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Hoop Dreams
(1994) [M]

This documentary follows two inner-city Chicago residents, Arthur Agee and William Gates, as they follow their dreams of becoming basketball superstars. Beginning at the start of their high school years, and ending almost 5 years later, as they start college, we watch the boys mature into men,...  More

Looking For Richard
(1996) [PG]

'Richard III', Shakespeare’s gripping drama of power, lust and betrayal, becomes accessible to a broader audience in this critically-acclaimed film, which marks the directorial debut of Academy Award-winning actor Al Pacino ('Scent of a Woman'). Pacino assembled an all-star cast including...  More

When We Were Kings
(1996) [PG]

It's 1974, Muhammed Ali is 32 and thought by many to be past his prime. George Forman is ten years younger and the Heavyweight champion of the world. Promoter Don King wants to make a name for himself and offers both fighters five million dollars apiece to fight one another, and when they accept,...  More

What Happened To Kerouac?
(1985) [M]

A documentary on the American writer Jack Kerouac, author of On the Road and King of the Beat Generation, with extraordinary footage of Kerouac reading his own work. Featuring: Neal and Carolyn Cassady, Allen Ginsberg, William Burroughs, Gregory Corso, Gary Snyder and Lawrence Ferlinghetti.  More

George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
(1984) [M]

Biography of director George Stevens by his son. It includes clips from many of his films with commentary by the actors and by directors such as Frank Capra, John Huston and Alan Pakula, among others. Also included are Stevens's war "home movies," found only after his death. Assigned by...  More

Roger And Me
(1989) [M]

A comic documentary which chronicles life in Flint, Michigan where thirty five thousand jobs were lost when the Chairman of General Motors closed the local factory and turned the thriving community into a ghost town...  More

Mabo: Life Of An Island Man
(1997) [G]

The world knows little of the life of Eddie Mabo. This film tells the story of a man so passionate that he fought an entire nation and its legal system, giving his name and much of his life to a legal judgement that continues to reverberate throughout Australia.  More

Microcosmos
(1996) [G]

Take an incredible journey with Claude Nuridsany and Marie Perennou through a meadow on an ordinary summer's day. By the use of Macrovision and extraordinary sound we get a bug's eye view of the world in miniature.  More

Stephen Hawking's Universe (2 disc set)
(1997) [G]

6-part documentary series from arguably the greatest scientific mind in the world, the wheelchair-bound Stephen Hawking, which describes all current thinking on the Big Bang, origins of the universe, dark matter, black holes, etc. Includes interviews with leading astronomers and scientists, some...  More

Kurt And Courtney
(1998) [M]

After rocker Kurt Cobain's death, ruled a suicide, a film crew arrives in Seattle to make a documentary. Director Nick Broomfield talks to lots of people: Cobain's aunt who provides home movies and recordings, the estranged father of Cobain's widow Courtney Love, an L.A. private investigator who...  More