Movies123 - DOCUMENTARY Movies

Blessed Child 2019 More than a decade after leaving the Reverend Sun Myung Moons Unification Church the Moonies, through a trove of never before seen footage from within the church and extraordinary home videos of her familys upbringing alongside Reverend Moon and his disciples, filmmaker Cara Jones

Journey to the Edge of the Universe 2008 A journey through space and time

Great American Race Game 2021 NA

The Essential Church 2023 When governments use Covid emergency act edicts to restrict the gathering and worship of the Church, three pastors facing the risk of imprisonment take a courageous stand

Las lindas (2016) Melisa, filmmaker and character in The Pretty Ones is young, intelligent and funny, but also critical and ironic. She interviews her friends, reconstructs herself as a person using family photos and videos, and reflects on the images and expectations society has of young women.

Mercy Love Grace is the story of six former combat veterans gathered together to train for their next mission saving the oceans coral reefs and in the process, saving themselves

Zima, ukhodi 2012 Ten young directors did not part from their cameras for two months The result was a chronicle of Russias winter protests a chronicle of those who make the political climate and those who are dissatisfied with the makers We see people, their faces, their conversations, rallies, vict

Secret Life of the Long Haul Flight 2017 Ever wonder what its like to be one of the 300 million passengers per year on flights that are over 20 hours in the sky Heres your front row seat

Nightclubbing The Birth of Punk Rock in NYC 2022 Documentary about the legendary nightclub Maxs Kansas City and the New York Rock Scene of the 70s

Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project (2019) For over 30 years, Marion Stokes obsessively and privately recorded American television news 24 hours a day filling 70,000 VHS tapes, capturing wars, talk shows and commercials that show us how television shaped the world of today.

All in My Power 2022 On March 1st, 2020, New York recorded its first COVID 19 case Just nine weeks later, 12 healthcare professionals were asked to share their experiences fighting a new kind of war no one could have prepared them for The country salutes them as heroes, but theyre also human Their p

Woodstock 3 Days That Changed Everything 2019 a look at the famous music festival

La bataille de Mossoul 2017 In October of 2016 the battle for Mosul, the Islamic States self proclaimed capital in northern Iraq, began With unprecedented access, Bernard Henri Levy and his team follow the Kurdish units and the Iraqi special Golden Division From street to street, they fight together

The Decent One 2014 Through previously undiscovered private letters, photos and diaries that were found in the Himmler family house in 1945, the The Decent One exposes a unique and at times uncomfortable access to the life and mind of the merciless Architect of the Final Solution

Heroins Grip 2019 A powerful documentary film that tells stories from the front lines of the opioid crisis The film features four families whose lives have been impacted and forever changed by addiction, and includes perspectives from the recovery community, law enforcement, health care workers, jud

Divide in Concord (2014) This is a story about an 84 year-old-woman trying to take down the third largest industry in the world. Jean Hill, a self-proclaimed warrior, leads historic Concord, Massachusetts on America's first environmental crusade to ban the sale of bottled water.

Life 2,000 Meters Under the Sea (2014) Deep down at the bottom of the ocean lies the mysterious world of the abyss. In the midst of boiling, toxic geysers, a rich ecosystem flourishes. This miracle is possible thanks to bacteria, micro-organisms crucial to all living beings. How can bacteria survive

Studs Terkel: Listening to America (2009) Documentary about the life and career of the author and pioneer of radio & television, Studs Terkel.

Cenote (2019) The past and present of the people living in and around them intersect, and distant memories echo throughout immersive scenes of light and darkness.

Ornette: Made in America (1985) Ornette: Made In America captures Ornette's evolution over three decades. Returning home to Fort Worth, Texas in 1983 as a famed performer and composer, documentary footage, dramatic scenes, and some of the first music video-style segments ever made, chronicle his boy

Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley 2013 A look at the work and influence of African American stand up comedienne, Moms Mabley

Philosopher of the sea 2023 Elderly sailor Sven Yrvind takes on a daring solo voyage from Ireland to New Zealand What seems like a reckless journey on the unforgiving seas is also inner journey that prompts the thought how do we wish to lead our lives

The Fab Five 2011 The 1991 University of Michigan mens basketball recruiting class in which five freshman known as The Fab Five revolutionized college basketball This film covers the success, cultural changes, scandal, and of course The Timeout

Patrice ONeal Killing Is Easy 2021 The Irreverent Comedians Life Utilizing a vast archive including never before seen personal materials and featuring ONeals family and friends

Victorious 2020 Victorious is a documentary that trails the DC DIVAS one of the top womens football teams during their 2015 season

The Land of High Mountains (2018) The Land of High Mountains is the inspiring true story of the only pediatric hospital in Haiti and the incredible people, both Haitian and foreign, who despite encountering every ...

The Magic Plant 2020 NA

Laws of the Lizard (2017) Few creatures have revealed as many biological secrets about the workings of life on Earth as the backyard lizard known as the anole. Join biologists Neil Losin and Nate Dappen on their ...

To Be First: The Quest for Yangmolong (2014) Among the last unclimbed peaks on earth there stands a little-known mountain in a remote region of China. TO BE FIRST: THE QUEST FOR YANGMOLONG follows a climbing expedition as they make ...

Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges and Universities (2017) A haven for Black intellectuals, artists and revolutionaries-and path of promise toward the American dream-Black colleges and universities have educated the architects of freedom movements and cultivated leaders in every fi

Saving Mes Aynak (2014) Saving Mes Aynak follows Afghan archaeologist Qadir Temori as he races against time to save a 5,000-year-old archaeological site in Afghanistan from imminent demolition. A Chinese state-owned mining company is closing in on the ancient site, eager to harvest $100 billion doll

The Freeway Killer Lost Murder Tapes 2022 In 1970s California, a serial killer dumps young boys bodies along the freeways An L A street reporter on the case receives information that embroils him in the dilemma of a lifetime Decades later, lost confession tapes help e

Rothko Pictures Must Be Miraculous 2019 Mark Rothko, a master of abstract expressionism, created 835 paintings during his five decade career

Invisible Valley 2021 Invisible Valley weaves together the disparate stories of undocumented farm workers, wealthy snowbirds, and music festival goers over the course of a year in Californias Coachella Valley

Chowchilla 2023 Go behind the headlines to explore the strangest mass kidnapping in history, with exclusive interviews from those who lived through it

Hayati My life 2018 In 2015, Ossamah Al Mohsen and his 8 year old son were tripped up by a TV reporter on the Hungarian border The moment was captured on film and it soon became one of the most iconic images of the Syrian conflict This incident helped Ossamah get a job as a football coach when he re

Bugs on the Menu (2016) The answer to feeding the world's expanding population may be smaller than you think.

Saved for a Reason (2016) This 60-minute documentary chronicles the unforgettable journey of the 2014-2015 King's Knights boys basketball team. A mid-season accident threatened to derail the Knights' quest for a state championship, but players and coaches soon found themselves intertwined in an insp

Racing to Zero, in Pursuit of Zero Waste (2014) Racing To Zero is a quick-moving, up-beat documentary that presents new solutions to the global problem of waste. Although waste may create garbage, garbage is in itself a RESOURCE, and that is the key. Our film follows the trail of trash and recycling

Us Kids (2020) Students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida speak out against the national gun-violence epidemic after a mass shooting at their school kills 17 people.

The Fourth World 2011 One out of every six human beings lives in a very hidden world the world of slums Filmed on five continents, The Fourth World takes viewers deep inside this hidden world, a world the United Nations says could triple in the next 30 years Getting past the statistics is tough One

Keyboard Fantasies 2019 As a sci fi obsessed woman living in near isolation, Beverly Glenn Copeland wrote and self released Keyboard Fantasies in Huntsville, Ontario back in 1986 Recorded in an Atari powered home studio, the cassette featured seven tracks of a curious folk electronica hybrid, a soun

Blue Collar Comedy Tour The Movie 2003 The comedic stylings of four sort of famous funnymen are brought to the big screen courtesy of this 2002 documentary

FlightRisk 2022 From the Emmy winning, Oscar nominated team behind The Square comes another urgent global investigation, following everyday people who find themselves in the midst of a tragedy when two Boeing 737 Max planes crashed only five mont

Gateways Grind 2022 NA

Homeless at Christmas (2018) Scottish film director James English, spends a week living on the streets of Glasgow to investigate how homelessness affects those that live it and the people that dedicate their time to helping them.

Camino Skies 2019 Exploring themes of spirituality, wellbeing and religion, this is the inspirational journey of six strangers from New Zealand and Australia walking the 800km Camino de Santiago to overcome the personal and physical trauma that life has dealt them Through blisters, shin splints and

Louis 2022 A unique portrait of phenomenon Louis van Gaal, one of the best and most discussed football coaches He looks back at his highs and lows of his colorful life not only his career but also his background and personal life