This controversial film from director Glauber Rocha records the funeral of his friend, major Brazilian painter Emiliano Di Cavalcanti.
VPRO icon Wim Brands died on April 4, 2016. He was known to the general public as a presenter of the VPRO Boeken program and also closer, with six collections of poetry to his name. This documentary about his life and work, built entirely from archive material, pays tribute to this television personality. A portrait in which attention is also paid to his complicated relationship with death. With a.o. Karl Ove Knausgård, David Sedaris, Ellen Deckwitz and Pieter Boskma. Brands' work merges with his rich inner life and that he chose death at the age of 56 casts a shadow over everything.
In August 1964, less than a year after President John F. Kennedy’s assassination, delegates to the Democratic National Convention gathered to nominate the Democratic Party's presidential candidate. On the convention's final day, Bobby Kennedy gives a tribute speech in honor of his late brother, President Kennedy, and receives an overwhelming standing ovation for more than 12 minutes.
This documentary explores his relentless pursuit of social change, his tragic assassination during his 1968 presidential campaign, and the lingering mysteries surrounding his death.
Even though Sam's father is hardly ever home because he is often away on business trips, he is able to connect with his son by teaching him how to pack a suitcase.
Washed-up cereal spokesman Tommy Tiger wastes his hours with a cocktail of whippets, whiskey, and cheap beer. A memory of his father hurdles him into a crushing downward spiral.
At her grandfathers funeral, Jordan has a shocking realization during her father’s eulogy speech and decides to confront him.
When Jacob returns home for his internet famous brother's celebration, he finds his mother on the floor screaming his brother is dead. But during his eulogy at the funeral he starts to believe this could be another one of his many viral pranks.
After his eldest son is murdered in a gangland hit, an absentee father desperately tries to protect what’s left of the shattered family he abandoned.
At the funeral of his best friend, a struggling stand-up is confronted with giving a eulogy. Even worse, he has to confront the possibility of not being funny.
Charlie, a young journalist, returns to her hometown of Camden, Maine to write the eulogy for her best friend, Katherine.
Fireman Tom Hatcher is at the end of his rope. He saves lives but couldn't save his wife from cancer. Now his daughter faces the same battle. From an unlikely friend, Tom is challenged to face grief and embrace faith in his darkest hours.
Just before his brother Sigsby's funeral, Ben persuades his wife Kathryn to listen to the eulogy he has composed. After hearing his adulations, Kathryn insists on giving her own private eulogy which describes Sigsby's true character as deceitful and manipulative. Having acknowledged the truth about Sigsby privately, they can now join together in conforming to society's expectations of them at the funeral
A grieving woman's eulogy to the deceased.
Tribute celebrating the iconic sitcom featuring classic archive material. We meet the insiders to find out exactly why this sitcom is one of the most successful TV shows ever.
British Naturism wants to persuade more people to give social nudity a try with some naked swimming. But is the marketing director's new girlfriend even ready to take the plunge? Can British Naturism sell social nudity to a younger generation by launching a weekend of nude swims over one weekend in September?
Documentary depicting the historic moments that defined America's journey from barren wilderness to global superpower, featuring contributions from experts and archive footage. Beginning with the first Viking visitors a millennium ago and the Pilgrim Fathers settling at Plymouth Harbour, the film also takes in independence in the 18th century, as well as the gold rush, civil war and the abolition of slavery in the 19th century.
The Nuremberg trials started in 1945 and marked a milestone in the establishment of international law. The images of high-ranking Nazis in the dock are seared into our collective memory. The Nuremberg trials were a series of military tribunals staged by the Allies after World War Two. The first and best-known trial ended in October 1946 with the sentencing to death of 12 high-ranking Nazis.
The Journey of a young man who is making a documentary about forgotten narratives around an old piano, takes him through an unknown path towards restoring history, culture and identity of his homeland, Iran, in dusty and abandoned objects.
A look into those convicted by the House Un-American Activities Committee