Sentences with phrase «documentary profile»

• «Jane,» Brett Morgen's incisive documentary profile of primatologist Jane Goodall, using astonishing long - lost footage of her early days observing chimps in Kenya.

Synopsis: Comedian Bobcat Goldthwait directs this riveting documentary profile of the little - known but powerful comedy club owner, Barry Crimmins.

This engrossing documentary profile of Los Angeles artist Chris Burden, who died in 2015, focuses mainly on his notorious performance pieces.

Documentary profiles rocked The year's fest supplied an unusually robust slate of inspiring onscreen portraits, from RBG, a fierce (and unexpectedly romantic) chronicling of the life of «notorious» 84 - year - old Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg to Jane Fonda in Five Acts, a reclamation of the starlet - turned - activist - turned - aerobics - queen.

Vita Activa: The Spirit of Hannah Arendt, Israeli filmmaker Ada Ushpiz's probing documentary profile, is as provocative and controversial as Arendt's own relentlessly challenging observations and theories.

Documentary profiles acclaimed primatologist Jane Goodall and her groundbreaking work with chimpanzees.

Orlowski's documentary profiles famed environmental photographer James Balog who, together with a small and dedicated team, has sought to capture on film the retreat of Earth's glaciers using an army of time - lapse cameras positioned across the globe — from Alaska and Glacier National Park in Montana to Iceland and Greenland.

José Luis López - Linares and Javier Rioyo's 90 - minute documentary profile of the legendary Luis Buñuel, comprising over 70 hours of interviews with key collaborators, is everything a fan of the Spanish director could want.

Mercury 13 (Unrated) Dashed dreams documentary profiling the 13 female pilots who passed NASA's astronaut test with flying colors in 1961 only to ultimately be refused admission to the exclusive boys» club.

More personal details about the author himself and his unusual upbringing are discussed in a strong 2001 BBC documentary profile.

These are key subjects under considerstion as Charlotte Rampling, sublimely wise at age 55, comments on her approach to performance, career arc and personal evolution, while looking into filmmaker Angelina Maccarone's camera for The Look, an insightful and intimate documentary profile of the revered actress.

This exquisite documentary profiles the work of eccentric husband - and - wife designers Charles and Ray Eames, whose artistry went way beyond the groundbreaking Eames chair.

Both heartwarming and heartbreaking, this involving documentary profiles a group of streetwise homeless adolescents in Portland, Oregon, who are seen surviving on the streets before giddily preparing for and attending a support services organization — sponsored prom.

Short Film Documentary Profiles Veterinarian Working at Central Veterinary Associates, Volunteering His Time during 9/11 and with Suffolk County SPCA...

In recognition of MoMA's recent acquisition of the Robert Frank film collection, The Contenders presents this wonderful and revealing new documentary profile of an artist who always preferred to express himself through his pictures and films.

SCAD presents «Dress Up Story — 1990 Until Now,» a short - form documentary profiling iconic fashion designer and activist Dame Vivienne Westwood.

As a documentary profile of activists, it will surely have an extended life on the circuit at specialized venues like the Human Rights Watch Festival and its ilk.

This documentary profiles legendary Hollywood screenwriter and acclaimed novelist A I «Buzz» Bezzerides, who quickly became known as «the King of Noir».

Cut short by cancer, this is a life that truly deserves a documentary profile.

May It Last: A Portrait of the Avett Brothers (documentary profiles the popular North Carolina musicians)

With sensitivity and a strong sense of humour, this documentary profiles both a strikingly eccentric man and an unusual mental - health issue.

The late American author, essayist and social critic was recently the subject of a documentary profile, I Am Not Your Negro.

«Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon»: This documentary profiles the infamous comedy empire that spun off from the Harvard Lampoon in 1970.

A documentary profile of former Secretary of Defense and Iraq war architect Donald Rumsfeld, who discusses his career in Washington from his days as a congressman in the early 1960s to the invasion of Iraq in 2003.

«Out of State» - Out of State is a documentary profiling a group of Hawaiian prisoners keeping their traditional practices alive despite being behind bars in Arizona.

That's long for any movie, but particularly so for a documentary profile.

This documentary profiles several young people with autism and how touch - enabled technology has changed their lives.

First transmitted in 1999, this documentary profiles American abstract expressionist Jackson Pollock, who died at the age of 44 in a car accident.

Our City Dreams Chiara Clemente, the daughter of noted painter Francesco Clemente, has made a documentary profiling five female artists in New York City, including a youth who exhibits her cutouts directly on walls and subways, and a performance artist who uses her body as a canvas.