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Comic Book Confidential

Rated: 0 | 151 Views Released Year: 1988

Genre: Social & Cultural Documentaries
About: Ron Mann's documentary explores how comic books were elevated to pop art and bore witness to cultural phenomena with the help of legendary creators such as Robert Crumb, Will Eisner, William Gaines, Bill Griffith and Stan Lee. The film traces the medium from its ultrapatriotic beginnings -- with pages filled with superheroes fighting for truth, justice and the American way -- and shows how it evolved into sophisticated, complicated, readable art.
URL: Comic Book Confidential

Como Se Forma una Rumba

Rated: 0 | 152 Views Released Year: 2006

Genre: Social & Cultural Documentaries
About: Ivan Acosta's rhythm-rich documentary explores the roots of one of Cuba's most popular dance and musical forms: rumba. This enthralling exploration features fascinating interviews, energetic Afro-Cuban jams and more than a few entertaining insights. Spotlighted artists include Chico O'Farrill, Jose Fajardo, Juan Pablo Torres, Alfredo Valdes Jr., Candido Camero, Horacio "El Negro" Hernandez, Armando Lopez, Art Farmer and many more.
URL: Como Se Forma una Rumba

Is it Real? Da Vinci's Code

Rated: 0 | 142 Views Released Year: 2006

Genre: Social & Cultural Documentaries
About: Ever since the debut of Dan Brown's best-selling novel about an alleged "code" in Leonardo da Vinci's paintings, public fascination with the artist, his works and their connections to Christianity has been at an all-time high. In an effort to separate fact from fiction, this episode of the National Geographic series explores the book's controversial claims -- the most provocative of which romantically links Jesus Christ and Mary Magdalene.
URL: Is it Real? Da Vinci's Code

Laura McKenzie's Da Vinci Code Tour

Rated: 0 | 126 Views Released Year: 2006

Genre: Social & Cultural Documentaries
About: Dan Brown's monumental best-selling novel, The Da Vinci Code, has captured the world's imagination and has led to increased tourist traffic to various European locales referred to in the book. Join host Laura McKenzie in this documentary as she gives you a crash course in the rich history and culture of France, Italy, England and Scotland, including hot tips about great places to go for shopping bargains and memorable meals.
URL: Laura McKenzie's Da Vinci Code Tour

$100 and a T-Shirt: A Documentary About Zines in the Northwest

Rated: 0 | 122 Views Released Year: 2004

Genre: Social & Cultural Documentaries
About: Filmmaker Joe Biel looks at the nuts and bolts of do-it-yourself publishing and zines in this illuminating documentary, traveling by bicycle to the Portland Zine Symposium and related sites around the Oregon city. Biel interviews denizens of the area's zine community, who discuss the impetus to create zines, their genesis, self-publishing's history, intricacies of the zine scene and the genre's future.
URL: $100 and a T-Shirt: A Documentary About Zines in the Northwest

Won't Anybody Listen

Rated: 0 | 121 Views Released Year: 2001

Genre: Social & Cultural Documentaries
About: Filmed over a seven-year period, Dov Kelemer's searing indictment of the music business chronicles the lives of brothers Frank and Vince Rogala, Michigan natives who came to Los Angeles seeking fame and fortune with their rock band NC-17. Humbled by the brutal realities of the record industry, these courageous musicians face an ongoing struggle as they try to balance their desire for financial success with their need for artistic redemption.
URL: Won't Anybody Listen

I Have Tourette's But Tourette's Doesn't Have Me

Rated: 4 | 164 Views Released Year: 2005

Genre: Social & Cultural Documentaries
About: This insightful Home Box Office documentary profiles some American children afflicted with Tourette's syndrome -- a hereditary neurological disorder manifested by recurrent, involuntary vocal and motor tics. More than a dozen youngsters ranging from ages 6 to 13 discuss the stigma of Tourette's, what it's like to grow up with the condition, control measures and the challenges they face to be viewed as normal.
URL: I Have Tourette's But Tourette's Doesn't Have Me