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2) Working man
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"When the last factory in a small Rust Belt town closes, an unlikely hero emerges in dutiful, quiet Allery Parkes. A career employee of the factory, the aging Allery can't reconcile how to live a life simply sitting at home doing nothing, and against the advice and pleas of his loving wife, he forms an unlikely friendship with his charismatic neighbor, Walter Brewer, in order to revive the defunct factory. As their community rallies around them, and...
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"In this workplace comedy reminiscent of "Office Space" and "Severance," misfit Orson finds himself trapped in the absurdities of corporate life. As The Authority's newest employee, Orson finds it difficult to connect with his enigmatic desk mate, Rakesh, or any of his other colleagues. His alienation deepens when he discovers a room he's told doesn't exist, a place that unleashes his true potential, leading to an ascent up the corporate ladder. Buoyed...
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In an invisible territory at the margins of society lives a wounded community who face the threat of being forgotten by political institutions and having their rights as citizens trampled. Through this hidden pocket of humanity, Robert Minervini opens a window to the abyss of today's America.
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Traces the creation and demise of the Pruitt-Igoe housing project in Saint Louis, Missouri. Built in 1956, Pruitt-Igoe was heralded as a marvel of modernist architecture and a milestone in public assistance and urban redevelopment, but in the years that followed it devolved into a haven for drug-related crime, and ended up stigmatizing the population it was intended to help.
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"[This] documentary captures an unprecedented glimpse into the ancient healing practices of the Amazon rainforest's medicine men, or shamans, whose unique knowledge of indigenous plants and rituals is threatened by deforestation, modernization and ecotourism ... [This film] follows eight people from the developed world with a variety of common and serious ailments who embark on a challenging, one-month healing journey into the heart of the Amazon...
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This documentary chronicles the life of Candy Darling, star of the Andy Warhol movies Women in Revolt and Flesh. Born James Slattery in 1944, Darling acted in several other films and in various plays, including Tennessee Williams's Small Craft Warnings. The film features interviews with colleagues, contemporaries and friends of Candy, including John Waters, Peter Beard, Holly Woodlawn, Bob Colacello, Geraldine Smith, Pat Hackett, and Ron Delsener....
8) Second skin
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Second Skin examines online computer games as well as the personal lives of various dedicated gamers. Through interviews and direct involvement, the documentary provides details on how "MMORPG's" (aka "Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games") have become an increasingly popular genre of computer games, allowing millions of users from around the world to simultaneously interact in dramatized virtual spaces.