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September 2nd, 2010
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Revolution OS is a 2001 documentary which traces the history of GNU,
Linux, and the open source and free software movements. It features
several interviews with prominent hackers and entrepreneurs (and
hackers-cum-entrepreneurs), including Richard Stallman, Michael
Tiemann, Linus Torvalds, Larry Augustin, Eric S. Raymond, Bruce
Perens, Frank Hecker and Brian Behlendorf. The film beg...
This is the story of an old woman brought to a residence against her
will. The events take place in Spain in 2010.
God Speed You! Black Emperor is a 1976 Japanese black-and-white 16 mm documentary film, 90 minutes long, by director Mitsuo Yanagimachi, which follows the exploits of a Japanese biker gang, the Black Emperors. 1970s Japan saw the rise of biker gangs, known as Bōsōzoku, which drew the interest of the media. The movie follows a member of the bike gang and his interaction with his parents...
Heavy Metal in Baghdad is a feature film documentary that follows the
Iraqi heavy metal band Acrassicauda from the fall of Saddam Hussein in
2003 to the present day. Playing heavy metal in a Muslim country has
always been a difficult (if not impossible) proposition but after
Saddam’s regime was toppled, there was a brief moment for the band
in which real freedom seemed possible. T...
The documentary, first broadcast on HBO throughout November & December
2006, exposes the dangers of voting machines used during America's mid
term and presidential elections. Electronic voting machines count
approximately 90% of America's votes in county, state and federal
elections. The technology is also increasingly being used across the
world, including in Canada, the United...
Waxing and waning in popularity over the decades, the Klan is the proverbial phoenix, rising from the ashes to gain membership and popularity when it seems to be extinguished. This History Channel documentary chronicles the history of the Klan, from its inception as a political organization trying to cope with the realities of emancipation and the defeat of the South in the Civil Wa...
Be Like Others (also known as Transsexual in Iran) is a 2008 documentary film written and directed by Tanaz Eshaghian about transsexuals in Iran. It explores issues of gender and sexuality while following the personal stories of some of the patients at a Tehran clinic.
Although homosexual relationships are illegal (punishable by death) in Iran, sex reassignment operations are pe...
United states of America is the most heavily armed society in the world; nearly 80 million Americans own guns. Explore the gun culture in America, from a police officer to a young mother.
Survivors of slave labour, brainwashing, torture and attempted organ
harvesting combine with an investigative journalist, and eminent
experts, to discuss the contentious subject of Genocide in modern-day
China, which increasingly involves the West.
Website: http://www.transmission610.com
This short documentary is about the Russian spaceprogram, seen from the perspective of small town Russian farmers and citizen.
Point of shooting: Russia, Pleseck. Northern base of Russian aerospace forces and deserted in woods village where the splinters of space rockets fall.
Created by Dmitry Zawilgelskiy
