Mogadishu Soldier
2016 · 84 min · Documentary
A camera in the hands of African Union soldiers in Mogadishu, Somalia, captures the war on the jihadist militants in Al-Shabaab.
Directed by Torstein Grude
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★ 10.02021
MovieDocumentaryMystery
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★ 10.02018
MovieDocumentary
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The Look of Silence · 2014The Look of Silence
★ 7.82014
MovieHistoryDocumentary
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★ 7.72012
MovieDocumentaryHistory
After befriending documentarian Joshua Oppenheimer, former Indonesian death squad leaders reenact their real-life mass killings in the style of various American film genres. As they recreate their past atrocities, the line between reality and performance blurs, exposing the lingering impact of Indonesia's 1965-66 anti-communist purge and the unsettling psychology of its perpetrators.
Gulabi Gang · 2012Gulabi Gang
★ 7.52012
MovieDocumentary
In Bundelkhand, India, a revolution is in the making among the poorest of the poor, as the fiery women of the Gulabi Gang empower themselves and take up the fight against gender violence, caste oppression and widespread corruption.
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★ 7.22013
MovieDocumentaryCrime
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Cold Case Hammarskjöld · 2019Cold Case Hammarskjöld
★ 6.82019
MovieDocumentaryHistory
Ndola, Northern Rhodesia (currently Zambia), September 18, 1961. Swedish economist and diplomat Dag Hammarskjöld, Secretary General of the UN, dies mysteriously in a plane crash. Decades later, Danish journalist and filmmaker Mads Brügger and Swedish researcher Göran Björkdahl investigate the case in search of definitive closure.
Until the Light Takes Us · 2008Until the Light Takes Us
★ 6.82008
MovieDocumentaryMusic
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★ 6.32020
MovieDocumentary
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MovieDocumentary
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★ 6.02022
MovieDocumentary
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Russian Lessons · 2010Russian Lessons
★ 5.82010
MovieDocumentary
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★ 5.41999
MovieDocumentary
Satan rir media (‘Satan Rides the Media’) is a 1998 Norwegian documentary by Torstein Grude. The film covers the controversy that surrounded black metal musician Varg Vikernes in the early 1990s, who not only has been tied to a series of church arsons in Norway, but received widespread media attention for the murder of Mayhem band member Øystein "Euronymous" Aarseth.
5 Seasons of Revolution · 20235 Seasons of Revolution
★ 5.02023
MovieDocumentary
Lina’s plan was simple. She wanted to become a camerawoman. She liked filming details of life and people around her, mainly during a bright sunny day in Damascus. But with the uprising in Syria, Lina was slowly absorbed into documenting the impact on people’s lives. It didn’t take long before events escalated, and arrests, torture, and potentially life-threatening situations became a reality for Lina to negotiate on a daily basis. She had to adapt. She invented personas and aliases. They each helped her navigate life under a new norm. What was a simple plan, turned into a complex web of identities, which seemed then a small price in exchange for her liberty to continue to hold the camera.
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★ 4.02022
MovieDocumentary
How an indigenous group once slaved comes back to their original culture and finds a way how to thrive? For the Huni Kuin people at the Amazon forest, the answer is ayahuasca.
Anatomy of a GenocideAnatomy of a Genocide
MovieDocumentary
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