Short documentary film stubs

Afrobeats: The Backstory

Series Age rating: 18 Year: 2022 IMDB Rating: 8.2

Music pioneers Kenny Ogungbe, Dayo "D1" Adeneye, Paul "Play" Dairo and others dive into the rise of Afrobeats, the Nigerian global music phenomenon.

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The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life

Film Age rating: n/a Year: 2013 IMDB Rating: 8

The story of Alice Herz-Sommer, a German-speaking Jewish pianist from Prague who was, at her death, the world's oldest Holocaust survivor. She discusses the importance of music, laughter, and how to h...

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Chi

Film Age rating: n/a Year: 2013 IMDB Rating: 8

Director Anne Wheeler joins actress Babz Chula on a trip to India to rid herself of cancer.

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Shake! Otis at Monterey

Film Age rating: 4 Year: 1987 IMDB Rating: 7.9

Renowned documentary filmmaker D.A. Pennebaker captures Otis Redding in his ascendancy, singing at the historic Monterey International Pop Festival in June 1967. Comedian Tom Smothers introduces Reddi...

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Prowlers of the Everglades

Film Age rating: n/a Year: 1953 IMDB Rating: 7.6

Part of the "True-Life Adventure Series"; Disney filmmakers take their cameras to Florida, not to document the swamps that would become Walt Disney World, but to capture the lives of creatures in the...

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Prison Terminal: The Last Days of Private Jack Hall

Film Age rating: n/a Year: 2014 IMDB Rating: 7.5

The final months in the life of a terminally ill prisoner and the hospice volunteers, they themselves prisoners, who care for him in one of America's oldest maximum security prisons.

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Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1

Film Age rating: 14 Year: 2013 IMDB Rating: 7.5

According to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, one veteran dies by suicide in America every 80 minutes. While only 1% of Americans has served in the military, former service members account for...

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Mondays at Racine

Film Age rating: n/a Year: 2012 IMDB Rating: 7.5

Every third Monday of the month, two bold, brassy sisters open the doors of their Long Island hair salon to women diagnosed with cancer. As locks of hair fall to the floor, women gossip, giggle, weep,...

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Inocente

Film Age rating: n/a Year: 2012 IMDB Rating: 7.3

INOCENTE is a personal and vibrant coming of age story about a young artist's determination never to surrender to the bleakness of her surroundings. At 15, Inocente refuses to let her dream of becomin...

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