On the Pole: Eddie Sachs at Fmovies. A direct-cinema portrait of Indianapolis 500 driver Eddie Sachs, filmed before, during, and after the 1960 race as he competes from pole position. Using pioneering mobile camera and sound techniques, the film captures the psychological intensity of racing and the personal cost of high-speed competition.
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This fascinating making-of documentary investigates the controversy and political atmosphere surrounding the production of Salt of the Earth,...
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Every school day, African-American teenagers William Gates and Arthur Agee travel 90 minutes each way from inner-city Chicago to St. Joseph High...
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Mixing narrative and documentary, the film retells a 16 year old girl's experience of a date rape.
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Primary is a documentary film about the primary elections between John F. Kennedy and Hubert Humphrey in 1960. Primary is the first documentary to...
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Short documentary extolling the virtues and necessity for women to participate in America's preparation for war, showing women working in scientific,...
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This short film takes a look at the off-screen personas of screen actors. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2012.
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A lyrical recreation of Lightnin’ Hopkins’ decision at age eight to stop chopping cotton and start singing for a living. Preserved by...
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This film documents the coal miners' strike against the Brookside Mine of the Eastover Mining Company in Harlan County, Kentucky in June, 1973....
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Produced by the Army Pictorial Service, Signal Corps, with the cooperation of the Army Air Forces and the United States Navy, and released by Warner...
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This short focuses on the job of the costume designer in the production of motion pictures. The costume designer must design clothing that is correct...
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A description and enactment of the discovery of gold by James Marshall, and the role played by John Sutter. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive.
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The Town was a short propaganda film produced by the Office of War Information in 1945. It presents an idealized vision of American life, shown in...