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America Undercover
''America Undercover'' is a series of documentaries that aired on the cable television network HBO from 1983 through 2006. Within the series are several sub-series, such as ''Autopsy'', ''Real Sex'', and ''Taxicab Confessions''. History The series began in 1984 and, after a brief time being broadcast weekly in 2001, was later broadcast once per month. In 2006, episodes began being rebroadcast on A&E Network. Over the years, episodes have covered numerous subjects such as abortion, organized crime, and pedophilia. The show won several awards for the 1998 production of ''Strippers: The Naked Stages''. Episodes *''Hooker'' (1983) - Directed by Robert Niemack *''When Women Kill'' (1983) - Directed by Lee Grant *''The Nightmare of Cocaine'' (1984) - Directed by Fleming B. Fuller *''Toxic Time Bomb: The Fight Against Deadly Pollution'' (1984) - Directed by August Cinquegrana *''Acts of Violence'' (1985) - Directed by Imre Horvath *''UFO's: What's Going On?'' (1985) - Directed by Robe ...
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Documentary Film
A documentary film or documentary is a non-fictional motion-picture intended to "document reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction, education or maintaining a historical record". Bill Nichols has characterized the documentary in terms of "a filmmaking practice, a cinematic tradition, and mode of audience reception hat remainsa practice without clear boundaries". Early documentary films, originally called "actuality films", lasted one minute or less. Over time, documentaries have evolved to become longer in length, and to include more categories. Some examples are educational, observational and docufiction. Documentaries are very informative, and are often used within schools as a resource to teach various principles. Documentary filmmakers have a responsibility to be truthful to their vision of the world without intentionally misrepresenting a topic. Social-media platforms (such as YouTube) have provided an avenue for the growth of the documentary- film gen ...
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Bill Couturié
William Couturié is a film director and producer, best known for his work in the field of documentary film. Accolades He won the 1989 Academy Award for the AIDS documentary '' Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt'' that he produced with Rob Epstein and multiple Emmy Awards for his 1987 film '' Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam'', which he wrote, produced, and directed. Other works Couturié was an early collaborator of filmmaker John Korty, working on his 1983 animated feature, '' Twice Upon a Time'' alongside George Lucas. He recently co-produced and directed the film ''Guru of Go'', a documentary for the ESPN 30 for 30 series about Paul Westhead' s unorthodox fast break basketball offense at Loyola Marymount University called "The System" featuring Gregory "Bo" Kimble and the late Hank Gathers. Filmography *''Can't It Be Anyone Else'' (1980); producer *''Porklips Now'' (1980): producer *'' Twice Upon a Time'' (1983); producer and writer *''Vietnam Requiem'' (1984); ...
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Maryann DeLeo
Mary Ann or Maryann or Mary Anne may refer to: People * Mary Ann Booth (1843–1922), American microscopist * Mary Ann Cunningham (1841-1930), Canadian temperance activist * Mary Ann Hanmer Dodd (1813-1878), American poet * Mary Ann Hilliard (1860-1950), Irish nurse and suffragette * Mary Anne Hobbs (born 1964), BBC Radio 6 DJ * Mary Ann Lee (1824-1899), American ballerina * Mary Ann Lyth (1811-1890), British missionary, translator, teacher * Mary Ann Magnin (1850–1943), co-founder of I. Magnin, an upscale women's clothing store in San Francisco, California. * Mary Ann Nichols (1845–1888), victim of Jack the Ripper * Mary Ann Turcke, President, Bell Media, Canada * Mary-Anne Williams, Australian thought leader on innovation, computer scientist, roboticist, and AI researcher * Mary Ann Weitnauer, American electrical engineer Music * Mary Ann Acevedo (born 1987), Puerto Rican singer and songwriter * Mary-Ann, original name of the Finnish gothic metal band To/Die/For * '' ...
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Lost Lives In Lowell
Lost may refer to getting lost, or to: Geography *Lost, Aberdeenshire, a hamlet in Scotland *Lake Okeechobee Scenic Trail, or LOST, a hiking and cycling trail in Florida, US History *Abbreviation of lost work, any work which is known to have been created but has not survived to the present day Arts, entertainment, and media Films * ''Lost'' (1950 film), a Mexican film directed by Fernando A. Rivero * ''Lost'' (1956 film), a British thriller starring David Farrar * ''Lost'' (1983 film), an American film directed by Al Adamson * ''Lost!'' (film), a 1986 Canadian film directed by Peter Rowe * ''Lost'' (2004 film), an American thriller starring Dean Cain * ''The Lost'' (2006 film), an American psychological horror starring Marc Senter Games *'' Lost: Via Domus'', a 2008 video game by Ubisoft based on the ''Lost'' TV series * ''The Lost'' (video game), a 2002 vaporware game by Irrational Games Literature * ''Lost'' (Maguire novel), a 2001 horror/mystery novel by Gregory Maguire * ...
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Bangin' In Little Rock
''Bangin' '' is the second album by the English pop rock band the Outfield, released in 1987. It yielded the top 40 hit, " Since You've Been Gone". The album also contained two other singles, "No Surrender" and "Bangin' on My Heart". "Bangin' on My Heart" reached number 40 on the ''Billboard'' rock chart. The album was certified gold by the RIAA. The band supported the album with a North American tour. Critical reception The ''St. Petersburg Times'' wrote: "The Outfield specializes in what you could call an early '80s American Sound... It's music by recipe: You take hyper-macho hard rock and tone it down so it will appeal to the over-17 set." ''USA Today'' called the band a "middleweight, pop-rock group." The ''Los Angeles Times The ''Los Angeles Times'' (abbreviated as ''LA Times'') is a daily newspaper that started publishing in Los Angeles in 1881. Based in the LA-adjacent suburb of El Segundo since 2018, it is the sixth-largest newspaper by circulation in the U ...'' ...
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The Children Of Stanton Elementary School
''I Am a Promise: The Children of Stanton Elementary School'' is a 1993 American documentary film about the pupils at Stanton Elementary School, an inner city school in Philadelphia. It was aired on HBO as part of its ''America Undercover'' series. Accolades The film won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for producers Alan and Susan Raymond. It also was the recipient of the Primetime Emmy Award for Best Informational Special and a 1995 Alfred I. duPont–Columbia University Award Production The husband and wife documentarians were also the cinematographer and editor (Alan) as well as director and narrator (Susan) for the film. See also *''The Police Tapes'' (1977) *''The War Room ''The War Room'' is a 1993 American documentary film about Bill Clinton's campaign for President of the United States during the 1992 United States presidential election. Directed by Chris Hegedus and D. A. Pennebaker, the film was released on D ...'' - D.A. Pennebaker documentary nomin ...
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Antony Thomas
Antony Thomas (born 26 July 1940) is an English documentary filmmaker, director and author who has made films for, among others, Channel 4, the BBC and HBO. Biography Thomas was born in India. When he was six years old, he moved to South Africa. He moved again to England in 1967, where he has written, directed and produced 40 major documentaries and dramas, including ''Death of a Princess'' (1980). In 1982 Thomas and journalist David Fanning produced ''Frank Terpil: Confessions of a Dangerous Man'', which won the Emmy Award for best investigative documentary. Thomas wrote ''Rhodes'', a 1996 British television drama based on the life of Cecil Rhodes. On 14 June 2010 the documentary film '' For Neda'', made by Thomas with the help of Saeed Kamali Dehghan, on the death of Iranian demonstrator Neda Agha-Soltan, was released. Kamali Dehghan secretly filmed Neda's family and obtained footage of her life and death for the HBO documentary. In late February 2014, the documentary '' ...
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Albert Maysles
Albert Maysles (November 26, 1926 – March 5, 2015) and his brother David Maysles (January 10, 1931 – January 3, 1987; ) were an American documentary filmmaking team known for their work in the Direct Cinema style. Their best-known films include '' Salesman'' (1969), '' Gimme Shelter'' (1970) and ''Grey Gardens'' (1975). Biography Early lives The brothers were born in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston, living there until the family moved to Brookline, Massachusetts when Albert was 13. Albert and David's parents, both Jewish, were immigrants to the United States; their father, born in Ukraine, was employed as a postal clerk, while their mother, originally from Poland, was a schoolteacher. The family originally settled in Dorchester to be near relatives (the brothers' great-uncle Josef Maysles and his daughter and son-in-law, Becky and Joe Kandib) who had moved there earlier. Albert originally pursued a career as a psychology professor and researcher. After serving in ...
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Susan Froemke
Susan Froemke (born November 5, 1947) is an American film director and producer. Froemke was the associate producer and one of the editors of the influential 1975 documentary film ''Grey Gardens'', which was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry in 2010. The 2001 documentary LaLee's Kin: The Legacy of Cotton, which she co-directed with Deborah Dickson, was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. ''Wagner's Dream'' is her most recent film. In 2002, Froemke received a Grammy Award for Best Long Form Music Video for her work on ''Recording the Producers – A Musical Romp with Mel Brooks''.The Grammy Aw ...
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Death On The Job
''Death on the Job'' is a 1991 documentary film directed by Bill Guttentag. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. It aired on HBO as an episode of '' America Undercover''. References External links *''Death on the Job''at Direct Cinema Limited Mitchell Block (born c. 1950) is an American filmmaker, primarily a producer of documentary films. He was executive producer of the 2000 Short film, short documentary film ''Big Mama (film), Big Mama'', which won Academy Award for Best Documentar ... 1991 films 1991 documentary films American documentary films Films directed by Bill Guttentag 1990s English-language films 1990s American films {{1990s-documentary-film-stub ...
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Life Inside The Big House
''Doing Time: Life Inside the Big House'' is a 1991 documentary film about the Lewisburg Federal Penitentiary, directed by Alan Raymond. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. It was shown as part of HBO's ''America Undercover ''America Undercover'' is a series of documentaries that aired on the cable television network HBO from 1983 through 2006. Within the series are several sub-series, such as ''Autopsy'', ''Real Sex'', and ''Taxicab Confessions''. History The seri ...''. References External links *''Doing Time: Life Inside the Big House''at Video Vérité 1991 films American documentary films Documentary films about incarceration in the United States 1991 documentary films Films shot in Pennsylvania 1990s English-language films 1990s American films {{1990s-documentary-film-stub ...
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Bill Guttentag
Bill Guttentag is an American dramatic and documentary film writer-producer-director. His films have premiered at the Sundance, Cannes, Telluride and Tribeca film festivals, and he has won two Academy Awards. Career Guttentag won an Oscar for Best Documentary with his HBO film ''You Don't Have to Die'', telling the story of one boy's battle against cancer. Guttentag would receive three more Oscar nominations before winning another Oscar for his 2002 documentary '' Twin Towers''. In 2007, Guttentag directed two films – '' Live!'', which premiered at Tribeca Film Festival, starring Eva Mendes, Andre Braugher David Krumholtz, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Michelle Krusiec, and Jay Hernandez; and Nanking, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, a documentary about the Rape of Nanking during World War II. ''Nanking'' featured Woody Harrelson, Mariel Hemingway, Rosalind Chao, Stephen Dorff, and Jürgen Prochnow. It was shortlisted for an Academy Award, won awards at Sundance Film Fes ...
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