Two best friends who love horror films and want to make their own are followed by one of their brothers to make a a documentary of their process. This is the documentary that follows these two friends who have more ideas than they can count and talent enough to make them happen. Just so happens they have Down Syndrome, but they’re not going to let that stop them.
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New Deal for Artists (1981)
When Franklin D. Roosevelt became president during the midst of the Great Depression, one of his most ambitious programs to combat the widespread poverty and unemployment of the day was the Works Progress Administration. This program was designed to upgrade and reinforce the national infrastructure, with a primary focus on construction projects involving roads, government buildings and bridges.
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Travels in the Congo (1927) [DVD]
In 1925, French filmmaker Marc Allégret’s traveled to the French Equatorial Africa colonial region with writer André Gide to create a documentary record of the customs and cultures of the diverse tribal groups within the region. Unlike other documentaries of that era, most notably Robert Flaherty’s “Nanook of the North” and “Moana,” Allégret took an observatory approach to the subject, capturing the everyday life and special events of the African people.
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Linnea Quigley’s Paranormal Truth
I wish I could have loved “Paranormal Truth” but the fact is that the show is about twenty years too late. The series, produced with twelve episodes, is one of the many, many (many!) documentary shows that investigates stuff about the occult that we’ve all brushed with time and time again. There’s episodes about vampires, zombies, exorcisms, devil worship, and so much more special interest stuff that you probably already know too much of.
Non Western (2021)
As a Native man and his Non-Native fiancee prepare to get married, the differences between each of their worlds and different generations come to the surface and create a sort of clash between the two and some of their loved ones.
Oscar-Nominated Documentary is Auctioned as Non-Fungible Token (NFT)
There is a new entertainment platform for filmmakers: non-fungible tokens (NFTs).
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Kid 90 (2021)
With the advent of technology and the destruction of the concept of celebrity, there are many movies like “Kid 90” coming to theaters and VOD. It’s an important trend of movies that discuss the pitfalls, perils, and hazards of being a child movie or TV star in any decade. Soleil Moon Frye allows a somewhat unfiltered look in to her not so happy childhood that involved a lot of pressure, a business that seemingly abandoned her, and being sexualized at the age of thirteen.