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Our Curators Recommend:

Full Circle with Michael Palin

A 1997 documentary travel series produced by BBC and hosted by former Monty Python member Michael Palin

DOC - Can I Get An Amen?

Nate Harrison's 2004 video is a meditation on the ownership of culture, the nature of art and creativity, and the history of a remarkable music clip.

Doc - The Great American Cowboy (1973)

Winner of the 1973 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature about the battle between two rodeo stars for the world championship: veteran Larry Mahan and newcomer Phil Lyne.

Doc - Step Across the Border

A 1990 avant-garde documentary film on English guitarist, composer and improviser Fred Frith.

Doc - Pour Un Maillot Jaune (For A Yellow Jersey, 1965)

Follows the 1965 Tour de France not as a sports documentary but an atmospheric film of the events that surround it.

Doc - How Much Wood Would a Woodchuck Chuck (Herzog, 1976)

Herzog takes you inside the world championship of cattle auctioneers...and it's awesome!

Doc - I'm Almost Not Crazy: John Cassavetes, the Man and His Work (1984)

1984 documentary about director John Cassavetes that actually features interviews with the director, rather than taking a posthumous look at his work.

Doc - Yodeling: Echoes Of Home (2007)

portrait of three musicians who take the traditional swiss folk style and combine it with experimental music. This sometimes sounds like Zappa, at times like Zen-Meditation or sometimes Klezmer.