Top 20 movies like Marked by Darkness

Marked by Darkness

Short, evocative documentary on the education of blind and partially sighted children.

Poznačení tmou is of 0 hour(s) and 17 minute(s). It is Produced By:  Štúdio dokumentárnych filmov Bratislava. It was released on 1959-11-11.

Genres: Documentary

1. Terenci: la fabulación infinita (Terenci: la fabulación infinita)

Terenci: la fabulación infinita

An account of the life and work of the charismatic Spanish writer Terenci Moix .

It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.

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2. Wie funktioniert Evolution? (Wie funktioniert Evolution?)

Wie funktioniert Evolution?

(Wie funktioniert Evolution?)

It has an average vote of 8.5 on TMDB.

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3. The March on Rome (Marcia su Roma)

The March on Rome

The fascinating story of the rise to power of dictator Benito Mussolini in Italy in 1922 and how fascism marked the fate of the entire world in the dark years to come.

It has an average vote of 6.4 on TMDB.

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4. The Motivation Factor: to Become Smart, Productive & Mentally Stable

The Motivation Factor: to Become Smart, Productive & Mentally Stable

This award-winning documentary shows the irreplaceable role classical Physical Education plays to develop smart, productive and mentally stable citizens, and the out-of-control consequences we face today with its absence in our society.

It has an average vote of 10 on TMDB.

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5. On the Way to School (Sur le chemin de l'école)

On the Way to School

These children live in the four corners of the earth, but share the same thirst for learning. They understand that only education will allow them a better future and that is why, every day, they must set out on the long and perilous journey that will lead them to knowledge. Jackson and his younger sister from Kenya walk 15 kilometres each way through a savannah populated by wild animals; Carlito rides more than 18 kilometres twice a day with his younger sister, across the plains of Argentina; Zahira lives in the Moroccan Atlas Mountains who has an exhausting 22 kilometres walk along punishing mountain paths before she reaches her boarding school; Samuel from India sits in a clumsy DIY wheelchair and the 4 kilometres journey is an ordeal each day, as his two younger brothers have to push him all the way to school…

It has an average vote of 6.8 on TMDB.

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6. It's Everybody's Business

It's Everybody's Business

Animated propaganda advocating for the importance of unregulated capitalism to the American way of life.

It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.

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7. Free Kick

Free Kick

Two different women, from opposite sides of the country, look for distractions from the mundane and the malaise of modern life.

It has an average vote of 7.5 on TMDB.

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8. Las locuras de don Quijote (Las locuras de don Quijote)

Las locuras de don Quijote

An epic journey through Don Quixote's troubled mind, from which five paths to the unknown are opened: to reason, to freedom, to love, to friendship, to adventure; although only three destinations await at the end of an imaginary and audacious existence: the narrative of the adventurous life of Cervantes; the survival of a legendary novel in these heathen times, when the one-armed gentleman is nothing but dust and bones; the memory of the living, writers and scholars, where both the tormented captive and the insane hero, are immortals beings and will be forever.

It has an average vote of 6.6 on TMDB.

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9. Promises

Promises

Documentarians Justine Shapiro and B.Z. Goldberg traveled to Israel to interview Palestinian and Israeli kids ages 11 to 13, assembling their views on living in a society afflicted with violence, separatism and religious and political extremism. This 2002 Oscar nominee for Best Feature Documentary culminates in an astonishing day in which two Israeli children meet Palestinian youngsters at a refugee camp.

It has an average vote of 7.5 on TMDB.

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10. The Illness and Recovery of Buda Brakus (Bolest i ozdravljenje Bude Brakusa)

The Illness and Recovery of Buda Brakus

The protagonists of this docudrama are old farmers who migrated to Banat after the First World War, in 1922. The film is focused on a couple of important events in their impressive lives, which are woven into lively scenes and stories full of wise instances. Their statements become spontaneous recounts of the lives of people in this region.

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11. On the Way to School (İki Dil Bir Bavul)

On the Way to School

One year in the life of a Turkish teacher, teaching the Turkish language to Kurdish children in a remote village in Turkey. The children can't speak Turkish, the teacher can't speak Kurdish and is forced to become an exile in his own country. On the Way to School is a film about a Turkish teacher who is alone in a village as an authority of the state, and about his interaction with the Kurdish children who have to learn Turkish. The film witnesses the communication problem emphasizing the loneliness of a teacher in a different community and culture; and the changes brought up by his presence into this different community during one year. The film chronicles one school year, starting from September 2007 until the departure of the teacher for summer holiday in June 2008. During this period, they begin to know and understand each other mutually and slowly.

It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.

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12. The ABCs of Book Banning

The ABCs of Book Banning

In recent years, more than 2,500 books have been removed from school districts around the US, labeled as banned, restricted, or challenged, and made unavailable to millions of students. By no accident, the themes targeted are the usual scapegoats of the American Right—LGBTQ+ issues, Black History, and women’s empowerment—impeding the power of future generations to develop their own thoughts and opinions on critical social issues. By weaving together a lyrical montage of young readers and authors, THE ABCs OF BOOK BANNING reveals the voices of the impacted parties, and inspires hope for the future through the profound insights of inquisitive youthful minds.

It has an average vote of 5.8 on TMDB.

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13. Inverosímil Jardiel Poncela (Inverosímil Jardiel Poncela)

Inverosímil Jardiel Poncela

The Spanish author Enrique Jardiel Poncela was one of the best comedy writers of all time, a novelist and newspaper columnist, misunderstood, even censored, both by the Second Republic government and Francoism, an outsider ahead of his time; also a filmmaker and screenwriter in Hollywood, architect of a revolutionary theatrical building and scenographer, cartoonist and illustrator. An implausible genius.

It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.

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14. Joanne & Jacob (Joanne & Jacob)

Joanne & Jacob

A short, poetic documentary of an old woman and the loneliness that surrounds her after her husband was sent to a nursing home.

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15. Room Zero

Room Zero

Wayne Adam Ford is a convicted serial killer on Death Row. Victoria Redstall is a model who trained to be a cop. Together, and against all odds, Ford and Redstall take us on a roadtrip into the mind of a serial killer and attempt to find the identity of his first victim. All that remained of her was a dismembered torso.

It has an average vote of 10 on TMDB.

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16. Waiting for "Superman"

Waiting for "Superman"

Gripping, heartbreaking, and ultimately hopeful, Waiting for Superman is an impassioned indictment of the American school system from An Inconvenient Truth director Davis Guggenheim.

It has an average vote of 6.8 on TMDB.

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17. Lebensläufe - Die Geschichte der Kinder von Golzow in einzelnen Portraits (Lebensläufe - Die Geschichte der Kinder von Golzow in einzelnen Portraits)

Lebensläufe - Die Geschichte der Kinder von Golzow in einzelnen Portraits

A sequence of nine individual biographical sketches with a prologue and epilogue on Golzow and the long-term observation. Deepening of the preceding chronicle. The Golzow people in the present, from which retrospective views of the previous life and the life conflicts of the individual are given.

It has an average vote of 6.2 on TMDB.

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18. My Way to Olympia

My Way to Olympia

The film director Niko von Glasow undertakes a journey to athletes, who compete at the Paralympic Games in London 2012. He himself is a short-armed avowed hater of sport who cannot understand how anyone could take on such an odeal voluntarily. Even more since everyday life for people with a disability is most often challenging enough. He meets U.S.archer Matt Stutzman, Norwegian table tennis player Aida Dahlen, German swimmer Christiane Reppe, Greek boccia player Greg Polychronidis and a Sitting Volleyball team. Niko neither spares the athletes nor himself asking questions about life, sport and fears. With an ever growing appreciation for sport Niko attends the Paralympic Games and travels back to the ancient city of Olympia, where everything began and where boccia playing is prohibited.

It has an average vote of 5.8 on TMDB.

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19. On ne naît pas féministe (On ne naît pas féministe)

On ne naît pas féministe

(On ne naît pas féministe)

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20. A City Decides

A City Decides

A City Decides chronicles the events that led to the integration of the St. Louis public schools in 1954. An Oscar-nominated short documentary from 1956.

It has an average vote of 5.7 on TMDB.

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