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Ben Proudfoot
Born October 29, 1990 · Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada (age 35)
Ben Proudfoot (born 29 October 1990) is a Canadian documentary filmmaker. He directed The Queen of Basketball, winner of the 2021 Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject; as well as co-director with Kris Bowers of the short documentary film A Concerto Is a Conversation, which was an Academy Award nominee for Best Documentary (Short Subject) at the 93rd Academy Awards in 2021. He and Bower…
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The Baddest Speechwriter of All · 2026The Baddest Speechwriter of All
2026
MovieDocumentary
Now 93, Martin Luther King Jr.’s lawyer and speechwriter reflects on the personal cost and surprising truths of making history, offering an intimate insider’s view of the Civil Rights Movement.
The Last Repair Shop · 2024The Last Repair Shop
★ 7.52024
MovieDocumentaryMusic
In a warehouse in the heart of Los Angeles, a dwindling handful of devoted craftspeople maintain more than 80,000 student musical instruments, the largest remaining workshop in America of its kind. Meet four unforgettable characters whose broken-and-repaired lives have been dedicated to bringing so much more than music to the schoolchildren of this city.
Motorcycle Mary · 2024Motorcycle Mary
★ 6.02024
MovieDocumentary
Mary McGee became the first American woman to race motorcycles. Mary’s pioneering journey of conquering sexism and her own fears paved the way for the next chapter in motorsports.
I Got My Brother · 2026I Got My Brother
2026
MovieDocumentary
Jarrett Harper and his younger brother Baylon share raw memories of abuse in LA's foster system, their unshakeable bond tested when the elder takes violent revenge on their abuser and faces life behind bars.
Mink! · 2022Mink!
★ 9.02022
MovieDocumentary
Told by her daughter Wendy, MINK! chronicles the remarkable Patsy Takemoto Mink, a Japanese American from Hawai'i who became the first woman of color elected to the U.S. Congress, on her harrowing mission to co-author and defend Title IX, the law that transformed athletics for generations in America for girls and women.
The Turnaround · 2024The Turnaround
★ 7.22024
MovieDocumentary
A devoted Philadelphia Phillies fan inspires his city to give a struggling shortstop a game-changing standing ovation in this rousing short documentary.
The Ox · 2013The Ox
2013
MovieDocumentary
A portrait of master woodworker and Vietnam veteran Eric Hollenbeck
The Eyes of Ghana · 2025The Eyes of Ghana
2025
MovieDocumentary
93-year-old documentarian Chris Hesse—personal cinematographer to forgotten African icon Kwame Nkrumah—races against blindness and time to rescue and repatriate a secret trove of over 1,300 films that captured the birth of African independence in the fifties and sixties. Yet unseen by the public, these films may not only rewrite Ghanaian and African history—but world history itself.
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