|
|
>
Biographical Films
|
| |
|
Films that focus on one person, couple or family's life.
|
| |
|
|
|
|
Items:
11
- 20
|
|
|
|
|
11
|
|
|
Before Stonewall
|
|
Description:
In 1969 the police raided the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in New York City's Greenwich Village, leading to three nights of rioting by the city's gay community. With this outpouring of courage and unity the Gay Liberation Movement had begun.
Before...
Edit
|
|
|
|
12
|
|
|
Bonhoeffer
|
|
Description:
The German theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer was one of the first, and strongest, voices of resistance to Adolf Hitler. An acclaimed preacher, pacifist and author, Bonhoeffer came to the famed Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem on a teaching fellowship....
Edit
|
|
|
|
13
|
|
|
Brother's Keeper
|
|
Description:
One of the best films of 1992, this acclaimed documentary focuses on the alleged murder in June 1990 of 64-year-old Bill Ward by his brother Delbert, 59, a simple dairy farmer whose defense became a rallying cause for the citizens of Munnsville, a tiny...
Edit
|
|
|
|
14
|
|
|
Bukowski: Born IntoThis
|
|
Description:
Director John Dullaghan's biographical documentary about infamous poet Charles Bukowski, Bukowski: Born Into This, is as much a touching portrait of the author as it is an exposé of his sordid lifestyle. Interspersed between ample vintage footage of...
Edit
|
|
|
|
15
|
|
|
Chet Atkins: A Life in Music
|
|
Description:
As a young man, legendary guitarist and music producer Chet Atkins found a way out of poverty when he picked up his first guitar and began to play. With exceptional talent and determination, Atkins eventually landed in Nashville where he was considered a...
Edit
|
|
|
|
16
|
|
|
Comedian: Jerry Seinfeld
|
|
Description:
If you see Comedian expecting a concert film with Jerry Seinfeld, you'll be disappointed. But if you're looking for an incisive--almost surgical--examination of the psyche of a stand-up comedian, this is your movie. Comedian zigzags back and forth...
Edit
|
|
|
|
17
|
|
|
Crumb
|
|
Description:
This movie chronicles the life and times of R. Crumb. Robert Crumb is the cartoonist/artist who drew Keep On Truckin', Fritz the Cat, and played a major pioneering role in the genesis of underground comix. Through interviews with his mother, two...
Edit
|
|
|
|
18
|
|
|
Desperate Man Blues
|
|
Description:
Minutes into Desperate Man Blues we’re treated to the bubbly and idiosyncratic personality of Joe Bussard. On the opening cut he’s found smoking what is to be an omnipresent cigar and grooving to a prewar vinyl. Aficionados of air guitar will be as...
Edit
|
|
|
|
19
|
|
|
Diary of Immaculee, The
|
|
Description:
Survivor of Rwanda genocide returns to her country and the location of the killings.
Edit
|
|
|
|
20
|
|
|
Fidel
|
|
Description:
Whether dismissed as a relic or revered as a savior, many agree that Fidel Castro is one of the most influential and controversial figures of our time. Rarely are Americans given a chance to see inside the world of this socialist leader. The...
Edit
|
|
|
|
pages:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
|
|
|
|
Top of Page
|
| |
