Genre: Biographical Documentaries
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Indie Game: The Movie (2012)
Cast: Jonathan Blow, Phil Fish, Edmund McMillen …
Directed by: Lisanne Pajot, James Swirsky
This captivating documentary follows several independent game designers as they painstakingly develop their games and hope for breakthrough success. It also explores the quirky sensibility…
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Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry (2012)
Cast: Ai Weiwei
Directed by: Alison Klayman
This compelling documentary explores three years in the life of celebrated Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei, who uses social media and his art to inspire protests against the state, and…
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American Masters: Margaret Mitchell: American Rebel (2012)
Through reenactments and interviews with scholars, author Margaret Mitchell emerges as a complex, intriguing woman who had much in common with her iconic creation, Scarlett O'Hara, in…
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The Beat Hotel (2012)
Cast: Harold Chapman, Elliot Rudie, Jean-Jacques Lebel …
Directed by: Alan Govenar
Return to 1957 Paris, where a rundown hotel attracted American Beat expats such as Allen Ginsberg, William Burroughs, Gregory Corso and Brion Gysin. Photos, animation and personal reflections…
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American Experience: Custer's Last Stand (2012)
Cast: Michael Murphy
Directed by: Stephen Ives
This edition of the PBS series examines Custer's war record and impulsive nature, and his wife's role in shaping his legacy. Aided by rare photos and period accounts, historians…
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American Experience: Jesse Owens (2012)
Cast: Andre Braugher
Directed by: Laurens Grant
This documentary details Jesse Owens's early career; describes Adolf Hitler's outsized ambitions for the 1936 Olympics; explores the movement in Western democracies to boycott the…
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American Experience: Billy the Kid (2012)
Cast: Michael Murphy
Directed by: John Maggio
Billy the Kid -- just 21 years old when gunned down -- was born to poverty-stricken Irish immigrants but grew up to become one of the Old West's most infamous legends. Along the way, he…
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Ayn Rand & the Prophecy of Atlas Shrugged (2012)
Directed by: Chris Mortensen
Novelist and social philosopher Ayn Rand shook up the literary world with the publication of Atlas Shrugged, her deeply political novel. This documentary examines the roots of her ideas and…
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Anton Corbijn Inside Out (2012)
Cast: Anton Corbijn, Bono, Dave Gahan …
Directed by: Klaartje Quirijns
This documentary portrait of photographer and filmmaker Anton Corbijn records his globe-hopping career and explores the source of his reclusive nature. Director Klaartje Quirijns examines the…
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America's Parking Lot (2012)
Cast: Ken Belson, Chris Berman, Cy Ditmore …
Directed by: Jonny Mars
Meet Tiger and Cy, rabid Dallas Cowboys fans who take tailgating (the tradition of pre-game parking lot cookouts) to the extreme. Their 20-year tradition may end with the Cowboys' new…
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How to Start a Revolution (2012)
Cast: Robert Helvey, Jamila Raqib, Gene Sharp …
Directed by: Ruaridh Arrow
Gene Sharp, an American political scientist and Nobel Peace Prize nominee, has long advocated nonviolent protest, and his passionate writings have influenced revolutionaries around the globe…
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The Queen of Versailles (2012)
Directed by: Lauren Greenfield
Meet ths Siegels, glitterati who made a fortune in the time-share business only to see it crumble in the 2008 financial collapse. The site of their rise and almost-fall is their home…
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Death Row (2012)
Directed by: Werner Herzog
Werner Herzog directs this documentary series about five death-row inmates, including a woman who orchestrated the kidnapping of a baby and the death of his mother, and an inmate who…
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Words of Witness (2012)
Cast: Heba Afify
Directed by: Mai Iskander
Witness Hosni Mubarak's ouster through the eyes of reporter Heba Afify, who engaged in the protests while writing for an Egyptian newspaper. Amid the fervor and danger of the Arab…
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Steve Jobs: Visionary Genius (2012)
Cast: Steve Jobs
Directed by: Tara Pirna
Inventor, innovator, iconoclast; Steve Jobs was all of these and more. Celebrities and leaders in the world of business talk candidly about the seismic impact that this 21st Century icon had…
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Marilyn in Manhattan (2012)
Cast: Marilyn Monroe, Cynthia Adler, Ellen Burstyn …
Directed by: John Parsons Peditto
This documentary provides an exclusive look at Marilyn Monroe's life just before her tragic end. It's also filled with stories told by people who've spoken for the first time…
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Rihanna: Good Girl, Bad Girl (2012)
Cast: Rihanna
Directed by: Thomas Gibson
This unauthorized biography tells the story of Rihanna and her triumphant journey from poverty and obscurity on the Caribbean island of Barbados to becoming a worldwide pop sensation and…
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Starting at the Finish Line: The Coach Buehler Story (2012)
Cast: Al Buehler, Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Carl Lewis …
Directed by: Amy Unell
This documentary highlights the career of legendary Duke University track coach Al Buehler, who has enriched the lives of countless students and athletes, including Olympians Jackie…
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Lady Gaga's Secret World (2012)
Cast: Lady Gaga
Directed by: Maureen Goldthorpe
From childhood piano lessons to the top of the charts, this unauthorized biography takes an inside look at how superstar singer Lady Gaga rose to fame and why she continues to make headlines…
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Évocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. Movie (2012)
Cast: Morton Downey Jr., Gloria Allred, Michele Bachmann …
Directed by: Seth Kramer, Daniel A. Miller, Jeremy Newberger …
Rude, crude and polarizing, Morton Downey Jr. was the profane right-wing prince of talk show hosts during his brief heyday in the late 1980s. This colorful documentary includes archival…
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Fame High (2012)
Directed by: Scott Hamilton Kennedy
This coming-of-age chronicle captures a year in the life of students at the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts, also known as "Fame High" -- the alma mater of well-known alums like…
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Booker's Place: A Mississippi Story (2012)
Cast: Raymond De Felitta, Frank De Felitta, Booker Wright …
Directed by: Raymond De Felitta
Prompted by a son's wish to honor his filmmaker father, this documentary uncovers the impact of a bold decision made by an African American waiter to expose the true state of race…
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American Masters: Johnny Carson: King of Late Night (2012)
Cast: Johnny Carson, Kevin Spacey, Joan Rivers …
Directed by: Peter Jones
As host of "The Tonight Show" for 30 years, Johnny Carson was seen by more people on more occasions than anyone else in American history. Explore Carson's life and career, as well as the…
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David Bowie: Bowie in Berlin (2012)
Cast: David Bowie
In 1975, David Bowie left L.A. and set up camp in a Berlin apartment with his pal Iggy Pop. While there, Bowie created a triumvirate of albums under his own name and a further two with Pop.…
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Her Master's Voice (2012)
Cast: Nina Conti, Ken Campbell, Daisy Campbell …
Directed by: Nina Conti
Internationally acclaimed ventriloquist Nina Conti takes the bereaved puppets of her mentor and erstwhile lover Ken Campbell on a pilgrimage to 'Venthaven' the resting place for…