Films and programs like Ahead of the Curve

Dumb: The Story of Big Brother Magazine

Film Age rating: 18 Year: 2017 IMDB Rating: 7.4

A look at the rise and fall of the subversive skateboarding magazine Big Brother, which rose to prominence in the mid-1990s and had a profound effect on the skating subculture with its unfiltered appr...

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Koko: The Gorilla Who Talks to People

Film Age rating: n/a Year: 2016 IMDB Rating: 7.5

Documentary telling the extraordinary story of Koko, the only 'talking' gorilla in the world, and her lifelong relationship with Penny Patterson. Project Koko started as a PhD project to teach sign la...

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Children of Giant

Film Age rating: 7 Year: 2015 IMDB Rating: 7.9

Children of GIANT is a documentary film that unearths deeply wrought emotions in the small West Texas town of Marfa, before, during and after the month-long production of George Stevens' 1956 feature...

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Zoo Quest in Colour

Film Age rating: 7 Year: 2016 IMDB Rating: 8.2

Thanks to a remarkable discovery in the BBC's film vaults, the best of David Attenborough's early Zoo Quest adventures can now be seen as never before - in colour - and with it the remarkable story of...

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Transcendent Man

Film Age rating: n/a Year: 2009 IMDB Rating: 7.1

The compelling feature-length documentary film, by director Barry Ptolemy, chronicles the life and controversial ideas of luminary Ray Kurzweil. For more than three decades, inventor, futures, and New...

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Human Nature

Film Age rating: 6 Year: 2019 IMDB Rating: 7.7

The biggest tech revolution of the 21st century isn’t digital, it’s biological. A breakthrough called CRISPR gives us unprecedented control over the basic building blocks of life. It opens the door to...

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Be Water

Film Age rating: 15 Year: 2020 IMDB Rating: 7.3

In 1971, after being rejected by Hollywood, Bruce Lee returned to his parents’ homeland of Hong Kong to complete four iconic films. Charting his struggles between two worlds, this portrait explores qu...

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Jay Cutler All Access

Film Age rating: n/a Year: 2009 IMDB Rating: 7.5

IFFB professional Jay Cutler invites you to join him on his journey to the 2008 Mr. Olympia. After dethroning the legendary Ronnie Coleman in 2006, he won the title again in a controversial battle aga...

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