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I Like Killing Flies

Rated: 0 | 169 Views Released Year: 2004

Genre: Indie Documentaries
About: Documentarian Matt Mahurin peers into Shopsin's, a hole-in-the-wall Greenwich Village restaurant that's been dutifully serving comfort food to satisfied customers for more than 30 years. Lording over the eatery is hilarious, ersatz philosopher/owner Kenny Shopsin, who caters to such regulars as writer Calvin Trillin. Shopsin dispenses tough love with his okra chowder and is just as likely to throw out customers as take their food orders.
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I Have Never Forgotten You

Rated: 0 | 182 Views Released Year: 2006

Genre: Indie Documentaries
About: Oscar winner Nicole Kidman narrates this fascinating Tribeca Film Festival selection from documentarian Richard Trank, the story of architect turned Nazi hunter Simon Wiesenthal. After losing nearly 90 family members in the Holocaust and surviving a German death camp, Wiesenthal volunteered to help the American War Crimes Unit track down war criminals on the lam and went on to find more than 1,000.
URL: I Have Never Forgotten You

People Say I'm Crazy

Rated: 0 | 113 Views Released Year: 2003

Genre: Indie Documentaries
About: This documentary from John Cadigan takes a look at Cadigan's harrowing battle with schizophrenia. His struggle with the disease first occurred during college, prompting him to drop out of school entirely. A unique concept where the director is also the subject, the film offers a rare glimpse into the mentally diseased mind and challenges viewers to reject stereotypes.
URL: People Say I'm Crazy

The Gleaners and I

Rated: 0 | 114 Views Released Year: 2000

Genre: Indie Documentaries
About: Agnes Varda's no-holds-barred documentary about scavengers and recyclers is an insouciant treat from beginning to end. Inspired by Jean-François Millet's famous painting "Les Glaneuses," Varda strikes out with just a hand-held digital camera in search of the modern equivalent of Millet's grain field gleaners. She finds her quarry at dumpsters, outdoor markets and roadsides across France. A unique film with an unexpectedly obtuse perspective.
URL: The Gleaners and I

I Am Trying to Break Your Heart: A Film About Wilco

Rated: 0 | 96 Views Released Year: 2002

Genre: Indie Documentaries
About: Photographer turned director Sam Jones started filming experimental rock band Wilco as they recorded their fourth album, "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot," which has since been released to critical acclaim. As depicted in the film, however, it was a tumultuous time (the band nearly broke up). This documentary captures both Wilco's music and the story of how the band weathered through the storm to release the album under a new label.
URL: I Am Trying to Break Your Heart: A Film About Wilco

Keep the River on Your Right: A Modern Cannibal Tale

Rated: 0 | 138 Views Released Year: 1999

Genre: Indie Documentaries
About: In 1955, Tobias Schneebaum disappeared into the depths of the Peruvian Amazon. A year later, he emerged from the jungle naked and covered in body paint … a modern-day cannibal. Now, follow the stranger-than-fiction tale of Schneebaum's return to the jungle in 1999, 45 years after his original visit, to reunite with the tribesmen he grew to love and who haunted him for nearly half a century.
URL: Keep the River on Your Right: A Modern Cannibal Tale

I Am an American Soldier

Rated: 0 | 121 Views Released Year: 2007

Genre: Indie Documentaries
About: In this Tribeca Film Festival selection, filmmaker John Laurence charts the highs and lows of the Iraq War from the perspective of the U.S. Army's 101st Airborne Division, an elite group of paratroopers trained for air assault operations. Shot over 14 months, the film includes candid interviews with soldiers who are fighting for their country on the front lines and reveals their undeniable loyalty when it comes to their cause -- and one another.
URL: I Am an American Soldier

My Name is Alan, and I Paint Pictures

Rated: 0 | 121 Views Released Year: 2007

Genre: Indie Documentaries
About: Filmmaker Johnny Boston explores the creative process and the definition of art in this revealing documentary portrait of Alan Russell-Cowan, an aspiring painter who suffers from paranoid schizophrenia. For Alan, painting provides a release from his symptoms, but his delusions and auditory hallucinations are also key contributors to his artistic vision. Through his work, a real picture of mental illness becomes clear.
URL: My Name is Alan, and I Paint Pictures

I.O.U.S.A.

Rated: 0 | 124 Views Released Year: 2008

Genre: Indie Documentaries
About: With the country's debt growing out of control, Americans by and large are unaware of the looming financial crisis. This documentary examines several of the ways America can get its economy back on the right track. In addition to looking at the federal deficit and trade deficit, the film also closely explores the challenges of funding national entitlement programs such as Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.
URL: I.O.U.S.A.

Mr. Hoover and I

Rated: 0 | 158 Views Released Year: 1989

Genre: Indie Documentaries
About: Turning the camera on himself and his 10,000-page FBI file, radical documentary filmmaker Emile de Antonio skewers the legacy of FBI chief J. Edgar Hoover while offering up a fascinating self-portrait in his final film. A lengthy conversation with the composer John Cage, a discussion with a college crowd about McCarthyism and numerous witty observations by de Antonio himself also contribute to this discursive yet sharply observed documentary.
URL: Mr. Hoover and I

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