Richard Nixon

Richard Nixon

Born: January 9, 1913
Died: April 22, 1994
in Yorba Linda, California, USA
Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913 – April 22, 1994) was the 37th president of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. A member of the Republican Party, Nixon previously served as the 36th vice president from 1953 to 1961, having risen to national prominence as a representative and senator from California. After five years in the White House that saw the conclusion to the U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War, détente with the Soviet Union and China, and the establishment of the Environmental Protection Agency, he became the only president to resign from the office, following the Watergate scandal.

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Movies for Richard Nixon...

WTF, USA?! Trump vs. Biden
Title: WTF, USA?! Trump vs. Biden
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: March 24, 2024
Type: Movie
“I'm still a Trump girl” is written on Sharon Anderson's shirt. The 67-year-old is traveling all over the USA to support her idol Donald Trump. With Trump as president, she felt “safer” and more “respected” in the world. She is adamant that the 2020 election was stolen, even though there is no proof or evidence of this. If Donald Trump is not elected president this year, she wants to “try to right a wrong,” by whatever means. It seems as if this election campaign cannot end peacefully. While incumbent President Joe Biden justifies his re-candidacy at the age of 81 with the need to save democracy in the USA, ex-President Donald Trump, who is only slightly younger, says he will be a dictator for a day after his re-election. Probably to change the decisions of the past few years, including support for the West. What the hell is going on in the USA?
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Året var 1974
Title: Året var 1974
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: January 2, 2024
Type: Movie
The year begins with an energy crisis and petrol rationing. And there will be parental insurance so that even fathers can stay at home with their children. Cleaners around Sweden are on strike for better conditions. Worry grows for the Swedish tourists in the holiday paradise of Cyprus. That and much more in this column about the year 1974.
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Title: Comrade: The Making, Glory and Unmaking of a Dictator
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: December 6, 2023
Type: TV
In-depth documentary mini-series presenting the rise, rule and fall of communist Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu and the way he shaped both Romanian and international history.
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Kennedy, Sinatra and the Mafia
Title: Kennedy, Sinatra and the Mafia
Character: Self (Archive Footage)
Released: November 4, 2023
Type: Movie
With his mafia wiseguy links and access to entertainment industry star power, Frank Sinatra helped John F. Kennedy into the White House in 1960. But it all came to a bitter end.
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The Kennedy Dynasty
Title: The Kennedy Dynasty
Character: Self - Politician (archive footage)
Released: July 2, 2023
Type: Movie
The story of a powerful political and economic dynasty, fundamental to understanding the turbulent destiny of the United States of America throughout the 20th century; of nine brothers who had truly extraordinary lives, marked by both greatness and tragedy: the story of the Kennedy family.
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The Lost Weekend: A Love Story
Title: The Lost Weekend: A Love Story
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: April 13, 2023
Type: Movie
May Pang lovingly recounts her life in rock & roll and the whirlwind 18 months spent as friend, lover, and confidante to one of the towering figures of popular culture, John Lennon, in this funny, touching, and vibrant portrait of first love.
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Birthgap - Childless World
Title: Birthgap - Childless World
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: February 2, 2023
Type: Movie
"Birthgap - Childless World" sets out to understand why birthrates have been falling across the industrialized world and beyond for decades through a journey of discovery across 24 countries. Combining deeply personal interviews with demographic trend data, a common picture emerges of what has been happening to communities across the globe. The documentary then explores the consequences for young and old alike and how our future world will be very different to the one we have become used to
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Title: Le Siècle des icônes
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: December 27, 2022
Type: TV
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Say Hey, Willie Mays!
Title: Say Hey, Willie Mays!
Character: Self
Released: October 27, 2022
Type: Movie
Follow Willie Mays’ life both on and off the field over five decades as he navigated the American sports landscape and the country’s ever-evolving cultural backdrop, all while helping to define what it means to be one of America’s first Black sports superstars. He left an indelible mark in New York City and San Francisco, building a love affair with both cities’ fans.
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Behind the Shield: The Power and Politics of the NFL
Title: Behind the Shield: The Power and Politics of the NFL
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: September 23, 2022
Type: Movie
Celebrated author and Nation magazine sports editor Dave Zirin tackles the myth that the NFL was somehow free of politics before Colin Kaepernick and other Black NFL players took a knee.
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O Grande Irmão: O Dia que Durou 21 Anos 2
Title: O Grande Irmão: O Dia que Durou 21 Anos 2
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: September 8, 2022
Type: Movie
With confidential and unpublished documentation, the film shows the background and behind-the-scenes of the coup in Chile that took place on September 11, 1973 - and General Pinochet's dictatorship, which lasted 17 years.
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Watergate: High Crimes in the White House
Title: Watergate: High Crimes in the White House
Character: Self
Released: June 17, 2022
Type: Movie
Follows the crime and scandal that took down President Richard Nixon the day of the break-in at the Watergate Hotel.
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The Martha Mitchell Effect
Title: The Martha Mitchell Effect
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: January 20, 2022
Type: Movie
She was once as famous as Jackie O—and then she tried to take down a President. Martha Mitchell was the unlikeliest of whistleblowers: a Republican wife who was discredited by Nixon to keep her quiet. Until now.
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Title: Fiasco
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: September 19, 2021
Type: TV
Amidst the backdrop of the 1979 Iranian revolution, Jimmy Carter's failure to free American hostages sets the stage for Reagan's own hostage crisis.
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Attica
Title: Attica
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: September 9, 2021
Type: Movie
Follows the largest prison uprising in US history, conducting dozens of new interviews with inmates, journalists, and other witnesses.
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Mondo Hollywoodland
Title: Mondo Hollywoodland
Character: Himself
Released: August 3, 2021
Type: Movie
Homage to the cult classic “Mondo Hollywood”, a groovy mushrooms dealer and a man from the 5th dimension journey through Hollywood to find the meaning of “Mondo.”
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Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Title: Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: July 2, 2021
Type: Movie
During the same summer as Woodstock, over 300,000 people attended the Harlem Cultural Festival, celebrating African American music and culture, and promoting Black pride and unity. The footage from the festival sat in a basement, unseen for over 50 years, keeping this incredible event in America's history lost — until now.
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Title: 1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: May 21, 2021
Type: TV
An immersive, deep-dive docuseries rich with archival footage and interviews that explores the musicians and soundtracks that shaped the culture and politics of 1971.
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Jealous Guy: The Assassination of John Lennon
Title: Jealous Guy: The Assassination of John Lennon
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: December 21, 2020
Type: Movie
An exploration of the life and career of the Beatles superstar, with a look at the strange parallels between him and his killer Mark David Chapman.
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I Am Jackie O
Title: I Am Jackie O
Character: Self (archive picture)
Released: November 26, 2020
Type: Movie
Jackie Kennedy Onassis was the most famous woman in the world, impossibly glamourous and universally admired. She was also complex, layered, and extremely guarded, making her endlessly fascinating and enigmatic. This incredibly compelling film provides a definitive exploration of her life, from iconic first lady to widow, unofficial royalty and fashion icon.
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Da 5 Bloods
Title: Da 5 Bloods
Character: Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Released: June 12, 2020
Type: Movie
Four African-American Vietnam veterans return to Vietnam. They are in search of the remains of their fallen squad leader and the promise of buried treasure. These heroes battle forces of humanity and nature while confronted by the lasting ravages of the immorality of the Vietnam War.
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Killing John F. Kennedy
Title: Killing John F. Kennedy
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: May 24, 2020
Type: Movie
John F Kennedy was one of America's greatest presidents. He was the voice of the people who was a natural public speaker and a cool calm figure in front of the cameras. His influence helped push America through the most dangerous moments of the cold war, diffusing what could have been world nuclear destruction. But in November 1963, his life would come to a devastating end through the hands of an assassin. But who would kill one of the most popular presidents? Why was he a target? Join us as we investigate the life and career of JFK and ask the question...Who was really behind the killing of JFK?
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Title: History 101
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: May 22, 2020
Type: TV
Infographics and archival footage deliver bite-size history lessons on scientific breakthroughs, social movements and world-changing discoveries.
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Stalin and the Katyn Massacre
Title: Stalin and the Katyn Massacre
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: February 18, 2020
Type: Movie
The Katyn massacre, carried out by the Soviet NKVD in 1940, was only one of many unspeakable crimes committed by Stalin's ruthless executioners over three decades. The mass murder of thousands of Polish officers was part of a relentless purge, the secrets and details of which have only recently been partially revealed.
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Public Trust
Title: Public Trust
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: February 17, 2020
Type: Movie
There are 640 million acres of public land in the United States. But there are powerful forces, both in government and in corporate America, eager to plunder this bounty. David Garrett Byars’s eye-opening documentary travels to Alaska, into the red rock canyons of southern Utah, and to Minnesota’s Boundary Waters, and exposes a land war going on under our very noses.
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Camp Century: The Hidden City Beneath the Ice
Title: Camp Century: The Hidden City Beneath the Ice
Character: Self - Politician (archive footage)
Released: January 8, 2020
Type: Movie
How in 1959, during the heat of the Cold War, the government of the United States decided to create a secret military base located in the far north of Greenland: Camp Century, almost a real town with roads and houses, a nuclear plant to provide power and silos to house missiles aimed at the Soviet Union.
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Title: Decolonisation
Character: Himself - Politician (archive footage)
Released: January 7, 2020
Type: TV
The history of decolonization from the point of view of colonized peoples, an epic story that still resonates and reverberates to this day.
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Generalísimo, la vida de Franco en color
Title: Generalísimo, la vida de Franco en color
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: October 31, 2019
Type: Movie
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Where's My Roy Cohn?
Title: Where's My Roy Cohn?
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: September 20, 2019
Type: Movie
Roy Cohn personified the dark arts of American politics, turning empty vessels into dangerous demagogues - from Joseph McCarthy to his final project, Donald J. Trump. This thriller-like exposé connects the dots, revealing how a deeply troubled master manipulator shaped our current American nightmare.
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Bikram: Yogi, Guru, Predator
Title: Bikram: Yogi, Guru, Predator
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: September 10, 2019
Type: Movie
The spectacular rise and scandalous fall of hot-yoga evangelist Bikram Choudhury is chronicled through archival footage and extensive insider interviews.
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Coup 53
Title: Coup 53
Character: Self - Politician (archive footage)
Released: September 1, 2019
Type: Movie
Tehran, Iran, August 19, 1953. A group of Iranian conspirators who, with the approval of the deposed tyrant Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, have conspired with agents of the British MI6 and the US CIA, manage to put an end to the democratic government led by Mohammad Mosaddegh, a dramatic event that will begin the tragic era of coups d'état that, orchestrated by the CIA, will take place, over the following decades, in dozens of countries around the world.
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Manson: Music From an Unsound Mind
Title: Manson: Music From an Unsound Mind
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: August 13, 2019
Type: Movie
The untold story of Charles Manson's obsession to become a rock star, his rise in the LA music scene, the celebrities who championed his music, his tragic friendship with The Beach Boys' Dennis Wilson and his descent into violence and chaos once his dreams fell apart.
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Title: The Family
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: August 9, 2019
Type: TV
An enigmatic conservative Christian group known as the Family wields enormous influence in Washington, D.C., in pursuit of its global ambitions.
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Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
Title: Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
Character: Himself (archive footage)
Released: August 8, 2019
Type: Movie
Mill Valley, Pennsylvania, Halloween night, 1968. After playing a joke on a school bully, Stella and her friends decide to sneak into a supposedly haunted house that once belonged to the powerful Bellows family, unleashing dark forces that they will be unable to control.
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Mike Wallace Is Here
Title: Mike Wallace Is Here
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: July 26, 2019
Type: Movie
For over half a century, 60 Minutes' fearsome newsman Mike Wallace went head-to-head with the world's most influential figures. Relying exclusively on archival footage, the film interrogates the interrogator, tracking Wallace's storied career and troubled personal life while unpacking how broadcast journalism evolved to today’s precarious tipping point.
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Hollywood, la vie rêvée de Lana Turner
Title: Hollywood, la vie rêvée de Lana Turner
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: May 22, 2019
Type: Movie
Portrait of Julia Jean Turner, from her childhood to her rise of fame as Lana Turner, to her last role.
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Hesburgh
Title: Hesburgh
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: April 26, 2019
Type: Movie
He counseled presidents and popes, served on corporate boards and infuriated Richard Nixon. He was one of the only friends to whom Ann Landers turned for advice. During his 35 years as president of the University of Notre Dame, Theodore Hesburgh became one of the most influential and inspiring people of the 20th century.
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Title: Tricky Dick
Character: Himself (archive footage)
Released: March 17, 2019
Type: TV
Explore Richard Nixon’s life and times; tracking his rise, fall, incredible comeback and political destruction during some of America’s most tumultuous decades. From his early political maneuvers in California, to the game-changing Kennedy-Nixon debates through his disgraceful Watergate exit, featuring never-before-seen footage this fully archive based series offers fresh insight into a riveting story of politics, power and scandal.
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American Youth
Title: American Youth
Character: Himself (Archive Footage)
Released: February 27, 2019
Type: Movie
An experimental collage of commercials, political advertising, news footage, and found video used to mark the rapid capitalization of young Americans after the collapse of the 60s/70s youth movements.
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The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley
Title: The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: January 24, 2019
Type: Movie
With a magical new invention that promised to revolutionize blood testing, Elizabeth Holmes became the world’s youngest self-made billionaire, heralded as the next Steve Jobs. Then, overnight, her 10-billion-dollar company dissolved. The rise and fall of Theranos is a window into the psychology of fraud.
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Title: Man and the Moon
Character: Himself (archive footage)
Released: January 12, 2019
Type: TV
A scientific and historical mini-series looking at the relationship between human beings and the moon.
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ReMastered: Tricky Dick & The Man in Black
Title: ReMastered: Tricky Dick & The Man in Black
Character: Self (archive Footage)
Released: November 2, 2018
Type: Movie
This documentary chronicles Johnny Cash's 1970 visit to the White House, where Cash's emerging liberal ideals clashed with Richard Nixon's policies.
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Bad Times at the El Royale
Title: Bad Times at the El Royale
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: October 4, 2018
Type: Movie
Lake Tahoe, 1969. Seven strangers, each one with a secret to bury, meet at El Royale, a decadent motel with a dark past. In the course of a fateful night, everyone will have one last shot at redemption.
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Title: Basketball: A Love Story
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: September 18, 2018
Type: TV
'Basketball: A Love Story' is a series of 62 interconnected short stories that creates a vibrant mosaic of the game, featuring 165 exclusive interviews. The cast encompasses basketball's most prominent figures and explores the complex nature of love as it relates to the game.
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1968: A Year of War, Turmoil and Beyond
Title: 1968: A Year of War, Turmoil and Beyond
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: July 20, 2018
Type: Movie
The Tet Offensive during the Vietnam War, the Civil Rights Movement, the May events in France, the assassinations of Martin Luther King and Robert F. Kennedy, the Prague Spring, the Chicago riots, the Mexico Summer Olympics, the presidential election of Richard Nixon, the Apollo 8 space mission, the hippies and the Yippies, Bullitt and the living dead. Once upon a time the year 1968.
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The Road to Mass Incarceration
Title: The Road to Mass Incarceration
Character: Self
Released: June 13, 2018
Type: Movie
This video, The Road to Mass Incarceration, by Greenhouse Media summarizes criminal justice policy decisions dating back to the 1960s. Although the effects often took decades to manifest, each of these policy shifts increased the rate of incarceration in the U.S. The video ends with many of the architects of these changes, Democrats and Republicans alike, admitting the failure of these policies and suggesting that it is time for real change.
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Title: Explained
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: May 23, 2018
Type: TV
This documentary series, made in partnership with Vox, explain some of the world's current trends, from politics, to science to pop culture.
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Flying Supersonic
Title: Flying Supersonic
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: May 17, 2018
Type: Movie
Thundering across the sky on elegant white wings, the Concorde was an instant legend. But behind the glamour of jet setting at Mach 2 were stunning scientific innovations and political intrigue. Fifteen years after Concorde's final flight, this documentary takes you inside the historic international race to develop the first supersonic airliner. Hear stories from those inside the choreographed effort to design and build Concorde in two countries at once - and the crew members who flew her.
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Title: Bobby Kennedy for President
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: April 27, 2018
Type: TV
Historic footage and leading voices of the era examine the "Bobby Phenomenon" of the 1960s and the legacy of the man who helped redefine the country.
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This Is Bob Hope...
Title: This Is Bob Hope...
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: December 29, 2017
Type: Movie
During his career, Bob Hope was the only performer to achieve top-rated success in every form of mass entertainment. American Masters explores the entertainer’s life through his personal archives and clips from his classic films.
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The Newspaperman: The Life and Times of Ben Bradlee
Title: The Newspaperman: The Life and Times of Ben Bradlee
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: December 4, 2017
Type: Movie
An intimate portrait of Washington Post executive editor Ben Bradlee, tracing his remarkable ascent from a young Boston boy stricken with polio to the one of the most pioneering and consequential journalistic figures of the 20th century.
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Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House
Title: Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House
Character: Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Released: September 28, 2017
Type: Movie
The story of Mark Felt, who under the name "Deep Throat" helped journalists Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein uncover the Watergate scandal in 1974.
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Title: The Vietnam War
Character: Self - Politician (archive footage)
Released: September 17, 2017
Type: TV
An immersive 360-degree narrative telling the epic story of the Vietnam War as it has never before been told on film. Featuring testimony from nearly 80 witnesses, including many Americans who fought in the war and others who opposed it, as well as Vietnamese combatants and civilians from both the winning and losing sides.
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Get Me Roger Stone
Title: Get Me Roger Stone
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: April 23, 2017
Type: Movie
From his days of testifying at the Watergate hearings to advising recent presidential candidate Donald Trump, Roger Stone has long offended people on both sides of the political fence as a force in conservative America. Outspoken author, pundit, ahead of his time election strategist, this is his story.
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Shadow World
Title: Shadow World
Character: Self - Politician (voice) (archive footage)
Released: October 14, 2016
Type: Movie
A detailed investigation into the political and economic interests that, since the beginning of the 20th century, have pulled the strings of the arms trade, hidden in the shadows, feeding the shameful corruption of politicians and government officials and promoting a state of permanent war throughout the world, while they cynically asked for a lasting and universal peace.
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13th
Title: 13th
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: October 7, 2016
Type: Movie
An in-depth look at the prison system in the United States and how it reveals the nation's history of racial inequality.
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Title: O.J.: Made in America
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: June 11, 2016
Type: TV
The rise and fall of American football star, O.J. Simpson, from his days growing up in Los Angeles to his murder trial that polarized the country.
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Title: Great Literary Tour
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: June 1, 2016
Type: TV
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O.J.: Made in America
Title: O.J.: Made in America
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: May 20, 2016
Type: Movie
A chronicle of the rise and fall of O.J. Simpson, whose high-profile murder trial exposed the extent of American racial tensions, revealing a fractured and divided nation.
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Houston, We Have a Problem!
Title: Houston, We Have a Problem!
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: May 5, 2016
Type: Movie
The cold war, the space race, and NASA’s moon landing are landmark events that defined an era. But they are also fodder for conspiracy theories. In Houston, We Have a Problem! filmmaker Žiga Virc adds new material to the discussion on both fronts. This intriguing docu-fiction explores the myth of the secret multi-billion-dollar deal behind America’s purchase of Yugoslavia’s clandestine space program in the early 1960s.
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Stupor Mundi: Livre 1, Rituel de décapitation du pape
Title: Stupor Mundi: Livre 1, Rituel de décapitation du pape
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: March 13, 2016
Type: Movie
A mental journey - historical, political, musical and metaphysical - in contemporary times, from the Sixties until nowadays.
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Title: Race for the White House
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: March 6, 2016
Type: TV
From executive producers Kevin Spacey and Dana Brunetti, CNN Original Series "Race for the White House" captures the drama of how a high-stakes presidential election can turn on a single issue and so much more.
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400 Days
Title: 400 Days
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: October 29, 2015
Type: Movie
4 would be astronauts spend 400 days in a land locked space simulator to test the psychological effects of deep space travel but, when something goes terribly wrong and they are forced to leave the simulation, they discover that everything on earth has changed. Is this real or is the simulation on a higher level than they could have ever imagined?
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All Eyes And Ears
Title: All Eyes And Ears
Character: Himself
Released: April 20, 2015
Type: Movie
A timely exploration into the complex links between the U.S. and China. Interspersed with remarks from journalists and experts, All Eyes and Ears interweaves the stories of U.S. Ambassador to China Jon Huntsman, his adopted Chinese daughter, Gracie Mei, and blind legal advocate Chen Guangcheng as they find purpose, identity and resolve amid the two nations’ evolving relationship.
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Vietnam: Secret Negotiations that Ended the War
Title: Vietnam: Secret Negotiations that Ended the War
Released: April 14, 2015
Type: Movie
While the war raged on, Henry Kissinger, national security advisor to President Nixon, and Lê Duc Tho, member of Vietnam's Politburo, held secret meetings in France.
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Laissez-faire
Title: Laissez-faire
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: January 30, 2015
Type: Movie
A historical perspective to understand Neoliberalism and to understand why this ideology today so profoundly influences the choices of our governments and our lives.
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Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon
Title: Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon
Character: Self / Former President USA (archive footage)
Released: January 25, 2015
Type: Movie
A look at the history of the American comedy publication and production company, National Lampoon, from its beginning in the 1970s to 2010, featuring rare and never before seen footage, this is the mind boggling story of The National Lampoon from its subversive and electrifying beginnings, to rebirth as an unlikely Hollywood heavyweight, and beyond. A humour empire like no other, the impact of the magazines irreverent, often shocking, sensibility was nothing short of seismic: this is an institution whose (drunk stoned brilliant) alumni left their fingerprints all over popular culture. Both insanely great and breathtakingly innovative, The National Lampoon created the foundation of modern comic sensibility by setting the bar in comedy impossibly high.
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ESPN Films: Nixon's National Champs
Title: ESPN Films: Nixon's National Champs
Character: Himself
Released: December 28, 2014
Type: Movie
NIXON'S NATIONAL CHAMPS is the story of how the 1969 college football national champion was crowned and the drama that surrounded it. Using rare footage of Nixon and his unexpected antagonist, Joe Paterno of Penn State, this film captures the folly of the President as he waded through the hornet's nest of polls and regional rivalries.
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JFK to 9/11: Everything is a Rich Man's Trick
Title: JFK to 9/11: Everything is a Rich Man's Trick
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: November 19, 2014
Type: Movie
The real reasons and orchestrators behind Hitler, to an incredible theory of the JFK assassination, all the way to 9/11 and the current age of the terrorist. Taken from an historical perspective starting around World War 1 leading to present day.
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Led Zeppelin Played Here
Title: Led Zeppelin Played Here
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: October 11, 2014
Type: Movie
1969. Man lands on the moon. Half a million strong at Woodstock....and Led Zeppelin perform in the gym of the Wheaton Youth Center in front of 50 confused teenagers. Or did they? Filmmaker Jeff Krulik chronicles an enduring Maryland legend, of the very night this concert was alleged to have taken place, January 20, 1969, during the first Presidential Inauguration of Richard Nixon. Led Zeppelin Played Here presents a mid-Atlantic version of what was happening nationwide as the rock concert industry took shape. Featuring interviews with rock writers, musicians, and fans, and several who claim they were witnessing history that night.
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A Kentucky Treasure: The Osborne Brothers Story
Title: A Kentucky Treasure: The Osborne Brothers Story
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: August 5, 2014
Type: Movie
The story of Bobby and Sonny Osborne, better known as The Osborne Brothers, one of the most successful bluegrass groups of all time. Born in Hyden, Kentucky, they achieved world wide recognition with their 1967 single, “Rocky Top.”
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Nixon by Nixon: In His Own Words
Title: Nixon by Nixon: In His Own Words
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: August 4, 2014
Type: Movie
From 1971 to 1973, Richard Nixon secretly recorded his private conversations in the White House. This film chronicles the content of those tapes, which include Nixon's conversations on the war in Vietnam, the Pentagon Papers leak, his Supreme Court appointments, and more--while also exposing shocking statements he made about women, people of color, Jews, and the media.
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1971
Title: 1971
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: April 18, 2014
Type: Movie
Forty years before WikiLeaks and the NSA scandal, there was Media, Pennsylvania. In 1971, eight activists plotted an intricate break-in to the local FBI offices to leak stolen documents and expose the illegal surveillance of ordinary Americans in an era of anti-war activism. In this riveting heist story, the perpetrators reveal themselves for the first time, reflecting on their actions and raising broader questions surrounding security leaks in activism today.
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The Presidents' Gatekeepers
Title: The Presidents' Gatekeepers
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: September 12, 2013
Type: Movie
An analysis of what the role of the Chief of Staff is in his position at the service of the President of the United States of America and how it has been in the past: a in-depth look, through the corridors of White House, at the internal affairs of nine presidential administrations.
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All the President's Men Revisited
Title: All the President's Men Revisited
Character: Self (archival footage)
Released: April 21, 2013
Type: Movie
The Watergate case was the original game changer of America politics. How has Watergate changed the Presidency? What effect has the scandal had on our political leaders? And has hope and optimism forever been replaced in our national dialogue by doubt and cynicism? In 1973, Watergate's most pivotal year, reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein doggedly investigated the scandal exposing the long, twisted trail of cover-ups and lies.
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War on Whistleblowers: Free Press and the National Security State
Title: War on Whistleblowers: Free Press and the National Security State
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: April 19, 2013
Type: Movie
War on Whistleblowers: Free Press and the National Security State highlights four cases where whistleblowers noticed government wrong-doing and took to the media to expose the fraud and abuse. It exposes the surprisingly worsening and threatening reality for whistleblowers and the press. The film includes interviews with whistleblowers Michael DeKort, Thomas Drake, Franz Gayl and Thomas Tamm and award-winning journalists like David Carr, Lucy Dalglish, Glenn Greenwald, Seymour Hersh, Michael Isikoff, Bill Keller, Eric Lipton, Jane Mayer, Dana Priest, Tom Vanden Brook and Sharon Weinberger.
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Propaganda
Title: Propaganda
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: February 14, 2013
Type: Movie
An anti-western propaganda film about the influences of American visual and consumption culture on the rest of the world, as told from a North Korean perspective.
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Our Nixon
Title: Our Nixon
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: January 23, 2013
Type: Movie
Never before seen Super 8 home movies filmed by Richard Nixon's closest aides - and convicted Watergate conspirators - offer a surprising and intimate new look into his Presidency.
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Title: Oliver Stone's Untold History of the United States
Character: Self
Released: November 12, 2012
Type: TV
Oliver Stone's re-examination of under-reported events in American history.
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The Untold History Of The United States
Title: The Untold History Of The United States
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: November 12, 2012
Type: Movie
Oliver Stone charts the history of the United States from the Second World War to the present.
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The House I Live In
Title: The House I Live In
Character: Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Released: October 5, 2012
Type: Movie
In the past 40 years, the War on Drugs has accounted for 45 million arrests, made America the world's largest jailer, and destroyed impoverished communities at home and abroad. Yet drugs are cheaper, purer, and more available today than ever. Where did we go wrong?
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A Home Far Away
Title: A Home Far Away
Character: himself
Released: April 1, 2012
Type: Movie
The extraordinary destiny of two people. After the Second World War, Lois is an actress in Broadway theatre, television and Hollywood films. Her husband, Edgar Snow, is world famous. A pioneer fascinated by China, he is the first journalist to film and interview Mao Tse-tung. Suspected by the American authorities of Communist sympathies, Ed and Lois are blacklisted. Together with their two small children, they go to Switzerland, mid-way between China and America, where they find a new home. A story of revolution, utopia, disillusionment, and hope.
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Nixon in China
Title: Nixon in China
Character: Self
Released: February 22, 2012
Type: Movie
Documentary following Richard Nixon's visit to China in 1972. Produced by the Richard Nixon Presidential Library from archive materials.
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Ethel
Title: Ethel
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: January 20, 2012
Type: Movie
Filmmaker Rory Kennedy interviews her mother, Ethel Kennedy, who discusses family, marriage and politics.
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J. Edgar
Title: J. Edgar
Character: Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Released: November 9, 2011
Type: Movie
As the face of law enforcement in the United States for almost 50 years, J. Edgar Hoover was feared and admired, reviled and revered. But behind closed doors, he held secrets that would have destroyed his image, his career, and his life.
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Title: Mentiras verdaderas
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: October 11, 2011
Type: TV
Daily interviews discussing the guest's personal lives and national contingency.
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The Man Nobody Knew: In Search of My Father, CIA Spymaster William Colby
Title: The Man Nobody Knew: In Search of My Father, CIA Spymaster William Colby
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: September 23, 2011
Type: Movie
A personal exploration into the life of America's controversial former CIA Director told through the eyes of his wife and filmmaker son, Carl. Through extraordinary events in twentieth century history, this consummate soldier/spy stood at the center of the Agency's most clandestine activities and operations. The film reveals the 'cover life' of this CIA operative, who followed orders and took on the dirtiest assignments until the Nixon Administration ordered him to 'stonewall' Congress about the CIA's past abuses, but he refused. This film reveals why, for the first time, he could not obey.
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Santiago Files
Title: Santiago Files
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: September 23, 2011
Type: Movie
President Salvador Allende's topple from Chile's unstable government and the CIA's involvement in the September Coup that would turn the South American socialist country into a dictatorship.
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Title: Whistleblowers: The Untold Stories
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: September 5, 2011
Type: TV
Showcasing the heroic deeds in and from every aspect of government and society, in a common quest to make the world a better place, free of corruption, discrimination and civil rights violations from around the globe!
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Gloria: In Her Own Words
Title: Gloria: In Her Own Words
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: August 15, 2011
Type: Movie
Despite decades of opposition from the right, and recent personal setbacks, Gloria Steinem remains one of the most outspoken and visible symbols of the women’s movement today. This film blends interviews of Steinem in her Manhattan apartment, archival footage, photographs from throughout her life and clips from press interviews over the years.
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Reagan
Title: Reagan
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: February 7, 2011
Type: Movie
Based on the story of Americas enigmatic career of one of the revered architects of the modern world - icon, screen star, and two-term president, Ronald Reagan.
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From Tehran to Cairo
Title: From Tehran to Cairo
Character: Himself (archive footage)
Released: January 1, 2011
Type: Movie
A documentary about the latest days of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the last king of Iran.
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The President's Book of Secrets
Title: The President's Book of Secrets
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: December 1, 2010
Type: Movie
Journey inside White House history to unveil fascinating truths behind secrets known only to the President.
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Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics
Title: Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: November 9, 2010
Type: Movie
A look at the history of the comic book publication that launched such legendary characters as Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman.
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How to Win the TV Debate
Title: How to Win the TV Debate
Character: Self (Archive Footage)
Released: April 12, 2010
Type: Movie
With Britain's first-ever political leaders' television debate imminent, award-winning reporter Michael Cockerell uncovers what it's like to take part in these contests and how leaders try to win them. He tells the inside story of why it has taken so long for such debates to arrive in the UK. The programme features candid interviews with US Presidents and their advisers on the tricks of the debate trade. Blending new film and behind-the-scenes footage, some never seen before, it's a tragicomic tale of high politics and low cunning. From John F Kennedy and Richard Nixon through to Barack Obama, candidates are seen being prepared for their debates, then in the sometimes funny, sometimes disastrous results on live television. Cockerell shows why for our would-be next Prime Ministers - Gordon Brown, David Cameron and Nick Clegg - the three debate stages across Britain will be what one former US President calls 'Tension City'.
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Gasland
Title: Gasland
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: January 24, 2010
Type: Movie
It is happening all across America-rural landowners wake up one day to find a lucrative offer from an energy company wanting to lease their property. Reason? The company hopes to tap into a reservoir dubbed the "Saudi Arabia of natural gas." Halliburton developed a way to get the gas out of the ground-a hydraulic drilling process called "fracking"-and suddenly America finds itself on the precipice of becoming an energy superpower.
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The Inconclusive Independence
Title: The Inconclusive Independence
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: January 5, 2010
Type: Movie
Documentary about the independence and history of Latin America.
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Title: Korea: The Forgotten War in Colour
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 2010
Type: TV
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The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers
Title: The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers
Character: Self - President (archive footage)
Released: October 16, 2009
Type: Movie
"The Most Dangerous Man in America" is the story of what happens when a former Pentagon insider, armed only with his conscience, steadfast determination, and a file cabinet full of classified documents, decides to challenge an "Imperial" Presidency-answerable to neither Congress, the press, nor the people-in order to help end the Vietnam War.
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It Came from Kuchar
Title: It Came from Kuchar
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: September 22, 2009
Type: Movie
It Came from Kuchar is the definitive, feature documentary about the legendary, underground filmmaking twins, the Kuchar brothers. George and Mike Kuchar have inspired two generations of filmmakers, actors, musicians, and artists with their zany, "no budget" films and with their uniquely enchanting spirits.
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It Felt Like a Kiss
Title: It Felt Like a Kiss
Released: July 2, 2009
Type: Movie
The story of America's rise to power starting with 1959, using archival footage and US pop music to highlight the consequences to the rest of the world and in the peoples' minds.
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Picturing the Presidents
Title: Picturing the Presidents
Character: Himself (Archive Footage)
Released: February 10, 2009
Type: Movie
We go behind the scenes and into the minds of artists as they capture, commemorate, and, at times, condemn our presidents.
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Thank You, Mr. President: Helen Thomas at the White House
Title: Thank You, Mr. President: Helen Thomas at the White House
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: August 18, 2008
Type: Movie
This documentary profiles iconic journalist Helen Thomas who has held a front-row seat at White House press conferences for more than 60 years.
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All the Presidents' Wives
Title: All the Presidents' Wives
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: June 24, 2008
Type: Movie
A look at the women who has served as First Ladies of the United States.
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The Judge and the General
Title: The Judge and the General
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: May 4, 2008
Type: Movie
A Chilean judge uncovers long buried secrets of former dictator Augusto Pinochet and, in the process, must confront his own role in that dark past.
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James Brown - The Night James Brown Saved Boston
Title: James Brown - The Night James Brown Saved Boston
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: April 5, 2008
Type: Movie
On April 5, 1968, soul legend James Brown performed a concert in Boston that many say shielded that city from the kinds of devastating riots that ripped other cities apart after the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.
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RFK Must Die: The Assassination of Bobby Kennedy
Title: RFK Must Die: The Assassination of Bobby Kennedy
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: November 20, 2007
Type: Movie
A new investigative documentary exploring the controversies surrounding the assassination of Bobby Kennedy on June 5, 1968 as he looked set to challenge Nixon for the White House. Munir Sirhan tells how his brother Sirhan has never been able to remember the shooting. Sandra Serrano speaks for the first time in forty years about the girl in the polka-dot dress fleeing the scene, yelling "We shot him! We shot him!" And Dr. Herbert Spiegel of Columbia University describes how Sirhan was hypnotically programmed to kill Robert Kennedy.
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Oswald's Ghost
Title: Oswald's Ghost
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: July 14, 2007
Type: Movie
For the Baby Boomers, the assassination of President John F. Kennedy took on the same sense of tragedy as the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks did for Generation Y - not only for the effect that it had on the nation's morale but for the conspiracy theories that would follow in its wake as well. In the aftermath of the assassination,
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Nixon: A Presidency Revealed
Title: Nixon: A Presidency Revealed
Character: Himself (archive footage)
Released: June 26, 2007
Type: Movie
More than three decades after the notorious political scandal that ended his career, this revealing documentary explores the legacy of President Richard Nixon. Newly released audio and never-before-seen footage shed light on Nixon's administration, from the heights -- his historic trip to China and the end of conflict in Vietnam -- to the shocking lows that made his name synonymous with political deception.
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The War on Democracy
Title: The War on Democracy
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: June 15, 2007
Type: Movie
Set both in Latin America and the United States, the film explores the historic and current relationship of Washington with countries such as Venezuela, Bolivia and Chile. Pilger says that the film "...tells a universal story... analysing and revealing, through vivid testimony, the story of great power behind its venerable myths. It allows us to understand the true nature of the so-called "war on terror". According to Pilger, the film’s message is that the greed and power of empire is not invincible and that people power is always the "seed beneath the snow".
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Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens
Title: Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: May 19, 2007
Type: Movie
An account of the professional and personal life of renowned American photographer Annie Leibovitz, from her early artistic endeavors to her international success as a photojournalist, war reporter, and pop culture chronicler.
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Sicko
Title: Sicko
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: May 18, 2007
Type: Movie
A documentary about the corrupt health care system in The United States who's main goal is to make profit even if it means losing people’s lives. "The more people you deny health insurance the more money we make" is the business model for health care providers in America.
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I Could Never Be Your Woman
Title: I Could Never Be Your Woman
Character: Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Released: May 11, 2007
Type: Movie
Mother Nature loves to cause mischief, and she steps in to help two love-starved souls find happiness. She helps an aging professional woman and single mother, Rosie, who's unlucky in love find her match with Adam, a much younger man. As their relationship blossoms beyond physical attraction, matters complicate when her adolescent daughter starts to fall for a handsome local boy.
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...So Goes the Nation
Title: ...So Goes the Nation
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: October 4, 2006
Type: Movie
A look at the role of the Buckeye State in the 2004 Presidential Election.
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This Film Is Not Yet Rated
Title: This Film Is Not Yet Rated
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: January 26, 2006
Type: Movie
Kirby Dick's provocative documentary investigates the secretive and inconsistent process by which the Motion Picture Association of America rates films, revealing the organization's underhanded efforts to control culture. Dick questions whether certain studios get preferential treatment and exposes the discrepancies in how the MPAA views sex and violence.
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Elvis by the Presleys
Title: Elvis by the Presleys
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: May 13, 2005
Type: Movie
Priscilla Presley, her daughter, their family and their friends open their hearts in the backdrop of Graceland's memories with much modesty and emotion.
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Inside Deep Throat
Title: Inside Deep Throat
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: February 11, 2005
Type: Movie
In 1972, a seemingly typical shoestring budget pornographic film was made in a Florida hotel: "Deep Throat," starring Linda Lovelace. This film would surpass the wildest expectation of everyone involved to become one of the most successful independent films of all time. It caught the public imagination which met the spirit of the times, even as the self-appointed guardians of public morality struggled to suppress it, and created, for a brief moment, a possible future where sexuality in film had a bold artistic potential. This film covers the story of the making of this controversial film, its stunning success, its hysterical opposition along with its dark side of mob influence and allegations of the on set mistreatment of the film's star.
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Title: The Presidents
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: January 18, 2005
Type: TV
The show documents each of the Presidents in the union, starting with George Washington, following a chronological order up until George W. Bush. Each President's segment begins with the narrator giving a brief dossier about each one, from their political affiliation, family, and notable traits. The show then highlights the history behind each presidency, linking each one to the following.
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Celsius 41.11
Title: Celsius 41.11
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: October 22, 2004
Type: Movie
This film attempts to correct the record when it comes to the left's attacks on President Bush, 9/11 and the war in Iraq and Kerry's 20-year tenure in the Senate.
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Deadline
Title: Deadline
Released: October 5, 2004
Type: Movie
In 2000, Illinois Gov. George Ryan ordered a moratorium on the death penalty after university students uncovered new evidence proving the innocence of 13 men on death row. This documentary follows the hearings held by a panel Ryan appointed to study the issue and interviews activists, scholars and prisoners, while examining the history of the American death penalty. As Ryan's time in office comes to an end, he must decide what steps to take to reform the judicial system.
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The Hunting of the President
Title: The Hunting of the President
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: April 27, 2004
Type: Movie
Previously unreleased material outlines the campaign against Bill Clinton's presidency, from his days in Arkansas up to his impeachment trial.
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The Fog of War
Title: The Fog of War
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: December 9, 2003
Type: Movie
Using archival footage, cabinet conversation recordings, and an interview of the 85-year-old Robert McNamara, The Fog of War depicts his life, from working as a WWII whiz-kid military officer, to being the Ford Motor Company's president, to managing the Vietnam War as defense secretary for presidents Kennedy and Johnson.
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Jack Paar: Smart Television
Title: Jack Paar: Smart Television
Character: Self
Released: November 29, 2003
Type: Movie
PBS documentary examining the work of Jack Paar.
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Title: Days That Shook the World
Character: Himself (archive footage)
Released: November 1, 2003
Type: TV
Days That Shook the World is a British documentary television series that premiered on BBC Two on 17 September 2003. The programme features various milestones throughout history. It has been broadcast on the BBC, Discovery Channel UK, The History Channel and Viasat History. The series was also released on DVD by the Polish edition of Newsweek in 2007.
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Comandante
Title: Comandante
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: February 14, 2003
Type: Movie
Oliver Stone spends three days filming with Fidel Castro in Cuba, discussing an array of subjects with the president such as his rise to power, fellow revolutionary Che Guevara, the Cuban Missile crisis, and the present state of the country.
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Dark Side of the Moon
Title: Dark Side of the Moon
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: October 16, 2002
Type: Movie
A French documentary or, one might say more accurately, a mockumentary, by director William Karel which originally aired on Arte in 2002 with the title Opération Lune. The basic premise for the film is the theory that the television footage from the Apollo 11 Moon landing was faked and actually recorded in a studio by the CIA with help from director Stanley Kubrick.
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The Cockettes
Title: The Cockettes
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: January 16, 2002
Type: Movie
Documentary about the gender-bending San Francisco performance group who became a pop culture phenomenon in the early 1970s.
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Dear Fidel: Marita's Story
Title: Dear Fidel: Marita's Story
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: November 14, 2001
Type: Movie
Marita Lorenz, the daughter of a German sea captain, recalls how she became the mistress of Fidel Castro in Havana soon after the Cuban revolution in 1959. After being six months pregnant with his baby, she was drugged and given a near fatal abortion. She was then recruited by the CIA and Mafia to assassinate Castro, but she threw away the poison pills just before she met Fidel. She then worked for the CIA in Florida and, in 1962, had a daughter while she was the mistress of an ex-dictator of Venezuela. She later married an FBI agent, by whom she had a son, and they spied on UN diplomats in a New York apartment. She claimed her spying days were over when she testified, in the 1977 Kennedy Assassination Inquiry, about her connection to Frank Sturgis and Lee Harvey Oswald.
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Title: The Secret Rulers of the World
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: April 29, 2001
Type: TV
The Secret Rulers of the World was first shown on Channel 4 in April 2001. The five-part documentary series accompanied creator Jon Ronson's book 'Them: Adventures with Extremists', which covered similar topics and described many of the same episodes. Both the series and book detail Ronson's encounters following theorists and activists residing outside political, religious, and sociological norms.
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The American Nightmare
Title: The American Nightmare
Character: Self
Released: September 11, 2000
Type: Movie
An examination into the nature of 1960's-70's horror films, the involved artists, and how they reflected contemporary society.
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Detroit Rock City
Title: Detroit Rock City
Character: Self - in Resignation Speech (archive footage) (uncredited)
Released: August 13, 1999
Type: Movie
In 1978, a Kiss concert was an epoch-making event. For the three teen fans in Detroit Rock City getting tickets to the sold-out show becomes the focal point of their existence. They'll do anything for tickets -- compete in a strip club's amateur-night contest, take on religious protesters, even rob a convenience store!
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Presidential Bloopers
Title: Presidential Bloopers
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: May 18, 1999
Type: Movie
A look back at some of the funniest presidential moments in history.
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Television: The First Fifty Years
Title: Television: The First Fifty Years
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: January 1, 1999
Type: Movie
Trace the history of television and its impact on American culture with clips, newsreels, and exclusive interviews from television greats like Walter Cronkite, Carol Burnett, and Jay Leno.
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Futuro – A New Stance for Tomorrow
Title: Futuro – A New Stance for Tomorrow
Character: Himself
Released: November 23, 1998
Type: Movie
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Secrets of the CIA
Title: Secrets of the CIA
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: January 1, 1998
Type: Movie
It fought against international terrorism in South America and watched out for our allies abroad...but what else did it do?...What are the true secrets of the C.I.A.?
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Life in Camelot: The Kennedy Years
Title: Life in Camelot: The Kennedy Years
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: January 1, 1998
Type: Movie
The first and only video telling the JFK story through his own words! -in original audio tapes uncovered from the JFK Library Collection. -In never-before-published photographs from LIFE magazine researchers. -In re-discovered film footage from the 50's and 60's... images that capture an era and will captivate forever. From young Congressman to President; from eminent bachelor to courtship and marriage; from post-war to Cold Wars; from Hyannis Port to Dallas; these were the Kennedy Years. LIFE in Camelot presents an intimate portrait, a human story, a first-hand glimpse of the life and times of John Fitzgerald Kennedy that will be treasured for generations to come.
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Sports on the Silver Screen
Title: Sports on the Silver Screen
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: March 16, 1997
Type: Movie
HBO (in association with the American Film Institute) presents this 1997 anthology, narrated by Liev Schreiber, which looks at sports in cinema from the earliest silent films until the nineties. Watch not for dramatic scenes but for the glimpse of historical figures shown both cinematic and athletic- in this tribute to the merging of sports and Hollywood.
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Devils Don't Dream!
Title: Devils Don't Dream!
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: March 7, 1997
Type: Movie
Before his journey into exile Jacobo Arbenz, the overthrown President of Guatemala, is presented to photographers stripped down to his underwear: an image seen around the world. Arbenz had led the successful 1944 revolt against the military dictatorship, a regime that had oppressed Guatemala since colonialism. Arbenz, the son of Swiss immigrants, was celebrated as a national hero. Elected President in 1950, Arbenz was not a member of any party - he didn't issue any manifestos. But he began to fulfill his promises - farmers got their own land. 'The first act of justice since colonial times,' said Arbenz. In the early 1950s, with the Cold War intensifying, then Vice President Richard Nixon said, 'Arbenz is not a Guatemalan President.' Nixon called him 'a foreigner, manipulated by foreign powers.' The young President of Guatemala was soon overthrown, declared a traitor, and chased out of the country.
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All Power to the People!
Title: All Power to the People!
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: June 1, 1996
Type: Movie
Using government documents, archive footage and direct interviews with activists and former FBI/CIA officers, All Power to the People documents the history of race relations and the Civil Rights Movement in the United States during the 1960s and 70s. Covering the history of slavery, civil-rights activists, political assassinations and exploring the methods used to divide and destroy key figures of movements by government forces, the film then contrasts into Reagan-Era events, privacy threats from new technologies and the failure of the “War on Drugs”, forming a comprehensive view of the goals, aspirations and ultimate demise of the Civil Rights Movement…
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The Great Debates (Kennedy-Nixon)
Title: The Great Debates (Kennedy-Nixon)
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 1996
Type: Movie
Discover the famous debates that propelled JFK to the White House and marked the beginning of a new era in presidential politics.
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Inside the White House
Title: Inside the White House
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: January 1, 1996
Type: Movie
Featuring behind-the-scenes footage and unprecedented access to its hallowed halls, this program from National Geographic takes viewers on an in-depth tour of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue -- the White House. Interviews with presidents and first ladies offer a revealing look at what goes into running that famous household, and White House employees give viewers a taste of the preparations involved in hosting a state dinner.
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Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy
Title: Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: January 20, 1993
Type: Movie
This spellbinding documentary re-examines the issues raised by Oliver Stone's JFK, and explores the late Jim Garrison's contention that there was a "second conspiracy" to cover up the truth, including attempts to ruin his own reputation.
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Ceausescu: Behind the Myth
Title: Ceausescu: Behind the Myth
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: May 14, 1991
Type: Movie
Veteran journalist and author Edward Behr spent a year investigating the rise and fall of Nicolae Ceausescu. Executed on Christmas Day 1989, Ceausescu was once a hero to his own people, and in the west. Behr's film reveals the truth behind the myth, in a tale of megalomania, farce, and horror.
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The Doors
Title: The Doors
Character: Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Released: March 1, 1991
Type: Movie
The story of the famous and influential 1960s rock band and its lead singer and composer, Jim Morrison.
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Within These Walls: A Tour of the White House
Title: Within These Walls: A Tour of the White House
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: January 1, 1991
Type: Movie
A special that takes a look inside the White House.
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Air Force One: The Planes and the Presidents
Title: Air Force One: The Planes and the Presidents
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: January 1, 1991
Type: Movie
From IMDB: Several important historical events occurred on the planes with call sign Air Force One. These events are described within the backdrop of the evolution of the presidents' airplanes.
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Nixon
Title: Nixon
Character: Self (archival footage)
Released: October 15, 1990
Type: Movie
The enigmatic nature of the Nixon presidency combined comparatively progressive legislative initiatives with a flagrant abuse of presidential power and the public trust. His achievements in expanding peaceful relations with China and the Soviet Union stand in stark contrast with his continuation of the war in Vietnam. Finally brought down by scandal and duplicity, his administration did much to erode the citizenry's faith in government.
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American Expose: Who Murdered JFK?
Title: American Expose: Who Murdered JFK?
Character: Self -(archive footage)
Released: November 2, 1988
Type: Movie
Investigative reporter Jack Anderson hosts a two-hour investigation of the Kennedy Assassination featuring interviews with experts, eyewitnesses, government officials and authors. Includes dramatic recreations of key events.
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Jackie Gleason: The Great One
Title: Jackie Gleason: The Great One
Character: Self (archive footage - uncredited)
Released: September 10, 1988
Type: Movie
Documentary about the life and times of Jackie Gleason.
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Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story
Title: Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story
Character: (archive footage) as himself
Released: July 15, 1987
Type: Movie
The final 17 years of American singer and musician Karen Carpenter, performed almost entirely by modified Barbie dolls.
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Title: American Masters
Character: Self
Released: June 23, 1986
Type: TV
American Masters is a PBS television series which produces biographies on enduring writers, musicians, visual and performing artists, dramatists, filmmakers, and others who have left an indelible impression on the cultural landscape of the United States.
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Ronald Reagan and Richard Nixon on Camera
Title: Ronald Reagan and Richard Nixon on Camera
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: January 1, 1983
Type: Movie
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Kamikaze 1989
Title: Kamikaze 1989
Character: Self (voice) (archive footage)
Released: July 16, 1982
Type: Movie
In a totalitarian society of the future, in which the government controls all facets of the media, a homicide detective investigates a string of bombings, and finds out more than he bargained for.
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Big Lever
Title: Big Lever
Character: Himself
Released: March 15, 1982
Type: Movie
For Nixon's first public appearance since resigning the presidency, Richard Nixon chose the small mountain community of Leslie County, Kentucky. Priceless footage of Nixon's 1978 visit introduces this incisive and sometimes hilarious look at the engines that drive American politics. The film explores the machinations of party politics in this rural and staunchly Republican county: hollow to hollow vote-hunting; family squabbles over candidates; patronage promises; speech-making on the courthouse steps; and the up-and-down career of the incumbent county Judge-Executive who sought re-election while under indictment for vote fraud conspiracy
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On Company Business
Title: On Company Business
Character: Self - US President (archive footage)
Released: April 14, 1980
Type: Movie
A controversial three part critical documentary on the history of the CIA.
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How to Cure Inflation
Title: How to Cure Inflation
Released: March 7, 1980
Type: Movie
Inflation results when the amount of money printed or coined increases faster than the creation of new goods and services. Money is a "token" of the wealth of a nation. If more tokens are created than new wealth, it takes more tokens to buy the same goods. Friedman explains why politicians like inflation, and why wage and price controls are not solutions to the problem. Friedman visits Japan, U.S. and Britain.
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The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's
Title: The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: January 4, 1980
Type: Movie
A look back at the people, events, music, and trends of the 1970s.
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The War at Home
Title: The War at Home
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: December 1, 1979
Type: Movie
Documentary film about the anti-war movement in the Madison, Wisconsin area during the time of the Vietnam War. It combines archival footage and interviews with participants that explore the events of the period on the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus.
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Fear and Loathing on the Road to Hollywood
Title: Fear and Loathing on the Road to Hollywood
Character: Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Released: November 2, 1978
Type: Movie
Fear and Loathing on the Road to Hollywood, also known as Fear and Loathing in Gonzovision, is a documentary film produced by BBC in 1978 on the subject of Hunter S. Thompson, directed by Nigel Finch. The road trip/film pairs Thompson with Finch's fellow Briton the illustrator Ralph Steadman. The party travel to Hollywood via Death Valley and Barstow from Las Vegas, scene of the pair's 1971 collaboration. It contains interviews with Thompson and Steadman, as well as some short excerpts from some of his work.
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A Grin Without a Cat
Title: A Grin Without a Cat
Character: Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Released: November 23, 1977
Type: Movie
French essay film focusing on global political turmoil in the 1960s and '70s, particularly the rise of the New Left in France and the development of socialist movements in Latin America.
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Title: Frost/Nixon The Watergate Interview
Character: Himself
Released: May 5, 1977
Type: TV
The Nixon Interviews were a series of interviews of former United States President Richard Nixon conducted by British journalist David Frost, and produced by John Birt. They were recorded and broadcast on television in four programs in 1977. The interviews became the subject of the play Frost/Nixon, which was later made into a film of the same name; both starred Michael Sheen as Frost and Frank Langella as Nixon.
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Frost/Nixon: The Original Watergate Interviews
Title: Frost/Nixon: The Original Watergate Interviews
Character: Himself
Released: May 4, 1977
Type: Movie
This program, culled from the over 28 hours of interview footage between Sir David Frost and U.S. President Richard M. Nixon, was originally broadcast in May of 1977. Never before, nor since, has a U.S. President been so candid on camera. Even more intriguing is the fact that Nixon agreed to appear on camera with no pre-interview preparation or screening of questions.
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Forza Italia!
Title: Forza Italia!
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: January 1, 1977
Type: Movie
Much-censored documentary encompassing thirty years of Italian politics under the governance of the Christian Democracy (DC), entirely composed of — occasionally dubbed — archival footage.
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Nixon: Checkers to Watergate
Title: Nixon: Checkers to Watergate
Released: June 1, 1976
Type: Movie
A documentary film which traces the political life of Richard M. Nixon, using footage from his campaigns, family home movies, and excerpts from his speeches
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All the President's Men
Title: All the President's Men
Character: Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Released: April 9, 1976
Type: Movie
During the 1972 elections, two reporters' investigation sheds light on the controversial Watergate scandal that compels President Nixon to resign from his post.
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Deus Pátria Autoridade
Title: Deus Pátria Autoridade
Character: himself (a politician)
Released: February 21, 1976
Type: Movie
The history of Portugal since the Republican revolution of 1910 to the revolutionary period following the military coup of April 24, 1974, recounted with a marxist perspective, using historic sound and film documents. The title refers to a trilogy of values proclaimed by Salazar, prime minister of Portugal in 1936.
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The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Title: The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Character: Self (archival audio / uncredited)
Released: August 14, 1975
Type: Movie
Sweethearts Brad and Janet, stuck with a flat tire during a storm, discover the eerie mansion of Dr. Frank-N-Furter, a transvestite scientist. As their innocence is lost, Brad and Janet meet a houseful of wild characters, including a rocking biker and a creepy butler. Through elaborate dances and rock songs, Frank-N-Furter unveils his latest creation: a muscular man named 'Rocky'. Harriet then spawns in and says hello and the credits roll!
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Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Title: Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: August 6, 1975
Type: Movie
Period music, film clips and newsreel footage combined into a visual exploration of the American entertainment industry during the Great Depression.
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Hearts and Minds
Title: Hearts and Minds
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: December 20, 1974
Type: Movie
Many times during his presidency, Lyndon B. Johnson said that ultimate victory in the Vietnam War depended upon the U.S. military winning the "hearts and minds" of the Vietnamese people. Filmmaker Peter Davis uses Johnson's phrase in an ironic context in this anti-war documentary, filmed and released while the Vietnam War was still under way, juxtaposing interviews with military figures like U.S. Army Chief of Staff William C. Westmoreland with shocking scenes of violence and brutality.
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President Nixon Resigns the Office of the Presidency
Title: President Nixon Resigns the Office of the Presidency
Character: Himself
Released: August 8, 1974
Type: Movie
President Richard Nixon made an address to the American public from the Oval Office on 08 August 1974, to announce his resignation from the presidency due to the Watergate scandal.
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The Society of the Spectacle
Title: The Society of the Spectacle
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: May 1, 1974
Type: Movie
Guy Debord's analysis of a consumer society.
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Title: The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Character: Self
Released: April 2, 1973
Type: TV
In 1973 the American Film Institute initiated its Life Achievement Award, to be presented to a yearly recipient whose talent has fundamentally advanced the film art; whose accomplishments have been acknowledged by scholars, critics, professional peers and the general public; and whose work has stood the test of time.
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Moonwalk One
Title: Moonwalk One
Character: Himself
Released: November 1, 1972
Type: Movie
This documentary by Theo Kamecke from 1970 gives an indepth and profound look at the Apollo 11 mission to the moon. NASA footage is interspersed with reactions to the mission around the world as the film captures the intensity as well of the philosophical significance of the event. Won special award at Cannes. Written by Adam Bernstein .
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The Sordid Affair
Title: The Sordid Affair
Character: Himself
Released: May 2, 1972
Type: Movie
At the height of the Watergate scandal on April 30, 1973, President Richard Nixon delivered his first major speech broadcast live from the White House, addressing the charges being made against his Presidency. Produced by Dimitri Devyatkin, with Walter Wright on synthesizer, the video is an overlay of mesmerizing computerized animations that reflect upon the speech.
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Men of Crisis: The Harvey Wallinger Story
Title: Men of Crisis: The Harvey Wallinger Story
Character: Himself
Released: December 31, 1971
Type: Movie
Dr. Harvey Wallinger is one of Nixon's aides who rises through the ranks to become the "real" power behind the president.
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Millhouse
Title: Millhouse
Released: September 28, 1971
Type: Movie
Emile de Antonio's film decimates Richard Nixon and exposes him as a paranoid, power mad lunatic... de Antonio compiles (via video and film) what amounts to the "best of" one of the worst political figures of the 20th century. Nixon was a shameless self-promoter while trying desperately to convince everyone that he wasn't. Through Alger Hiss and the "Checkers" speech to the character assassination of Helen Gahagan Douglas (among others), there are few stones left unturned.
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Career
Title: Career
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: April 15, 1971
Type: Movie
Günter Walcher, 40-years-old, is a hardworking, apolitical West German businessman caught in a moral conflict. He is offered a promotion to become the head of a division—on the condition that he find a reason to fire Zacharias, a communist and the work council chairman.
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Cold Turkey
Title: Cold Turkey
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: February 19, 1971
Type: Movie
Reverend Brooks leads the town in a contest to stop smoking for a month, But some tobacco executives don't want them to win, and try everything they can to make them smoke. If townspeople don't go nuts, from wanting a cigarette, or kill each other from irritation and frustration, they will win a huge prize.
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A Place in History
Title: A Place in History
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: October 14, 1970
Type: Movie
A documentary on Dwight Eisenhower shown at the Eisenhower library.
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The Landlord
Title: The Landlord
Character: Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Released: May 20, 1970
Type: Movie
At the age of twenty-nine, Elgar Enders "runs away" from home. This running away consists of buying a building in a black ghetto in the Park Slope section of Brooklyn. Initially, his intention is to evict the black tenants and convert the building into a posh flat. But Elgar is not one to be bound by yesterday's urges, and soon he has other thoughts on his mind.
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King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
Title: King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: March 24, 1970
Type: Movie
Constructed from a wealth of archival footage, the documentary follows Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. from 1955 to 1968, in his rise from regional activist to world-renowned leader of the Civil Rights movement. Rare footage of King's speeches, protests, and arrests are interspersed with scenes of other high-profile supporters and opponents of the cause, punctuated by heartfelt testimonials by some of Hollywood's biggest stars.
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Royal Family
Title: Royal Family
Character: Self
Released: June 21, 1969
Type: Movie
Intimate portrait of the daily life of the British Royal Family drawn from 18 months of filming within Buckingham Palace, Windsor Castle and Balmoral.
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Title: 60 Minutes
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: September 24, 1968
Type: TV
America's popular television News magazine in which an ever changing team of CBS News correspondents contribute segments ranging from hard news coverage to politics to lifestyle and pop culture.
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Title: 60 Minutes
Character: Self
Released: September 24, 1968
Type: TV
America's popular television News magazine in which an ever changing team of CBS News correspondents contribute segments ranging from hard news coverage to politics to lifestyle and pop culture.
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The Movie Orgy
Title: The Movie Orgy
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: January 1, 1968
Type: Movie
Clips from assorted television programs, B-movies, commercials, music performances, newsreels, bloopers, satirical short films and promotional and government films of the 1950s and 1960s are intercut together to tell a single story of various creatures and societal ills attacking American cities.
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Title: Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Character: Self
Released: September 9, 1967
Type: TV
An American sketch comedy television program hosted by comedians Dan Rowan and Dick Martin.
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The Making of the President 1960
Title: The Making of the President 1960
Character: Self
Released: December 29, 1963
Type: Movie
The story of the 1960 US Presidential election
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Holiday Time at Disneyland
Title: Holiday Time at Disneyland
Character: Self
Released: December 23, 1962
Type: Movie
We see numerous Disneyland attractions over the early years of Disneyland that were opened on, or around, official holidays.
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Title: The Merv Griffin Show
Character: Self
Released: October 1, 1962
Type: TV
The Merv Griffin Show is an American television talk show, starring Merv Griffin. The series ran from October 1, 1962 to March 29, 1963 on NBC, September 20, 1965 to August 15, 1969 in first-run syndication, from August 18, 1969 to February 11, 1972 at 11:30 PM ET weeknights on CBS and again in first-run syndication from February 14, 1972 to September 5, 1986.
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Title: The Mike Douglas Show
Character: Self
Released: December 11, 1961
Type: TV
The Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that originally aired only in the Cleveland area during much of its first two years on the air. It then went into syndication in 1963 and remained on television until 1982. It was distributed by Westinghouse Broadcasting and for much of its run, originated from studios of two of the company's TV stations in Cleveland and Philadelphia.
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Gala Day at Disneyland
Title: Gala Day at Disneyland
Character: Himself
Released: January 21, 1960
Type: Movie
The gala dedication ceremonies at the opening of three new major attractions at Disneyland—Matterhorn Bobsleds, Submarine Voyage, and the new Monorail—include a parade down Main Street with appearances by Walt and Roy Disney and members of their families, along with Vice President Richard Nixon and family, and numerous film stars. The celebrations end at night with a fireworks display.
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Title: Startime
Released: October 6, 1959
Type: TV
Startime is an anthology show of drama, comedy, and variety, and was one of the first American television shows broadcast in color. The program was aired Tuesday nights in the United States on the NBC Television network in the 1959-60 television season.
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Disneyland '59
Title: Disneyland '59
Character: Self
Released: June 15, 1959
Type: Movie
Walt Disney and Art Linkletter co-host a live celebration of Disneyland's 1959 expansion that consisted of the debuts of Matterhorn Bobsleds, the Disneyland-Alweg Monorail, and the Submarine Voyage, a project so massive that it was called "The Second Opening of Disneyland". Highlights include a mammoth, star-studded parade and the official launching of the Disneyland submarines by U.S. Navy officers. Among the guests are then-Vice-President Richard Nixon and family, Clint Eastwood, and Meredith Willson, who leads the Disneyland band in his own "76 Trombones." Sponsored by Kodak, the commercial spokespersons include Ozzie and Harriet Nelson.
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The Hollywood Ten
Title: The Hollywood Ten
Character: Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Released: January 15, 1950
Type: Movie
A brief look at The Hollywood Ten, a group of screenwriters and directors charged with contempt of court after challenging the House Un-American Activities Committee and their controversial and self-incriminatory questions during the red scare. With that act of defiance, they were sentenced to one year in prison simply for speaking their minds and exercising their constitutional rights as concerned citizens. This is their story, their version of the facts, and their opinions.
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The Unelected Statesman
Title: The Unelected Statesman
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
Billy Graham was a man known worldwide for his southern charm, unmistakable voice and most importantly to him, his love and devotion to Jesus Christ. Lesser known, however, is his role as a statesman of the United States. Despite never holding public office, Graham comforted the nation in some of its darkest hours, spread its causes and principles to all corners of the globe, and counseled every president from Harry Truman to George W. Bush. This is the story of the unelected statesman.