The Confession (2016)
Living the war on terror
Gênero : Documentário
Runtime : 1H 30M
Director : Ashish Ghadiali
Sinopse
Moazzam Begg has experienced a generation of conflict. The Confession captures the entirety of Begg’s story, from his forced confession and testimony as a free man, to his experience as a British Muslim and living the War on Terror Commissioned by BBC Storyville and the BFI, The Confession is a gripping account of the rise of modern jihad, its descent into terror and the disastrous reaction of the West. The Confession is now available to watch on iTunes.
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A hilarious look at the universe's most fervent fans.
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The 1989 World Tour Live é o quarto álbum de vídeo da artista musical estadunidense Taylor Swift. Um olhar dos bastidores da turnê mundial do álbum do fenômeno do pop que quebrou recordes, 1989. Gravado em 28 de novembro de 2015 no ANZ Stadium, em Sydney, Austrália, durante um show da turnê The 1989 World Tour que teve o comparecimento de 75.980 pessoas, foi dirigido por Jonas Åkerlund.
Três anos após deixar a escola, Eric (Sam Huntington) reencontra os velhos amigos Windows (Jay Baruchel), Linus (Chris Marquette) e Hutch (Dan Fogler) em uma festa a fantasia. O trio permanece no esquema da escola, jogando videogame e se divertindo com a série Star Wars. Já Eric agora trabalha na empresa de seu pai, onde tem a possibilidade de ascender rapidamente. Quando Eric toma conhecimento da grave doença de Linus, que fará com que morra em poucos meses, o quarteto resolve fazer uma viagem inesquecível, onde pretendem realizar um sonho de adolescência: invadir o Rancho Skywalker para assistir, em primeira mão, o aguardado Star Wars: Episódio 1 - A Ameaça Fantasma, ainda inédito em circuito.
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Denise Crosby takes another look at the huge fans of "Star Trek" and how the series from around the world has affected and shaped their lives.
The passion the original Star Wars trilogy inspires in its fans is unparalleled; but when it comes to George Lucas himself, many have found their ardor has cooled into a complicated love-hate relationship. This hilarious, heartfelt documentary delves deep into Lucas’s cultural legacy, asking all the tough questions. Has Lucas betrayed his masterwork? Should he just have left the original trilogy alone? Is The Phantom Menace so bad it should carry a health warning? Utilizing interviews taken from over 600 hours of footage, and peppered with extraordinary Star Wars and Indiana Jones recreations lovingly immortalized in song, needlepoint, Lego, claymation, puppets and paper-mâché, above all this film asks the question: who truly owns that galaxy far, far away—the man who created it, or the fans who worship it?
An intimate documentary about the making of Fynn Kliemann's debut album "Nie". Without a label, without a marketing budget and excluding the charts, it became one of the best-selling albums in Germany.
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The life of a female weaver is thrown onto the socio-political canvas of pre-war and post-war communist Poland through the use of expressive allegorical and symbolic imagery in this imaginative take on the documentary form.
Werner Herzog e o vulcanólogo Clive Oppenheimer embarcam em uma jornada global para explorar alguns dos vulcões mais míticos do mundo na Indonésia, Etiópia, Islândia e Coreia do Norte. Falando com os cientistas e os povos indígenas, eles buscam entender a relação complexa e profundamente enraizada entre a humanidade e uma das maiores maravilhas da natureza. O documentário combina reportagem, história e filosofia em uma experiência cinematográfica fascinante.
Trek Nation is a documentary film directed by Scott Colthorp examining the positive impact that Star Trek and creator Gene Roddenberry may have had on people's lives as seen through the eyes of his son, Eugene Roddenberry, Jr. ("Rod"). It includes interviews with castmembers and crew from all five Star Trek shows, as well as various fans and celebrities who were markedly influenced by the show while growing up. Rod Roddenberry also visits Skywalker Ranch to interview George Lucas on the influence that Star Trek had on him. Lucas shares how he had gone to Star Trek conventions prior to creating Star Wars.
Arima Kousei won numerous piano competitions while under the strict watch of his mother. He was known as the human metronome during that time. Since the death of his mother, Kousei has been unable to hear the sound of his piano. He then meets Miyazono Kaori through childhood friend Sawabe Tsubaki. Kaori plays the violin and has a free sprit. Since meeting her, Kousei is able to face the piano again. Meanwhile, Kaori holds a secret.
Após conquistarem o sucesso, as Barden Bellas ganham a oportunidade de se apresentar para ninguém menos que o presidente dos Estados Unidos. Só que o show é um grande fiasco, o que as torna uma vergonha nacional. Diante do ocorrido, as Bellas são proibidas de participar de competições no meio acadêmico e até mesmo de aceitar novas integrantes. A única saída de Beca, Fat Amy & cia é vencer o campeonato mundial a capela, o que apagaria as punições aplicadas ao grupo. Mas há um problema: nunca uma equipe americana venceu o torneio.
Uma estudante e um adolescente enigmático se conhecem em uma padaria nos anos 90. Eles passam anos tentando se encontrar de novo, mas o destino parece ter outros planos.
Na patinação no gelo em duplas o sucesso depende de uma mistura perfeita de força e sofisticação, coragem e arte, músculos e refinamento. O campeonato mundial do esporte costumava ocorrer em um universo elegante, até a explosão da rivalidade entre o astro Chazz Michael Michaels (Will Ferrell) e do garoto prodígio Jimmy MacElroy (Jon Heder). Chad e Jimmy já se enfrentaram em campeonatos anteriores, mas a rivalidade faz com que briguem em plena pista de patinação, o que faz com que o mascote seja incendiado. Como resultado, ambos são expulsos do esporte. Três anos e meio depois, ambos ainda não se adequaram fora do esporte. É quando eles decidem se reunir para realizar algo inédito: ser a 1ª dupla de homens da história da patinação no gelo.
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A comedy based on NBC's "People Are Funny" radio (and later television) program with Art Linkletter with a fictional story of how the program came to be on a national network from its humble beginning at a Nevada radio station. Jack Haley is a producer with only half-rights to the program while Ozzie Nelson and Helen Walker are the radio writers and supply the romance. Rudy Vallee, always able to burlesque himself intentional and, quite often, unintentional, is the owner of the sought-after sponsoring company. Frances Langford, as herself, sings "I'm in the Mood for Love" while the Vagabonds quartet (billed 12th and last) chimes in on "Angeline" and "The Old Square Dance is Back Again."
David Asmmann's Football Under Cover documents the hard work involved in setting up an exhibition soccer match, known as a "friendly," between a German girls squad and Iranian women's team. In addition to showing how the two groups come from very different cultures, the documentary showcases what playing the game means to the members of both teams, and displays how passionate the fans of these two squads are.
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A loving couple struggle to fend for themselves in modern day Los Angeles, One a loner and down and out, the other a lonely but hardworking secretary. Eventually, as cracks form in their passionate relationship, they resort to robbing an aging actress for money.
A filmmaker returns to Normandy thirty years after a working on a movie based on a local homicide and tries to find the actors who worked on the project.
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Four nights in Caracas. A documentary essay about chaos and civilization.
A girl has to decide who to marry: a poor country boy or a rich nightclub owner.
At the height of Reign of Terror Maximilien Robespierre orchestrates the trial and execution of several of his fellow leading French revolutionaries including Georges Danton.
On Christmas Eve, Léa and Juliette, a couple, want to rob a supermarket that Juliette knows is empty of surveillance on this festive evening. But, as much for each of them as for Eric, the vigil who is there after all, nothing will happen as planned. Besides, shortly before leaving him alone, the store manager gave Eric a gun, just in case.
I love Vienna is a social comedy that explores the clash of cultures and values.
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The subject of this historical drama is a splintering Berlin in the years of 1948 and 1949. Played against the backdrop of social upheaval, the characters in the drama come to epitomize the best and worst of each pole of the political sphere. A 17-year-old hoodlum by the name of Gladow works hand-in-glove with a local white-collar criminal to rob and pillage every day and night, defying capture. While he and his gang of thugs are terrorizing the people of Berlin, the Soviets are trying to make the blockade of their region of control impermeable. The future casts long shadows over the drama, as Berlin's problems take the shape of times to come.
The same day of their marriage, Jean's wife dies of a strange ailment in the middle of surgery. Afflicted by the loss, the young man abandons his medical studies and takes refuge in the memories of his time of courtship. At the same time that this happens, a wave of murders shakes the city with the same pattern of behavior: the victims are surgery students whose bodies have had both hands amputated.