http://documentaryheaven.com Welcome To Documentary Heaven!! Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:18:32 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://documentaryheaven.com/manufactured-landscapes/ http://documentaryheaven.com/manufactured-landscapes/#comments Sun, 27 Nov 2011 20:26:18 +0000 Danny http://documentaryheaven.com/?p=6220 Manufactured Landscapes is a feature length documentary on the world and work of renowned artist Edward Burtynsky. Burtynsky makes large-scale photographs of ?manufactured landscapes? ? quarries, recycling yards, factories, mines, dams. He photographs civilization?s materials and debris, but in a way people describe as ?stunning? or ?beautiful,? and so raises all kinds of questions about ethics and aesthetics without trying to easily answer them. The film follows Burtynsky to China as he travels the country photographing the evidence and effects of that country?s massive industrial revolution. Sites such as the Three Gorges Dam, which is bigger by 50% than any other dam in the world and displaced over a million people, factory floors over a kilometre long, and the breathtaking scale of Shanghai?s urban renewal are subjects for his lens and our motion picture camera. Shot in Super-16mm film, Manufactured Landscapes extends the narrative streams of Burtynsky?s photographs, allowing us to... Watch Now]]> http://documentaryheaven.com/manufactured-landscapes/feed/ 5 http://documentaryheaven.com/hunger/ http://documentaryheaven.com/hunger/#comments Tue, 22 Nov 2011 01:18:05 +0000 Danny http://documentaryheaven.com/?p=6209 Hunger is a 2008 film about the 1981 Irish hunger strike. It is written by Enda Walsh and Steve McQueen, who also directed. It was made by Blast! Films and commissioned by Channel 4 and Film4. It premiered at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival, winning the prestigious Caméra d'Or award for first-time filmmakers. It went on to win the Sydney Film Prize at the Sydney Film Festival, best picture by the Evening Standard British Film Awards, and received 2 BAFTA nominations, winning one. The film was also nominated for 8 awards at the 2009 IFTA's winning 6 at the event.Hunger was turned down by the Irish Film Board[citation needed], but has gone on to be one of the most successful Irish films. The film was co-funded by Northern Ireland Screen, Broadcast Commission of Ireland, Film 4 and the Wales Creative IP Fund.The film stars Michael Fassbender as Bobby Sands, the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) volunteer who led the 1981 Irish hunger strike and participated in the no wash pr... Watch Now]]> http://documentaryheaven.com/hunger/feed/ 12 http://documentaryheaven.com/the-day-after-peace/ http://documentaryheaven.com/the-day-after-peace/#comments Thu, 17 Nov 2011 02:51:45 +0000 Danny http://documentaryheaven.com/?p=6194 This documentary film charts Gilley’s extraordinary 10-year journey to establish Peace Day on 21 September, and shows how the Day is being used around the world to save lives.The film’s breathtaking conclusion finds Gilley joined by Jude Law in Afghanistan attempting to spearhead a massive vaccination against polio on Peace Day.The Day After Peace is produced in association with the BBC and Passion Pictures.- “I hope the film inspires you to become involved on 21 September and make your commitment, now and forever, no matter how big or small.” Jeremy Gilley, Founder and Chairman of Peace One Day... Watch Now]]> http://documentaryheaven.com/the-day-after-peace/feed/ 4 http://documentaryheaven.com/life-in-a-day/ http://documentaryheaven.com/life-in-a-day/#comments Mon, 07 Nov 2011 00:47:51 +0000 Danny http://documentaryheaven.com/?p=6169 Director Kevin Macdonald and producer Ridley Scott team up to offer this candid snapshot of a single day on planet Earth. Compiled from over 80,000 YouTube submissions by contributors in 192 countries, Life in a Day presents a microcosmic view of our daily experiences as a global society. From the mundane to the profound, everything has its place as we spend 90 minutes gaining greater insight into the lives of people who may be more like us than we ever suspected, despite the fact that we’re separated by incredible distances.Clips are not labeled with locations – some are nevertheless easy to figure out, but others leave few clues. Obviously this is intentional on Macdonald’s part, as you occasionally find yourself distracted by trying to figure out where the hell the various videos come from.... Watch Now]]> http://documentaryheaven.com/life-in-a-day/feed/ 23 http://documentaryheaven.com/halloween-25-years-of-terror/ http://documentaryheaven.com/halloween-25-years-of-terror/#comments Mon, 31 Oct 2011 20:20:58 +0000 Danny http://documentaryheaven.com/?p=6146 The definitive documentary about the Halloween franchise that has kept horror movie fans thrilled with each new edition. Includes behind-the-scenes footage, plus 80 interviews with cast and crew including John Carpenter, Debra Hill, Jamie Lee Curtis, Moustapha Akkad, Tom Atkins, Danielle Harris, Kathleen Kinmont, Nancy Loomis, Greg Nicotero, and others, as well as with famous fans including Rob Zombie, Clive Barker, Kim Newman, Edgar Wright and everyone at the legendary Return To Haddonfield Convention.The first quarter century of the Halloween saga, from the 1978 original to 2002′s Halloween: Resurrection, is thoroughly tracked in an 83-minute documentary on the subject. The impetus is a Halloween convention held in South Pasadena (site of the original filming), from which a considerable amount of footage is drawn. Let’s be clear: this two-disc set is not a reissue of the first Halloween, but a new documentary with mucho extra features.Halloween: 25 Years Later collects in... Watch Now]]> http://documentaryheaven.com/halloween-25-years-of-terror/feed/ 1 http://documentaryheaven.com/religulous/ http://documentaryheaven.com/religulous/#comments Tue, 04 Oct 2011 19:08:49 +0000 Danny http://documentaryheaven.com/?p=6091 Early on in Religulous, Bill Maher throws up a bar chart illustrating the number of people in America who are non-religious. That number is 16%, more than blacks, more than Jews, more than numerous other minority groups who seem to have no problem making themselves heard and getting Congress to do their bidding. Maher wonders aloud why non-religious people are so underground, and why they aren’t having an impact on the national discussion. His film is aimed squarely at that 16% of the country, and almost no one else. His goal, and he clearly has one, is to give those people the motivation they need to come out of the closet and do something… before it’s too late. Religulous begins with Bill Maher, standing alone in Israel at a place called Meggido; a worthless pile of rubble where many of the planet’s religions believe the end of the world will begin. From there, Maher pushes us into an intense, honest, and brutally funny discussion of blind belief, presenting the possibility... Watch Now]]> http://documentaryheaven.com/religulous/feed/ 28 http://documentaryheaven.com/sonicsgate-requiem-for-a-team/ http://documentaryheaven.com/sonicsgate-requiem-for-a-team/#comments Wed, 08 Jun 2011 01:17:31 +0000 Danny http://documentaryheaven.com/?p=5837 Winner – Best Sports Film – 2010 Webby Awards. A free educational documentary chronicling how after 41 years of playing NBA basketball in Seattle, the Super Sonics were moved to Oklahoma and became the Thunder.This film was created by Sonics fans in order to educate the public. This film is in High Definition, Close Captioned and has a soundtrack provided by Seattle area musicians.Features original HD interviews including Gary Payton, George Karl, Slade Gorton, Brad Keller, Sherman Alexie, Paul Lawrence, Kevin Calabro and many more. This film is being distributed for free online by the Seattle SuperSonics Historical Preservation Society.Music was provided for the film by Seattle-area hip-hop artists such as Lil Kriz, Jake One, Grayskul, Blue Scholars, Common Market and more.This is an original educational work created by loyal Sonic fans with additional footage provided by local news organizations. ... Watch Now]]> http://documentaryheaven.com/sonicsgate-requiem-for-a-team/feed/ 13 http://documentaryheaven.com/heckler/ http://documentaryheaven.com/heckler/#comments Mon, 30 May 2011 17:02:35 +0000 Danny http://documentaryheaven.com/?p=5812 Heckler is a comedic documentary film exploring the increasingly critical world we live in. After starring in a film that was critically bashed, Jamie Kennedy takes on hecklers and critics and ask some interesting questions of people such as George Lucas, Bill Maher, Mike Ditka, Rob Zombie, Howie Mandel and many more.This hilarious documentary pulls no punches as you see an uncensored look at just how nasty and mean the fight is between those in the spotlight and those in the dark. ... Watch Now]]> http://documentaryheaven.com/heckler/feed/ 34 http://documentaryheaven.com/hearts-of-darkness-a-filmmakers-apocalypse/ http://documentaryheaven.com/hearts-of-darkness-a-filmmakers-apocalypse/#comments Mon, 30 May 2011 16:30:10 +0000 Danny http://documentaryheaven.com/?p=5806 The title is derived from the source material for Apocalypse Now, the Joseph Conrad novella Heart of Darkness. Using behind the scenes footage, and narrated by Eleanor Coppola, it chronicles how production problems including bad weather, actors' health and other issues delayed the film, increasing costs and nearly destroying the life and career of Francis Ford Coppola. In 1990, Eleanor Coppola turned her material over to two young filmmakers George Hickenlooper and Fax Bahr who then shot new interviews with the original cast and crew and intercut them with her existing material. After a year of editing, Hickenlooper, Bahr, and Coppola debuted their film at the 1991 Cannes Film Festival to universal critical acclaim.... Watch Now]]> http://documentaryheaven.com/hearts-of-darkness-a-filmmakers-apocalypse/feed/ 5 http://documentaryheaven.com/first-orbit/ http://documentaryheaven.com/first-orbit/#comments Tue, 12 Apr 2011 23:13:23 +0000 Danny http://documentaryheaven.com/?p=5669 A real time recreation of Yuri Gagarin's pioneering first orbit, shot entirely in space from on board the International Space Station. The film combines this new footage with Gagarin's original mission audio and a new musical score by composer Philip Sheppard. For more information visit http://www.firstorbit.org/... Watch Now]]> http://documentaryheaven.com/first-orbit/feed/ 2