Asif Abrar

Overview: This documentary features the most gifted young directors of the 80's and 90's, revealing the secrets of their success in their craft.

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Original Language: en

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Overview: An improvised late '60s short-subject student film, and debut movie of Charles Burnett, done in the neo-realist, documentary film style. A day-in-the-life South Central L.A. tale about a rag-tag group of unemployed black male pals.

Genres: Drama

Original Language: en

Release Date: 1969-11-28

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Overview: Based on interviews with 15 women, including directors, producers and film actresses, a journey around the world is made, seeing the wars waged by each one against economic and political repression, bombs, police dogs, censors, etc. Images from England, New York, Brazil, South Africa.

Genres: Documentary History

Original Language: pt

Release Date: 1986-01-01

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Overview: While waiting for her divorce papers, a repressed literature professor finds herself unexpectedly attracted by a carefree, spirited young woman named Cay.

Genres: Drama Romance

Original Language: en

Release Date: 1985-10-01

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Overview: A chronological look at films by, for, or about gays and lesbians in the United States, from 1947 to 2005, Kenneth Anger's "Fireworks" to "Brokeback Mountain". Talking heads, anchored by critic and scholar B. Ruby Rich, are interspersed with an advancing timeline and with clips from two dozen films. The narrative groups the pictures around various firsts, movements, and triumphs: experimental films, indie films, sex on screen, outlaw culture and bad guys, lesbian lovers, films about AIDS and dying, emergence of romantic comedy, transgender films, films about diversity and various cultures, documentaries and then mainstream Hollywood drama. What might come next?

Genres: Documentary

Original Language: en

Release Date: 2006-02-12

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Women in Love: Helen Shaver and Patricia Charbonneau on Desert Hearts

Overview: DESERT HEARTS depended on the connection between its two lead actors, Patricia Charbonneau and Helen Shaver, and on their trust in director Donna Deitch. In the following program, made by the Criterion Collection in New York in 2017, the actors and the director discuss the making of the film, the close bond they formed, and the ways it changed their lives.

Genres: Documentary

Original Language: en

Release Date: 2017-11-14

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Remembering Reno: Reflections on the Making of Desert Hearts

Overview: Filmed in Los Angeles in August 2017, director Donna Deitch, cinematographer Robert Elswit and production designer Jeannine Oppewall discuss their collaboration in creating the look of DESERT HEARTS.

Genres: Documentary

Original Language: en

Release Date: 2017-11-14

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Overview: Directed by Kevin Burns, this documentary from Playboy Home Video examines the oftentimes tense relationship between sex, women, and popular Hollywood culture. With a particular focus given to Marilyn Monroe, Jayne Mansfield, Jean Harlow, and Sharon Stone, Sex at 24 Frames Per Second studies the role of female sexuality in film throughout the years. ~ Tracie Cooper, Rovi

Genres: Documentary History

Original Language: en

Release Date: 2003-09-23

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Overview: Documentary about women in the film industry. Numerous notable actresses and female directors share their thoughts.

Genres: Documentary

Original Language: en

Release Date: 1988-09-08

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Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women

Overview: Using rare footage and exclusive interviews with filmmakers from all over the globe, "Reel Herstory" corrects the historic notion that women behind the scenes in motion pictures held peripheral careers compared with their male counterparts.

Genres: Documentary

Original Language: en

Release Date: 2014-08-10

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Overview: Donna Deitch directed this documentary about the illness and death of her friend, actress Gwen Welles (Nashville). Diagnosed with an cancerous tumor in 1992, Welles chose not to go for conventional treatments, and the film shows her deterioration. Shot on video with a later transfer to 16mm, this film was shown at the 1998 Berlin Film Festival.

Genres: Documentary

Original Language: en

Release Date: 1998-02-15

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Donna Deitch

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