American Factory: A Conversation with the Obamas

Sep 3, 2019

0h 10m

★ 5.5

Overview

Barack and Michelle Obama talk with the directors of the documentary American Factory about the importance of storytelling and the impact of their film.

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Higher Ground

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Self

Barack Obama

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Michelle Obama

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Julia Reichert

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Steven Bognar

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7.3

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0.0

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10.0

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5.7

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7.6

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5.7

A Gamer's Life

Dec 6, 2016

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5.0

Imperfect Journey

Dec 31, 1994

Haile Gerima and Ryszard Kapuscinski travel around Ethiopia talking to people about their current situations and what needs to be done for a prosperous country.

0.0

Images of Women of the Social Corset

Jan 5, 2011

A man asks himself about the image of women who are offered for his gaze. A documentary about the image of women in fashion, film, and life.

8.0

Fontelonga

Jul 8, 2013

Fontelonga is a village of Trás-os-Montes, in the interior of Portugal. A mirror of exile in the eyes of their own people. A reflexion where memory is the last object of beauty and redemption.

5.0

Cinéastes de notre temps : Erich von Stroheim

Oct 14, 2012

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9.0

How I Learned to Love the Numbers

Nov 27, 2014

A New York film and at the same time the study of a young man suffering from an obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). The Berlin filmmaker Oliver Sechting (37) and his co-director Max Taubert (23) travel to New York with the idea of documenting the art scene there. However, the project is quickly overshadowed by Oliver's OCD, and the two directors fall prey to a conflict that becomes the central theme of their film. Encounters with such artists as film directors Tom Tykwer (Cloud Atlas), Ira Sachs (Keep the Lights On), and Jonathan Caouette (Tarnation) or the transmedia artist Phoebe Legere seem more and more to resemble therapy sessions. At last, Andy Warhol-Superstar Ultra Violet succeeds in opening a new door for Oliver.

6.0

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No overview available.

0.0

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6.0

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6.0

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Documentary illustrating the classic principles of Byzantine iconography on the examples of sixteen icons from a museum of ancient Greek art.

7.1

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6.9

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