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The Act Of Killing (2012)
directed by Joshua Oppenheimer, 1974-; produced by Singe Byrge Sorensen, Final Cut for Real; performed by Anwar Congo, 1940-2019, Herman Koto and Yapto Soerjosoemarno, 1949- (Tel-Aviv District: Cinephil, 2012), 2 hours 40 mins
In a country where killers are celebrated as heroes, the filmmakers challenge unrepentant death squad leader Anwar Congo and his friends to dramatise their role in genocide. But their idea of being in a movie is not to provide testimony for a documentary: they want to be stars in their favourite film genres - gang...
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directed by Joshua Oppenheimer, 1974-; produced by Singe Byrge Sorensen, Final Cut for Real; performed by Anwar Congo, 1940-2019, Herman Koto and Yapto Soerjosoemarno, 1949- (Tel-Aviv District: Cinephil, 2012), 2 hours 40 mins
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In a country where killers are celebrated as heroes, the filmmakers challenge unrepentant death squad leader Anwar Congo and his friends to dramatise their role in genocide. But their idea of being in a movie is not to provide testimony for a documentary: they want to be stars in their favourite film genres - gangster, western, musical. They write the scripts. They play themselves. And they play their victims. This is a cinematic fever dream, an...
In a country where killers are celebrated as heroes, the filmmakers challenge unrepentant death squad leader Anwar Congo and his friends to dramatise their role in genocide. But their idea of being in a movie is not to provide testimony for a documentary: they want to be stars in their favourite film genres - gangster, western, musical. They write the scripts. They play themselves. And they play their victims. This is a cinematic fever dream, an unsettling journey deep into the imaginations of mass - murderers and the shockingly banal regime of corruption and impunity they inhabit.
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Film
Content Type
Documentary
Performer / Ensemble
Anwar Congo, 1940-2019, Herman Koto, Yapto Soerjosoemarno, 1949-
Contributor
Carlos Arango de Montis, Lars Skree, Singe Byrge Sorensen, Final Cut for Real, Simon Thamdrup Jensen
Author / Creator
Joshua Oppenheimer, 1974-, Anwar Congo, 1940-2019, Herman Koto, Yapto Soerjosoemarno, 1949-
Date Published / Released
2012
Publisher
Cinephil
Person Discussed
Anwar Congo, 1940-2019, Herman Koto, Yapto Soerjosoemarno, 1949-
Topic / Theme
Genocide, War, Indonesian Killings of 1965-1966, War and Violence, Himself 1, Himself 2, Himself 3, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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All the King's Men (1999)
written by Robert Penn Warren, 1905-1989, Nigel McCrery, 1953-; directed by Julian Jarrold, 1960-; produced by Gareth Neame, 1967- and Nigel McCrery, 1953-, British Broadcasting Corporation and WGBH Boston; performed by David Jason, 1940-, Dame Maggie Smith, 1934-, David Troughton, 1950- and Patrick Malahide, 1945- (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 1999), 1 hour 57 mins
David Jason and Maggie Smith lead an all-star cast in Alma Cullen's First World War drama about the mysterious disappearance of the Sandringham Company at Gallipoli in 1915. The loss of the King George V battalion brought the true horror of the First World War to the heart of the establishment, and to the British...
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written by Robert Penn Warren, 1905-1989, Nigel McCrery, 1953-; directed by Julian Jarrold, 1960-; produced by Gareth Neame, 1967- and Nigel McCrery, 1953-, British Broadcasting Corporation and WGBH Boston; performed by David Jason, 1940-, Dame Maggie Smith, 1934-, David Troughton, 1950- and Patrick Malahide, 1945- (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 1999), 1 hour 57 mins
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David Jason and Maggie Smith lead an all-star cast in Alma Cullen's First World War drama about the mysterious disappearance of the Sandringham Company at Gallipoli in 1915. The loss of the King George V battalion brought the true horror of the First World War to the heart of the establishment, and to the British Royal Family itself. This is the story of the amateur soldiers, the grooms, servants and gardeners of the King's Norfolk Estate, and wh...
David Jason and Maggie Smith lead an all-star cast in Alma Cullen's First World War drama about the mysterious disappearance of the Sandringham Company at Gallipoli in 1915. The loss of the King George V battalion brought the true horror of the First World War to the heart of the establishment, and to the British Royal Family itself. This is the story of the amateur soldiers, the grooms, servants and gardeners of the King's Norfolk Estate, and what happened to them on the fateful day of their very first battle.
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Performance
Performer / Ensemble
David Jason, 1940-, Dame Maggie Smith, 1934-, David Troughton, 1950-, Patrick Malahide, 1945-
Contributor
David Odd, fl. 1979-2015, Gareth Neame, 1967-, Nigel McCrery, 1953-, British Broadcasting Corporation, WGBH Boston, Adrian Johnston, 1961-
Author / Creator
Robert Penn Warren, 1905-1989, Julian Jarrold, 1960-, David Jason, 1940-, Dame Maggie Smith, 1934-, David Troughton, 1950-, Patrick Malahide, 1945-, Nigel McCrery, 1953-, Alma Cullen
Date Published / Released
1999
Publisher
BBC Worldwide
Person Discussed
Frank Beck, 1861-1915
Topic / Theme
War, World War I, 1914-1918, War and Violence, Captain Frank Beck, Queen Alexandra, Captain Claude Howlett, King George V, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Flor en Otomí
directed by Luisa Riley; produced by Foprocine (Mexico City, Federal District (Mexico): Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía (IMCINE), 2012), 1 hour 18 mins
At 19, Deni Prieto Stock joined a guerrilla group and, four months later, on February 14, 1974, was murdered by the Mexican army in Nepantla, Mexico State together with four companions. A series of testimonials allow us to get to know the family and social circumstances that influenced Deni 's path; we also discov...
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directed by Luisa Riley; produced by Foprocine (Mexico City, Federal District (Mexico): Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía (IMCINE), 2012), 1 hour 18 mins
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At 19, Deni Prieto Stock joined a guerrilla group and, four months later, on February 14, 1974, was murdered by the Mexican army in Nepantla, Mexico State together with four companions. A series of testimonials allow us to get to know the family and social circumstances that influenced Deni 's path; we also discover the ties of love and friendship she found in the safe house, her daily life in the underground and the discipline and aspirations sh...
At 19, Deni Prieto Stock joined a guerrilla group and, four months later, on February 14, 1974, was murdered by the Mexican army in Nepantla, Mexico State together with four companions. A series of testimonials allow us to get to know the family and social circumstances that influenced Deni 's path; we also discover the ties of love and friendship she found in the safe house, her daily life in the underground and the discipline and aspirations she shared with her fellow guerrillas.
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Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Foprocine, Steven Brown
Author / Creator
Luisa Riley
Date Published / Released
2012
Publisher
Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía (IMCINE)
Person Discussed
Deni Prieto Stock, 1955-1974
Topic / Theme
Biographies, Murder, Guerrilla warfare, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2012 Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía (IMCINE)
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Our World War, Season 1, Episode 1, The First Day
directed by Bruce Goodison, fl. 1997-2016; produced by Susan Horth, fl. 2003-2016, British Broadcasting Corporation, in Our World War, Season 1, Episode 1 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2014), 59 mins
August 1914, two weeks after the First World War was declared. 80,000 British troops have arrived in southern Belgium, but they have yet to engage the enemy. Among these professional soldiers are the 4th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers, some of the best-trained gunners in the British Army.
Lieutenant Maurice Dease and...
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directed by Bruce Goodison, fl. 1997-2016; produced by Susan Horth, fl. 2003-2016, British Broadcasting Corporation, in Our World War, Season 1, Episode 1 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2014), 59 mins
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August 1914, two weeks after the First World War was declared. 80,000 British troops have arrived in southern Belgium, but they have yet to engage the enemy. Among these professional soldiers are the 4th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers, some of the best-trained gunners in the British Army.
Lieutenant Maurice Dease and his friend, Australian Lieutenant Fred Steele, command two companies of riflemen and machine gunners who find themselves camping overn...
August 1914, two weeks after the First World War was declared. 80,000 British troops have arrived in southern Belgium, but they have yet to engage the enemy. Among these professional soldiers are the 4th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers, some of the best-trained gunners in the British Army.
Lieutenant Maurice Dease and his friend, Australian Lieutenant Fred Steele, command two companies of riflemen and machine gunners who find themselves camping overnight at Nimy Bridge, the northernmost point of the Mons-Conde Canal. The canal, surrounding the town of Mons, supports 18 bridges stretched along 20 miles of water - but everyone, including Private Sid Godley and his mate Private William Holbrook, expects to be crossing those bridges in the morning. Overnight, however, intelligence reports the Germans may be closer than the British think, and the Royal Engineers, including Lance Corporal Charles Jarvis and his sapper, Private Neary, are ordered to start preparing the bridges for demolition.
What happens next, on Sunday 23 August, tests the soldiers' skill, courage and ingenuity to the absolute limit, leading to the first Victoria Crosses of the First World War. Not everyone will make it through the First Day.
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Drama
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Diary/Memoir/Autobiography, Performance
Contributor
Stuart Bentley, fl. 2008, Susan Horth, fl. 2003-2016, British Broadcasting Corporation
Author / Creator
Bruce Goodison, fl. 1997-2016
Date Published / Released
2014
Publisher
BBC Worldwide
Series
Our World War
Topic / Theme
Recorded history, War, Soldiers, World War I, 1914-1918, War and Violence, British, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Our World War, Season 1, Episode 2, Pals
directed by Ben Chanan, fl. 2003-2016; produced by Susan Horth, fl. 2003-2016, British Broadcasting Corporation, in Our World War, Season 1, Episode 2 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2014), 58 mins
1916, and Britain's armed forces are decimated. Across the country, friends join up to fight together, in new battalions known as 'Pals'. Paddy Kennedy, a warehouse clerk from Manchester, joins the Manchester Pals Battalion alongside his friends Henry, Andy and Jim. They soon discover that the whole of their neigh...
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directed by Ben Chanan, fl. 2003-2016; produced by Susan Horth, fl. 2003-2016, British Broadcasting Corporation, in Our World War, Season 1, Episode 2 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2014), 58 mins
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1916, and Britain's armed forces are decimated. Across the country, friends join up to fight together, in new battalions known as 'Pals'. Paddy Kennedy, a warehouse clerk from Manchester, joins the Manchester Pals Battalion alongside his friends Henry, Andy and Jim. They soon discover that the whole of their neighborhood has joined up, including a nearby factory foreman, now their sergeant, Mitchell, and their friend Lizzie, who has become a volu...
1916, and Britain's armed forces are decimated. Across the country, friends join up to fight together, in new battalions known as 'Pals'. Paddy Kennedy, a warehouse clerk from Manchester, joins the Manchester Pals Battalion alongside his friends Henry, Andy and Jim. They soon discover that the whole of their neighborhood has joined up, including a nearby factory foreman, now their sergeant, Mitchell, and their friend Lizzie, who has become a volunteer nurse.
These pals are set to become part of the largest offensive ever mounted by the British Army, the Battle of the Somme. But after a successful first day, they are ordered to seize control of Trones Wood, a thickly forested copse riddled with enemy soldiers and impossible to navigate. Through all this, they survive shellfire and ambush, evade capture by the Germans and encounter the mysterious Private William Hunt, whose fate will become forever entwined with the life of Paddy Kennedy.
Paddy's journey leads to the deadliest mission of all - the execution by firing squad of one of his pals. How will Paddy survive becoming a soldier?
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Drama
Content Type
Diary/Memoir/Autobiography, Performance
Contributor
Stuart Bentley, fl. 2008, Susan Horth, fl. 2003-2016, British Broadcasting Corporation
Author / Creator
Ben Chanan, fl. 2003-2016
Date Published / Released
2014
Publisher
BBC Worldwide
Series
Our World War
Topic / Theme
Recorded history, War, Soldiers, British
Copyright Message
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Our World War, Season 1, Episode 3, War Machine
directed by Bruce Goodison, fl. 1997-2016; produced by Susan Horth, fl. 2003-2016, British Broadcasting Corporation, in Our World War, Season 1, Episode 3 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2014), 58 mins
1918, and after four years of combat the British invent a new weapon designed to break the stalemate. Private Chas Rowland, determined to bring the war to an end and return home, joins the Tank Corps under the command of Lieutenant Mould, entering the extraordinary world of the Niveleur, a Mark V tank.
Primed to...
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directed by Bruce Goodison, fl. 1997-2016; produced by Susan Horth, fl. 2003-2016, British Broadcasting Corporation, in Our World War, Season 1, Episode 3 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2014), 58 mins
Description
1918, and after four years of combat the British invent a new weapon designed to break the stalemate. Private Chas Rowland, determined to bring the war to an end and return home, joins the Tank Corps under the command of Lieutenant Mould, entering the extraordinary world of the Niveleur, a Mark V tank.
Primed to take part in a major offensive against the Germans just outside the French town of Amiens, the crew of the Niveleur include Fred Firth,...
1918, and after four years of combat the British invent a new weapon designed to break the stalemate. Private Chas Rowland, determined to bring the war to an end and return home, joins the Tank Corps under the command of Lieutenant Mould, entering the extraordinary world of the Niveleur, a Mark V tank.
Primed to take part in a major offensive against the Germans just outside the French town of Amiens, the crew of the Niveleur include Fred Firth, a father-of-two desperate to see his children again, Private Dodds, a tough warrior scarred by the loss of his brothers and Mike Weston, a civilian mechanic conscripted into the tanks. The crew will only survive four grueling days behind enemy lines if they can learn to work together. Can they bring the war to an end and make it home?
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Film
Content Type
Performance
Contributor
Stuart Bentley, fl. 2008, Susan Horth, fl. 2003-2016, British Broadcasting Corporation
Author / Creator
Bruce Goodison, fl. 1997-2016
Date Published / Released
2014
Publisher
BBC Worldwide
Series
Our World War
Topic / Theme
Recorded history, War, Correspondence, Military tanks, Soldiers, World War I, 1914-1918, War and Violence, British, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Segunda Vez
directed by Dora Garcia, fl. 2013; produced by Marie Logie, fl. 2010 (New York: Grasshopper Film, 2018), 1 hour 34 mins
This vital, revolutionary documentary isn't merely a biopic of Oscar Masotta - a pivotal theorist in the Argentinian avant-garde from the 1950s to 1970s - but a treatise on the artistic and political climate of the nation preceding the Dirty War, eerily mirroring the world today. The title, Segunda Vez, originates...
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directed by Dora Garcia, fl. 2013; produced by Marie Logie, fl. 2010 (New York: Grasshopper Film, 2018), 1 hour 34 mins
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This vital, revolutionary documentary isn't merely a biopic of Oscar Masotta - a pivotal theorist in the Argentinian avant-garde from the 1950s to 1970s - but a treatise on the artistic and political climate of the nation preceding the Dirty War, eerily mirroring the world today. The title, Segunda Vez, originates from a homonymous story written by a contemporary of Masotta’s, Julio Cortázar.
Field of Study
Art & Architecture
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Marie Logie, fl. 2010
Author / Creator
Dora Garcia, fl. 2013, Julio Cortázar, 1914-1984
Date Published / Released
2018
Publisher
Grasshopper Film
Person Discussed
Oscar Masotta-a, fl. 1950
Topic / Theme
Argentinian people, War, Avant-garde, Political theory, Argentine Dirty War, 1976-1983, War and Violence
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Copyright © 2018 Grasshopper Film
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Sinfonia en Abril
directed by Claudio Remedi, fl. 1992 and Teresa Saporiti, fl. 2017; produced by Oriana Tizziani, fl. 2002 and Teresa Saporiti, fl. 2017, INCAA y del ICCA and Grupo de Boedo Films (Mexico City, Federal District (Mexico): Chapulin Films, 2017), 1 hour 11 mins
Every April 24, the Armenian community in Argentina commemorates the genocide that happened 100 years ago in their ancestral land. The film follows the stories of different people who have a connection with Armenian culture and history. A tribute to the resilience and dignity of a people who survived a horror and...
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directed by Claudio Remedi, fl. 1992 and Teresa Saporiti, fl. 2017; produced by Oriana Tizziani, fl. 2002 and Teresa Saporiti, fl. 2017, INCAA y del ICCA and Grupo de Boedo Films (Mexico City, Federal District (Mexico): Chapulin Films, 2017), 1 hour 11 mins
Description
Every April 24, the Armenian community in Argentina commemorates the genocide that happened 100 years ago in their ancestral land. The film follows the stories of different people who have a connection with Armenian culture and history. A tribute to the resilience and dignity of a people who survived a horror and injustice.
Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Oriana Tizziani, fl. 2002, Teresa Saporiti, fl. 2017, INCAA y del ICCA, Grupo de Boedo Films
Author / Creator
Claudio Remedi, fl. 1992, Teresa Saporiti, fl. 2017
Date Published / Released
2017
Publisher
Chapulin Films
Topic / Theme
Race and culture, Crimes against humanity, Memorials, Memorial Day, Survivors, Terrorism, Atrocities, Genocide victims, Armenian Massacre, Ottoman Empire, 1915-1916, Armenians
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Copyright © 2017 Chapulin Films
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A Symphony for a Common Man
directed by José Joffily, 1945-; produced by Isabel Joffily, fl. 2009, Coevos Filmes, Canal Brasil, GloboNews and Globo Filmes (Estonia: Utopic Documentaries, 2022), 1 hour 25 mins
WARNING: This video contains some graphic content (such as bomb blasts and war victims) which may not be suitable for all ages. So viewer discretion is advised.
Brazilian ambassador José Bustani, the first director of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, tried to avoid the destruction of Iraq but was forced out under pressure from the USA. Today, similar situations are repeating themselves in the multilateral organizations. WARNING: This video contai...
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directed by José Joffily, 1945-; produced by Isabel Joffily, fl. 2009, Coevos Filmes, Canal Brasil, GloboNews and Globo Filmes (Estonia: Utopic Documentaries, 2022), 1 hour 25 mins
Description
Brazilian ambassador José Bustani, the first director of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, tried to avoid the destruction of Iraq but was forced out under pressure from the USA. Today, similar situations are repeating themselves in the multilateral organizations. WARNING: This video contains some graphic content (such as bomb blasts and war victims) which may not be suitable for all ages. So viewer discretion is advised.
Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Isabel Joffily, fl. 2009, Coevos Filmes, Canal Brasil, GloboNews, Globo Filmes
Author / Creator
José Joffily, 1945-
Date Published / Released
2022
Publisher
Utopic Documentaries
Speaker / Narrator
Fernando Henrique Cardoso, 1931-, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, 1945-, Scott Ritter, 1961-
Person Discussed
Fernando Henrique Cardoso, 1931-, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, 1945-, Scott Ritter, 1961-, José Bustani, 1945-, John R. Bolton, 1948-, George Walker Bush, 1946-, Saddam Hussein, 1937-2006
Topic / Theme
Political life, Chemical weapons, Transition of power, Internal affairs, Terrorism, Violence, Chemical warfare, Diplomats, September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001, Persian Gulf War, 1991, Iraq War, 2003-2011
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2022 Utopic Documentaries
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Travis A Soldier's Story
directed by Jonathon Link, fl. 2005; produced by Katie Norris, fl. 2007 (Los Angeles, CA: FilmHub, 2013), 1 hour 6 mins
Travis: A Soldier's Story is an award-winning documentary featuring the powerful true story of SSG Travis Mills who was critically injured by an IED while serving in Afghanistan and is now living an inspiring life as a quadruple amputee.
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directed by Jonathon Link, fl. 2005; produced by Katie Norris, fl. 2007 (Los Angeles, CA: FilmHub, 2013), 1 hour 6 mins
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Travis: A Soldier's Story is an award-winning documentary featuring the powerful true story of SSG Travis Mills who was critically injured by an IED while serving in Afghanistan and is now living an inspiring life as a quadruple amputee.
Field of Study
Disability Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Katie Norris, fl. 2007
Author / Creator
Jonathon Link, fl. 2005
Date Published / Released
2013
Publisher
FilmHub
Topic / Theme
Biographies, Confederate army, Physical disabilities, Military defeats, Military life, Americans
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2013 Fotolanthropy
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