Rasmus Rafael - Documentaries

Fahrenheit 11/9

Documentary from 2018.

Filmmaker Michael Moore examines the current state of American politics, particularly the Donald Trump presidency and gun violence, while highlighting the power of grassroots democratic movements.

Pignorant

Documentary from 2024.

Directed by Joey Carbstrong. With Joey Carbstrong, Tarion Partridge, Dan Sheppard. An ex gang member's love for pigs spurs him on a life-risking mission to uncover the truth behind 'bacon'.

Alice In Chains - River Of Deceit

Story of Layne Staley's life and battle with addiction - 2023

The Story of Batman Animated Series

The Heart of Batman - 2018

A documentary film that explores the creation and legacy of the critically acclaimed Batman animated series from 1992.

| Israel and Palestine: A Comprehensive History |

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdYZtRQ_eeo&t=1212s

Sinead O'Connor - Nothing Compares

Documentary from 2022. 2h 07m

Following the career of singer Sinéad O'Connor through her rise to fame and how her iconoclastic personality led to her exile from the pop mainstream.

The Vietnam War

PBS TV Mini Series 2017 16h 30m

A comprehensive history of the United States' involvement in the bitterly divisive armed conflict in Southeast Asia.

Ken Burns and Lynn Novick's ten-part, 16-hour documentary series, THE VIETNAM WAR, tells the epic story of one of the most consequential, divisive, and controversial events in American history as it has never before been told on film. Visceral and immersive, the series explores the human dimensions of the war through revelatory testimony of nearly 80 witnesses from all sides-Americans who fought in the war and others who opposed it, as well as combatants and civilians from North and South Vietnam. Ten years in the making, the series includes rarely seen and digitally re-mastered archival footage from sources around the globe, photographs taken by some of the most celebrated photojournalists of the 20th Century, historic television broadcasts, evocative home movies, and secret audio recordings from inside the Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon administrations. THE VIETNAM WAR features more than 100 iconic musical recordings from greatest artists of the era and haunting original music from Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross as well as the Silk Road Ensemble featuring Yo-Yo Ma.

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The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel

Dominion

Documentary from 2018. Directed & Written by Chris Delforce

Narrators: Joaquin Phoenix & Mara Rooney.

Dominion uses drones, hidden and handheld cameras to expose the dark underbelly of modern animal agriculture, questioning the morality and validity of humankind's dominion over the animal kingdom. While mainly focusing on animals used for food, it also explores other ways animals are exploited and abused by humans, including clothing, entertainment and research.

They Shall Not Grow Old

Documentary from 2018. 1h 39m. Directed By Peter Jackson

A documentary about World War I with never-before-seen footage to commemorate the centennial of the end of the war.

Through ground breaking computer restoration technology, filmmaker Peter Jackson's team creates a moving real-to-life depiction of the WWI, as never seen before in restored, vivid colorizing & retiming of the film frames, in order to honor those who fought and more accurately depict this historical moment in world history.

The Battle Of Chernobyl

Documentary from 2006. 1h 30m

This documentary recounts the fateful night of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident and the ensuing fight to prevent further disaster. Directed By Thomas Johnson.

On April 26, 1986, a 1,000 feet high flame rises into the sky of the Ukraine. The fourth reactor of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant just exploded. A battle begins in which 500,000 men are engaged throughout the Soviet Union to "liquidate" the radioactivity, build the "sarcophagus" of the damaged reactor and save the world from a second explosion that would have destroyed half of Europe. Become a reference film, this documentary combines testimonials and unseen footage, tells for the first time the Battle of Chernobyl.