1968

God Respects Us When We Work, But Loves Us When We Dance

5.2/11

Les Blank's poetic documentation of 1967's Los Angeles Easter Sunday Love-In. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2002.

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God Respects Us When We Work, But Loves Us When We Dance

1934

City of Wax

6/5

City of Wax is a 1934 American short documentary film produced by Horace and Stacy Woodard about the life of a bee. It won the Oscar at the 7th Academ...

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City of Wax

1935

Camera Thrills

0/0

Academy Award nominated short film. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and R...

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Camera Thrills

1961

Project Hope

5.6/5

Documenting the maiden voyage of the SS Hope, a hospital ship operated by Project HOPE, where it brought medical care to Indonesia and South Vietnam i...

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Project Hope

1955

3rd Ave. El

6/5

Impressionistic picture of the Third Avenue Elevated Railway in Manhattan, New York City, before it was demolished. Preserved by the Academy Film Arc...

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3rd Ave. El

1976

Number Our Days

7.2/5

Based on the book by anthropologist Barbara Myerhoff, this Academy Award-winning short documentary offers a tender portrait of a community of elderly...

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Number Our Days

1973

Background

6/1

Background is a 1973 American short documentary film directed by Carmen D'Avino. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short. Th...

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Background

1974

Exploratorium

6/5

An Oscar-nominated film with no narration showing the Exploratorium (The Palace of Arts and Science) in San Francisco. It shows many of the exhibits a...

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Exploratorium

1974

Naked Yoga

5.2/5

Three young ladies perform yoga without clothes in the open air of Cyprus. Another does the same in a studio. These visuals are interspersed with imag...

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Naked Yoga

1975

Conquest of Light

0/0

Examines the mesmerising construction of clear crystal glass pieces created by the craftsmen of Waterford. The process from the intense heat of the fu...

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Conquest of Light

2005

Kolkata

8/1

A portrait of North Kolkata (Calcutta), this film searches the streets for the ebb and flow of humanity and reflects the changing landscape of a city...

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Kolkata

1943

At the Front in North Africa with the U.S. Army

6/2

Documentary depicting and explaining the Allied campaign against the Germans in North Africa. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership wi...

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At the Front in North Africa with the U.S. Army

1994

Hoop Dreams

7.628/289

Every school day, African-American teenagers William Gates and Arthur Agee travel 90 minutes each way from inner-city Chicago to St. Joseph High Schoo...

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Hoop Dreams

1979

Al Neil: A Portrait

0/0

An award winning 45-minute film portrait of Al Neil’s life, music and art. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2013.

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Al Neil: A Portrait

1960

Primary

6.3/34

Primary is a documentary film about the primary elections between John F. Kennedy and Hubert Humphrey in 1960. Primary is the first documentary to use...

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Primary

1966

Galaxie

0/0

In March and April of 1966, Markopoulos created this filmic portrait of writers and artists from his New York circle, including Parker Tyler, W. H. Au...

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Galaxie

1966

John F. Kennedy: Years of Lightning, Day of Drums

5/3

An overview of John F. Kennedy's political career. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive, in partnership with Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc., in 201...

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John F. Kennedy: Years of Lightning, Day of Drums

1939

Busy Little Bears

0/0

Busy Little Bears is a 1939 American short family film directed by John A. Haeseler. The film follows three bear cubs are observed exploring the fores...

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Busy Little Bears

1967

Me & Bruce & Art

0/0

Bay Area filmmakers and Canyon Cinema co-founders Ben Van Meter and Bruce Conner were invited to L.A. to talk about Underground Film on the Art Linkle...

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Me & Bruce & Art

1967

Anselmo

0/0

Strand spent over twenty years documenting her friend Anselmo Aguascalientes’ life, eventually creating a stunning trilogy of films—Anselmo, Cosas de...

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Anselmo