https://shotonwhat.com/production-category/documentary The Source for Motion Picture & Television Technical Information Thu, 26 Sep 2024 11:07:26 -0800 en-US hourly 1 https://shotonwhat.com/je-bent-al-hier-2024 Thu, 26 Sep 2024 11:07:26 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/je-bent-al-hier-2024
Director: Inez Eltink
Cinematographer: Jor Broeder
Becoming the best version of yourself, the goal everyone consciously or unconsciously strives for. Everything can always be better, more beautiful, bigger, faster. Nowadays silence is the only time we can relax, but the world we l... ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/cartel-land-2015 Sun, 15 Sep 2024 13:08:19 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/cartel-land-2015
Director: Matthew Heineman
Cinematographer: Matthew Heineman, Matt Porwoll
Filmmaker Matthew Heineman examines the state of the ongoing drug problem along the U.S.-Mexican border. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/guldjakken-fra-struer-til-hall-of-fame-2018 Sat, 31 Aug 2024 20:37:55 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/guldjakken-fra-struer-til-hall-of-fame-2018
Director: Jesper Elming
Cinematographer: Claus Frederiksen
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Director: Orson Welles
Cinematographer: Gary Graver
Essay film shot for TV including Orson Welles reflections on Othello close to the Moviola, a chat with Hilton Edwards and Micheál MacLiammóir and fragments of a conversation with the audience in Boston after a screening of the film. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/f-for-fake-1973 Thu, 29 Aug 2024 12:46:15 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/f-for-fake-1973
Director: Orson Welles, Gary Graver, Oja Kodar, François Reichenbach
Cinematographer: François Reichenbach
A documentary about fraud and fakery. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/ofelia-2024 Wed, 28 Aug 2024 13:43:23 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/ofelia-2024
Director: Facundo Bartucci
Cinematographer: Facundo Mugica
At 88 years old, Ofelia reflects on her life under the attentive gaze of her grandchildren. Family, love, disputes, adventures and tragedies. A story brimming with characters that, as a result of the passing of time, leaves Ofelia... ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/gyani-maiya-2019 Fri, 23 Aug 2024 14:56:35 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/gyani-maiya-2019
Director: Subhashish Panigrahi
Cinematographer: Subhashish Panigrahi
No community can express the pain of losing an elder, especially when she was the last fluent speaker of their language. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/roses-film-cabaret-2021 Tue, 13 Aug 2024 19:36:32 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/roses-film-cabaret-2021
Director: Irena Stetsenko
Cinematographer: Serhiy Stetsenko
ROSES. Film-Cabaret is a documentary cinéma vérité, following Dakh Daughters - an intellectual freak cabaret band, created by seven actresses under the roof of Kyiv experimental ... ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/kacke-kost-geld-2021 Sun, 11 Aug 2024 12:19:29 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/kacke-kost-geld-2021
Director: Joël Mulder
Cinematographer: Mans Buskop
Sheep herder Roelof Kuipers has a dream: starting an 'experience farm'. But how does he envision all this? It starts with a flock of sheep, a public toilet, a turkey and a look in the attic. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/free-solo-2018 Sat, 13 Jul 2024 13:53:16 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/free-solo-2018
Director: Jimmy Chin, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi
Cinematographer: Jimmy Chin, Clair Popkin, Mikey Schaefer
Alex Honnold attempts to become the first person to ever free solo climb El Capitan. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/the-little-church-that-could-2022 Tue, 02 Jul 2024 14:27:45 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/the-little-church-that-could-2022
Director: James Newhook
Cinematographer: James Newhook, Ben Power
Amidst a mostly Catholic community, a small tiny Anglican church offers more to the community of Placentia than people may think, and holds many connections and history to the rest of the world. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/burma-road-flying-tigers-2015 Mon, 01 Jul 2024 16:53:20 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/burma-road-flying-tigers-2015
Director: Chris D. Nebe
Cinematographer: Josh Lim, Josh Miller, JJ Osbun
]]> https://shotonwhat.com/as-the-dust-settles-a-participatory-documentary-shot-at-burning-man-2013 Sun, 19 May 2024 19:06:48 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/as-the-dust-settles-a-participatory-documentary-shot-at-burning-man-2013
Director: Jamie Dee, Roger Ingraham, Jeremy Lubman, Katheryn Mcgaffigan, Tarynn Wiehahn
Cinematographer: Clayton H. Haskell, Stephen Martel Lucas
We captured our life-changing experiences at the annual arts festival held in northern Nevada, known as Burning Man. Our documentary reveals an intimate glimpse of what we discovered about love, creativity, the environment, giftin... ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/woodstock-1970 Fri, 26 Apr 2024 22:30:56 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/woodstock-1970
Director: Michael Wadleigh
Cinematographer: Malcolm Hart, Don Lenzer, Michael Margetts, David Myers, Richard Pearce, Michael Wadleigh, Alfred Wertheimer
The film chronicle of the legendary 1969 music festival. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/towards-the-light-2022 Thu, 11 Apr 2024 21:46:30 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/towards-the-light-2022
Director: Alexander Popov
Cinematographer: Alexander Popov
]]> https://shotonwhat.com/american-symphony-2023 Thu, 11 Apr 2024 04:05:24 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/american-symphony-2023
Director: Matthew Heineman
Cinematographer: Tony Hardmon, Matthew Heineman, Clair Popkin, Thorsten Thielow
In this deeply intimate documentary, musician Jon Batiste attempts to compose a symphony as his wife, writer Suleika Jaouad, undergoes cancer treatment. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/minding-the-gap-2018 Sun, 17 Dec 2023 20:31:22 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/minding-the-gap-2018
Director: Bing Liu
Cinematographer: Bing Liu
Filmmaker Bing Liu searches for correlations between his skateboarder friends' turbulent upbringings and the complexities of modern masculinity. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/a-night-at-the-garden-2017 Sun, 17 Dec 2023 18:08:27 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/a-night-at-the-garden-2017
Director: Marshall Curry
Archival footage of an American Nazi rally that attracted 20,000 people at Madison Square Garden in 1939, shortly before the beginning of World War II. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/of-fathers-and-sons-2017 Sun, 17 Dec 2023 16:32:50 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/of-fathers-and-sons-2017
Director: Talal Derki
Cinematographer: Kahtan Hassoun
Talal Derki returns to his homeland where he gains the trust of a radical Islamist family, sharing their daily life for over two years. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/die-geschichte-vom-weinenden-kamel-2003 Sat, 16 Dec 2023 15:04:46 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/die-geschichte-vom-weinenden-kamel-2003
Director: Byambasuren Davaa, Luigi Falorni
Cinematographer: Luigi Falorni
When a Mongolian nomadic family's newest camel colt is rejected by its mother, a musician is needed for a ritual to change her mind. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/mighty-times-the-childrens-march-2004 Sat, 16 Dec 2023 15:02:17 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/mighty-times-the-childrens-march-2004
Director: Robert Houston
Cinematographer: Geoffrey George
On May 2, 1963, the children of Birmingham, Alabama took to the streets to challenge segregation. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/a-beautiful-planet-2016 Tue, 12 Dec 2023 15:01:17 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/a-beautiful-planet-2016
Director: Toni Myers
Cinematographer: James Neihouse
An exploration of Earth and beyond as seen from the International Space Station. Narrated by Jennifer Lawrence. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/escape-world-safari-iii-1988 Sun, 10 Dec 2023 00:55:15 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/escape-world-safari-iii-1988
Director: Alby Mangels
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Director: Julie Cohen, Betsy West
Cinematographer: Claudia Raschke
The exceptional life and career of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who has developed a breathtaking legal legacy while becoming an unexpected pop culture icon. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/some-kind-of-heaven-2020 Sat, 13 May 2023 12:23:35 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/some-kind-of-heaven-2020
Director: Lance Oppenheim
Cinematographer: David Bolen
Behind the gates of a palm tree-lined fantasyland, four residents of America's largest retirement community, The Villages, FL, strive to find solace and meaning. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/the-kingdom-of-dreams-and-madness-2013 Thu, 27 Apr 2023 15:14:58 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/the-kingdom-of-dreams-and-madness-2013
Director: Mami Sunada
Cinematographer: Mami Sunada
Follows the routines of those employed at Studio Ghibli, including filmmakers Hayao Miyazaki, Isao Takahata, and Toshio Suzuki as they work to release two films simultaneously, The Wind Rises and The Tale of the Princess Kaguya. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/a-dream-of-warsaw-2014 Thu, 20 Apr 2023 22:45:45 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/a-dream-of-warsaw-2014
Director: Krzysztof Magowski
Cinematographer: Maciej Magowski
]]> https://shotonwhat.com/the-rolling-stones-rock-and-roll-circus-1996 Tue, 11 Apr 2023 15:28:16 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/the-rolling-stones-rock-and-roll-circus-1996
Director: Michael Lindsay-Hogg
Cinematographer: Anthony B. Richmond
Originally filmed in December 1968, "The Rock and Roll Circus" was originally intended to be released as a television special. The special was filmed over two nights and featured not only ... ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/the-last-dance-2020 Sat, 08 Apr 2023 23:00:17 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/the-last-dance-2020
Director: Jason Hehir
Cinematographer: Thomas McCallum
Charting the rise of the 1990's Chicago Bulls, led by Michael Jordan, one of the most notable dynasties in sports history. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/on-the-battlefield-1972 Sat, 08 Apr 2023 22:51:06 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/on-the-battlefield-1972
Director: Peter Biskind
Cinematographer: Peter Biskind
In 1971, African- American protesters seeking economic justice and voting rights are met with armed violence by white vigilantes in the Mississippi River town of Cairo, Illinois. They fight back. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/american-the-bill-hicks-story-2009 Sat, 08 Apr 2023 04:04:55 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/american-the-bill-hicks-story-2009
Director: Matt Harlock, Paul Thomas
Photo-animated feature documentary, uniquely narrated by the 10 people who knew Bill best. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/an-american-family-1973 Sat, 08 Apr 2023 01:23:23 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/an-american-family-1973
Director: Craig Gilbert
This was the original "Real World". The show was a weekly documentary which followed the real life travails of the Loud family, a mixed up cluster of suburbanites. The show picked up lots ... ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/george-and-george-on-the-lake-2018 Fri, 07 Apr 2023 23:28:49 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/george-and-george-on-the-lake-2018
Director: Piotr Malecki
Cinematographer: Piotr Malecki
George and George are both 83. Every summer they sail together on the Mazury lakes in north-east Poland, happy with the simplicity of life, beauty of nature and their friendship. One of ... ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/lifeboat-2018 Sun, 15 Dec 2019 11:48:13 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/lifeboat-2018
Director: Skye Fitzgerald
Cinematographer: Kenny Allen
Volunteers from a German non-profit risk the waves of the Mediterranean to pluck refugees from sinking rafts pushing off from Libya in the middle of the night. LIFEBOAT puts a human face on... ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/period-end-of-sentence-2018 Wed, 20 Nov 2019 16:05:14 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/period-end-of-sentence-2018
Director: Rayka Zehtabchi
Cinematographer: Sam A. Davis
Indian women fight the stigma surrounding menstruation and begin manufacturing sanitary pads. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/hale-county-this-morning-this-evening-2018 Mon, 30 Sep 2019 13:46:04 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/hale-county-this-morning-this-evening-2018
Director: RaMell Ross
Cinematographer: RaMell Ross
A kaleidoscopic and humanistic view of the Black community in Hale County, Alabama. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/keepers-of-the-flame-2007 Tue, 24 Sep 2019 22:42:18 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/keepers-of-the-flame-2007
Director: Tyler Norman
Follows a group of fireworks and rocketry enthusiasts who descend on an Arizona resort in the middle of winter for a four-day pyrotechnics extravaganza. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/virunga-2014 Tue, 24 Sep 2019 21:42:50 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/virunga-2014
Director: Orlando von Einsiedel
Cinematographer: Franklin Dow
A team of brave individuals risk their lives to protect the last mountain gorillas. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/the-long-way-home-1997 Fri, 30 Aug 2019 09:49:56 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/the-long-way-home-1997
Director: Mark Jonathan Harris
Cinematographer: Don Lenzer
The story of the post World War II Jewish refugee situation from liberation to the establishment of the modern state of Israel. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/super-size-me-2004 Wed, 21 Aug 2019 11:58:05 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/super-size-me-2004
Director: Morgan Spurlock
Cinematographer: Scott Ambrozy
While examining the influence of the fast food industry, Morgan Spurlock personally explores the consequences on his health of a diet of solely McDonald's food for one month. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/the-salt-of-the-earth-2014 Sun, 23 Jun 2019 19:38:43 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/the-salt-of-the-earth-2014
Director: Juliano Ribeiro Salgado, Wim Wenders
Cinematographer: Hugo Barbier, Juliano Ribeiro Salgado
The life and work of photographer Sebastião Salgado, who has spent forty years documenting deprived societies in hidden corners of the world. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/treasures-of-the-copper-scroll-2007 Wed, 19 Jun 2019 17:21:45 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/treasures-of-the-copper-scroll-2007
Director: Jim Long
Cinematographer: Yossi Cohen, Carol M. Long, Jim Long
In 1952, a mysterious scroll fashioned from the purest of copper is found in a cave along the shores of the Dead Sea. The discovery launches a search for sacred treasures from the ancient Temple in Jerusalem. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/sad-hill-unearthed-2017 Wed, 19 Jun 2019 12:30:37 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/sad-hill-unearthed-2017
Director: Guillermo de Oliveira
Cinematographer: Guillermo de Oliveira
A documentary following film fans working to restore the set of the climatic graveyard scene from the iconic spaghetti western The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966). ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/pipe-dreams-six-of-them-2016 Wed, 19 Jun 2019 12:20:49 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/pipe-dreams-six-of-them-2016
Director: Kain Baigent
This is a story of one man's dream, a dream of a turning a vintage Honda CBX1000 motorcycle into a winning machine. Against all odds, Roland Skates reaches great heights with a winning formula: his wife Karen, his son Jake, and a rider, Michael Dibb, willing and able to wrestle this behemoth of a motorcycle into submission. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/tu-y-yo-2014 Wed, 19 Jun 2019 12:18:00 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/tu-y-yo-2014
Director: Natalia Cabral, Oriol Estrada
Cinematographer: Oriol Estrada
The Mrs., an old widow, and Aridia, her maid, live in isolation in a house in Santo Domingo where they have domestic chores to keep them occupied. Their relationship is tense, but as the end of the day, they know they only have each other. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/anne-frank-remembered-1995 Tue, 18 Jun 2019 06:08:37 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/anne-frank-remembered-1995
Director: Jon Blair
Cinematographer: Barry Ackroyd
Using previously unreleased archival material in addition to contemporary interviews, this academy award-winning documentary tells the story of the Frank family and presents the first ... ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/can-you-dig-this-2015 Tue, 18 Jun 2019 05:58:30 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/can-you-dig-this-2015
Director: Delila Vallot
Cinematographer: J.B. Rutagarama, Delila Vallot
Can You Dig This explores the urban gardening revolution currently taking place in South Central Los Angeles, one of the largest food deserts in the country. We follow the inspirational ... ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/sir-doug-and-the-genuine-texas-cosmic-groove-2015 Tue, 18 Jun 2019 05:58:25 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/sir-doug-and-the-genuine-texas-cosmic-groove-2015
Director: Joe Nick Patoski
Cinematographer: Yuta Yamaguchi
Sir Doug & The Genuine Texas Cosmic Groove tells the story of Doug Sahm, the wild man musicians' musician and unsung hero of Texas music. A country music child prodigy and teenage rhythm & ... ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/when-we-were-kings-1996 Tue, 18 Jun 2019 05:56:59 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/when-we-were-kings-1996
Director: Leon Gast
Cinematographer: Maryse Alberti, Paul Goldsmith, Kevin Keating, Albert Maysles, Roderick Young
A documentary of the 1974 heavyweight championship bout in Zaire, "The Rumble in the Jungle," between champion George Foreman and underdog challenger Muhammad Ali. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/tell-the-truth-and-run-george-seldes-and-the-american-press-1996 Tue, 18 Jun 2019 05:56:49 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/tell-the-truth-and-run-george-seldes-and-the-american-press-1996
Director: Rick Goldsmith
Cinematographer: Stephen Lighthill, Vic Losick, Witt Monts, Will Parrinello
The profile of controversial journalist George Seldes and a piercing examination of America's news media. Narrated by Susan Sarandon, with readings of writings by Ed Asner, this Academy ... ]]>