Documentary Films on The D-Word

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A Week To Kill (2012)

Directed by Ryan Ferguson


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Drag Becomes Him (2015)

Directed by Alex Berry

The Jinkx Monsoon Film


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Homesick (2013)

Directed by Susan Abod

Living with Multiple Chemical Sensitivities


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The Queen of Silence (2014)

Directed by Agnieszka Zwiefka

A music-driven documentary about a deaf gypsy girl falling in love with Bollywood.


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Albert Cinema (2013)

Directed by Agnieszka Zwiefka

Homeless men trying to change their lives. Step by step. Frame by frame. Shooting films.


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In a Nutshell: A Portrait of Elizabeth Tashjian (2005)

Produced by Don Bernier


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Shelf Life (2009)

Everybody collects something. Raymond "Bones" Bandar collects skulls - 7000 and counting.


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Hotline (2014)

Directed by Tony Shaff

At hotlines, the phones never stop ringing with calls from people looking to connect with strangers.


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Marí­a's Way (2010)

Directed by Anne Milne

An observational documentary which allows a glimpse into the ways of the modern pilgrim.


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Service: When Women Come Marching Home (2013)

In a frontless war, women are being injured and the US is not prepared to handle their return.


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Punk Jews (2012)

Directed by Jesse Zook Mann

Hassidic rockers, Yiddish street performers, African American activists… smashing stereotypes.


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Escape from Firebase Kate (2015)

Directed by Paul Kakert

A Vietnam War story of bravery, and survival, against all odds.


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The Year We Thought About Love (2015)

Directed by Ellen Brodsky

Behind the scenes of the nation's longest running LGBTQ youth theater troupe


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Fistful of Roses (2009)

Directed by LEO BRUGES

a street rose-seller battles his dark imagination and the dangers of Edinburgh's nightlife


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Oil & Water (2014)

Directed by Laurel Spellman Smith

One was born there. One was drawn there. The Amazon needs them both.


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Rags to Pads (2012)

Directed by Chithra Jeyaram


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Elena (2014)

Directed by Petra Costa

Based on a true story, ELENA obliterates the line between documentary, diary and fever dream.


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Filming The List (2014)

Directed by Robin Macpherson

Filming a one woman play for the cinema sounds straightforward but proves anything but.


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Tree Fellers (2004)

Produced by Robin Macpherson

Story of 900 Belizean lumberjacks who in 1942 came to Scotland to cut trees and make a new life


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Theatre of Survival - The Life and Times of The Space (unreleased)

Directed by Mark Street, Daniel Poole & Brian Astbury

Making the impossible possible.