2017 , the trio reform during a tour in France , Belgium and Switzerland .
Les Vieilles Canailles (2014 )
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This documentary follows 8 teens and pre-teens as they work their way toward the finals of the Scripps Howard national spelling bee championship in Washington D.C.
Spellbound (2002 )
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In the early 1970s a young guitarist from Austin, Texas began to make his name on the local blues circuit, committed to a musical form many thought outdated. A decade on, that same guitarist became an international superstar. A player of passion, energy and awe-inspiring technical virtuosity, Stevie Ray Vaughan not only brought the blues heritage of his home state to a global audience, he reinvigorated the genre itself, introducing it to a new generation of listeners in the process. This film reveals and dissects the formative years of Stevie Ray Vaughan's career; his influences, his first recordings and the bands with whom he honed his craft and traces the history of Texas blues itself, identifying Vaughan's place within this larger tradition. It is the journey of both a musical form and the single-minded musician who brought it firmly back into the spotlight after decades of neglect.
Rise of a Texas Bluesman: Stevie Ray Vaughan 1954-1983 (2014 )
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This is a documentary short film by Linkin Park. The video was released a week before the band's fifth studio album, Living Things. The video album consisted of many chapters but it had some missing chapters. The missing chapters included "Piledriver" (Making of Lies Greed Misery), "Apaches" (Making of Until it Breaks), "360 Body Scan", "Making of the Album Cover" and "The Story".
Inside Living Things (2012 )
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Three young Cuban baseball players leave their families and risk exile to train in Central America and chase their dreams of playing in the Major Leagues.
The Last Out (2020 )
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Follow one of the world's most exciting new alternative rock bands band during the process of writing and recording their debut album at the Palms Studio in their hometown of Las Vegas as well as a quick history of the band and how they formed.
Imagine Dragons: The Making of Night Visions (2014 )