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Amy and The Look Of Silence
Amy
(Country: UK; Year: 2015; Director: Asif Kapadia)
A documentary about Amy Winehouse.
Best Of Enemies
(Country: US; Year: 2015; Director: Robert Gordon, Morgan Neville; Writer: Robert Gordon, Morgan Neville; Stars: Dick Cavett, Gore Vidal, William F. Buckley Jr., Noam Chomsky, Christopher Hitchens, Matt Tyrnauer, Brooke Gladstone, Ginia Bellafante, Sam Tanenhaus)
A behind-the-scenes account of the explosive 1968 televised debates between the liberal Gore Vidal and the conservative William F Buckley Jr, and their rancorous disagreements about politics, God, and sex.
The Black Panthers: Vanguard Of The Revolution
(Year: 2015; Director: Stanley Nelson)
Story of the rise and fall of the Black Panther Party.
Cartel Land
(Country: US, Mexico; Year: 2015; Director: Matthew Heineman)
Vigilantes on both sides of the Mexican Border with the US take on the drug cartels.
Dreamcatcher
(Country: UK, US; Year: 2015; Director: Kim Longinotto; Writer: Kim Longinotto)
Documentary, showing how a former teenage prostitute is helping other women to find a better life.
Where To Invade Next and Best Of Enemies
Going Clear: Scientology And The Prison Of Belief
(Country: US; Year: 2015; Director: Alex Gibney; Writer: Alex Gibney, based on the book by Lawrence Wright; Stars: Leah Remini, Mimi Rogers, Riley Keough, Priscilla Presley, Jason Beghe, Paul Haggis, Lisa Marie Presley, Neil Gaiman, Diana Canova, Michael Fairman, Chaka Khan, MC Lyte, Amanda Palmer, Larry Anderson, Lawrence Wright)
Exploration of the history and methods of the Church of Scientology, recounted by former members.
He Named Me Malala
(Country: US; Year: 2015; Director: Davis Guggenheim; Stars: Malala Yousafzai, Ziauddin Yousafzai, Toor Pekai Yousafzai, Khushal Yousafzai, Atal Yousafzai)
Documentary about events that led to the Taliban attack on Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai and the aftermath.
The Hunting Ground
(Year: 2015; Director: Kirby Dick; Writer: Kirby Dick; Stars: Diane Rosenfeld)
Investigation of rape on US university campuses - and the institutional cover-ups.
Kurt Cobain: Montage Of Heck
(Country: US; Year: 2015; Director: Brett Morgen; Writer: Brett Morgen; Stars: Courtney Love, Dave Grohl, Kurt Cobain, Krist Novoselic)
Portrait of the Nirvana frontman, featuring home video footage.
The Look Of Silence
(Country: Denmark, Finland, Norway, Indonesia, UK; Year: 2014; Director: Joshua Oppenheimer)
Consideration of Indonesian genocide.
Kurt Cobain: Montage Of Heck and He Named Me Malala
Seymour: An Introduction
(Country: US; Year: 2014; Director: Ethan Hawke)
Study of a piano teacher.
What Happened, Miss Simone?
(Country: US; Year: 2015; Director: Liz Garbus)
The life of Nina Simone, mostly told through her own words.
Where To Invade Next
(Country: US; Year: 2015; Director: Michael Moore; Writer: Michael Moore)
Michael Moore considers what the US could learn from other countries.
Winter On Fire: Ukraine's Fight For Freedom
(Country: UK, Ukraine, US; Year: 2015; Director: Evgeny Afineevsky; Stars: Bishop Agapit, Serhii Averchenko, Kristina Berdinskikh, Pavlo Dobryanskyy, Valery Dovgiy, Bogdan Dubas, Kurganskyi Eduard, Mykhailo Havryliuk, Natan Hazin, His Holiness The Patriarch of Kyiv and Ukraine Filaret, Dmytro Holubnychy, Timur Ibragimov, Said Ismagilov, Cissy Jones, Kamaliya)
Documentary about the unrest in Ukraine during 2013-14.
The Wolfpack
(Country: US; Year: 2015; Director: Crystal Moselle; Stars: Bhagavan Angulo, Govinda Angulo, Jagadisa Angulo, Narayana Angulo, Krsna Angulo, Mukunda Angulo)
Story of a band of brothers who grew up in social isolation.
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