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Art-Culture Documentaries that start with the letter "R"
 | Part 1: Intro to the Rain Man.
**Warning: this video contains graphic content. Viewer discretion is advised.**
Please note that I am only focusing on the title "Rain Man" and its meaning; I have nothing against autistic savants.
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 | cases of reincarnation
For more information about reincarnation documented cases http://www.near-death.com/experiences... |
 | Ancient history? The detailed stories that were researched went from 1915 back a thousand years.
Who are these people that call themselves "Rabbis" and wear Stars of David that are killing these kids. (If you think this has stopped you're being very naive and have researched ZERO child abuse.)
I've spent my entire life around Jews and was told this was FALSE; it is very clear and the evidence is hard.
Why do Jews tolerate these very wealthy and powerful scum wearing their idols? |
 |  4) Rock Fresh Official selection AFI FEST 2004. ROCK FRESH is an electrifying documentary on the world of the graffiti artist. A raw snapshot of artists who literally have their back against the wall, the film follows five of the world's most legendary street artists as they make the leap from graffiti art to commercial art. From the street to the gallery. From walls to clothing. From private to worldwide. Our cameras unmask the mystifying process behind graffiti art like never before. Revealing step-by-step how the colors blend, how the angles sharpen, how the shadows emerge. Lifting the veil from a subculture so clandestine, it took 40 years to get this close. The artists take their skills to a variety of surfaces -concrete, canvas, metal, cloth, and brick. And to an array of locations - city rooftops, the desert, downtown lofts, the sewers, even the forest. ROCK FRESH also reveals artists painfully coming of age. From kids drawing in their sketchbooks, to grown men struggling to make a living off of their art. Struggling between the codes of the underground and the lure of the mainstream. Journey through the buzzing underground art world - from live graffiti battles and gallery showcases, to underground parties and late night bombing sessions, Hollywood alleyways to Tokyo skyscrapers. Learn what it takes to ROCK FRESH. |
 | A portrait of Ben Johnson, the Olympic sprinter, who was banned from athletics after winning the gold medal at the 1988 Seoul Olympics. Johnson talks exclusively about the shattering events that led to his downfall |
 | Documentarian Thomas Riedelsheimer shows us Andy Goldsworthy as he creates art in natural settings using natural materials such as driftwood, ice, mud, leaves, and stones. Goldsworthy comments on his "earthworks" and occasionally responds to off screen questions from Riedelsheimer while he painstakingly builds his outdoors sculptures. With some exceptions, such as a winding stone wall that he built in Mountainville, NY, Goldsworthy's creations are intentionally mutable works.
We see how several of them fall apart, melt, or drift away due to exposure to the elements; we also see, for example, a complex structure of interconnected sticks collapse while Goldsworthy is still working on it.
Riedelsheimer takes us to Goldsworthy's home in Penport, Scotland, and to a French museum, but the emphasis of the film is on observing Goldsworthy at work. |
 |  Executive Producer David Okuefuna presents a fascinating general summary of the formation of race as a discourse in the 15th and 16th century as part of the enlightenment project. With a focus on the "business" of slavery, it features commentary by many star academics, including David Theo Goldberg
The documentary also examines to what extent racism is a product of 17th century economic globalisation. With the huge profits of racism fueling the slave trade, justification for racism was emphasised by generalisations of the inferiority of non-white Europeans. This was challenged during the Age Of Enlightenment during the 18th century, as well as by slaves themselves, particularly the Black Jacobins of Haiti in the 1790's who, spurred on by the French Revolution, campaigned for their rights and defeated their French masters as well as British invaders and raised the first true flag of equality. A must see. |
 | With the documentary Dogtown and Z-Boys, skater-cum-filmmaker Stacy Peralta introduced viewers to the history of the West Coast skateboarding culture and made a huge splash at the 2000 Sundance Film Festival, taking home both the Documentary Directing Award and the Documentary Audience Award. For this follow-up effort, Peralta leaves the land for the sea, focusing his lens on the world of surfing. Narrated by Sean Penn, just as Dogtown and Z-Boys was, Riding Giants attempts to trace the origins of surfing and also explore the growth and progress of surf culture. Among the surfing luminaries who chime in on topics varying from the business of the sport to "the big wave" are Laird Hamilton, Greg Noll, and Jeff Clark. Hoping to find the critical success akin to its predecessor, Riding Giants premiered at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival. ~ Matthew Tobey |
 | India’s famed director Satyaji Ray took time out from his fictional dramas to direct and write this interesting documentary on his fellow Bengali, Rabindranath Tagore. Tagore was born into a family of fourteen children in 1861, and since he first started writing poetry at the age of seven, his vocation appeared early in his life. (He won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1913). Director Ray aptly draws out the inner world of the young poet as he struggles with his writing and other personal problems. Still photos, archival footage, and enacted clips are combined to portray the young Tagore and how he came to his decision dedicate himself to the literary world. |
 | From the Portrait of an Artist series comes a three-part program reappraising the work of Italian painter and architect Raphael. Raphael was one of the leading artists of the Italian Renaissance whose work, along with that of Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, and others, marked a turning point in Western civilization. Part two in the series, The Prince of Painters examines the second half of Raphael’s career. It was during this period that the artist devoted his talent to creating works for the Vatican, including designs for the Sistine Chapel. It was also during this period that Raphael was appointed as architect of St. Peter’s. In addition to celebrating Raphael’s masterful works, this video explores the question of whether contemporary man can respond to great art based on philosophies of the past: the Christian story, classical humanism, and love of the Greek ideal. The Prince of Painters was filmed on location in Rome and is written and narrated by David Thomson, former art critic of the London Times. ~ Sally Barber, All Movie Guide |
A total of 10 videos found in Art-Culture Documentaries that start with the letter "R"
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