Movies: Observational documentary

Bacteria, viruses, but also fungi, algae, pollen, and even insects: micro-organisms thrive and circulate constantly in our sky. How can so many living beings find their way into the air and circulate? How do they survive? And what influence do they h...

"Smoke Signals" follows the volunteers at High Point Lookout, one of the last remaining fire lookout towers in California. Alternating between the daily duties of the fire lookouts, and a series of profiles on wildfires that have traced their history...

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A furious, iconoclastic attack on power and the media in a modern France where Islamophobia has become mainstream and inequality is growing from the suburbs to the boulevards....

A glimpse into the routine of a busy Covid vaccination service in the north of England....

During the pandemic, a 14 year old boy remains stuck in his school dormitory while his mother tries to contact him....

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An observational documentary following Steven Brooke and how the solitude of painting impacts his life and artwork....

This documentary profiles a Maine craftsman and his son, who are among the last practitioners of the art of wooden boat building....

God's Girls describes life in a Sisters of Mercy convent in country New South Wales from the 1940's to present day. This courageous and clever film investigates the subtle complexities of change within a society that has been surrounded by mystery f...

An observational documentary, shot on high-contrast black and white 16mm film, about a largely undeveloped river in southeastern North Carolina that is home to the oldest trees east of the Rocky Mountains....

A documentary part of CBS reports. The plight of mental patients fit for discharge, but who find themselves thrust into communities unprepared to treat or accept them is the focus of this documentary narrated by Bill Moyers. The dilemma of being as s...

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Every year, the most beautiful, best and proudest representatives of German youth meet in Dresden to take to the streets together....