1. Treyf (Treyf)
TREYF —“unkosher” in Yiddish— is an unorthodox documentary by and about two Jewish lesbians who met and fell in love at a Passover “seder”. With personal narration, real and imagined educational films, and haunting imagery, filmmakers Alisa Lebow and Cynthia Madansky examine the Jewish identity of their upbringings and its impact on their lives.
It has an average vote of 1 on TMDB.
2. Ultimate Christian Wrestling
Why would two New York-based filmmakers dedicate five years of their lives to following three white, Jesus-loving, spandex-clad men from the Bible Belt, particularly when the world of documentary filmmaking has generated its fair share of films concerning sensationalistic religious expression and contact sports in recent years? Because it's not about wrestling, and it's not about Jesus. Against a bizarre and entertaining backdrop, and through a motley cast of characters, we are reminded of what connects us all, lest we forget what it means to be human.
3. Ṣoju
Surfers, metal heads, and guerilla filmmakers explore their identities and culture in Sierra Leone, Botswana, and Nigeria.
4. Divine Divas (Divinas Divas)
Eight iconic performers of the first generation of Brazilian transvestite artists go on stage to celebrate their 50th career jubilee. The film depicts the human, personal dimension behind these icons, deconstructing gender stereotypes.
It has an average vote of 7.5 on TMDB.
5. Então Morri (Então Morri)
The film is the life of a woman from birth to death. All scenes will be real. The character will be lived by several people, of different ages, in different regions of the country. Filmed as a documentary, it will be transformed into fiction through the manipulation of images.
It has an average vote of 5.7 on TMDB.
6. The Cambridge Squatter (Era o Hotel Cambridge)
The Cambridge Squatter tells the story of refugees, recently arrived in Brazil who, together with a group of low-income workers, occupy an old abandoned building in downtown São Paulo. Daily dramas, comical situations and different views on the world commingle with the threat of impending eviction.
It has an average vote of 7.4 on TMDB.
7. Intolerância.doc (Intolerância.doc)
The film gets into the underworld of crimes involving homophobia, soccer organized fans, and gangs in Sao Paulo city. It shows the team’s work routine of DECRADI, the only unit specialized in this field, as they search for people who have made hate speech into cruel murders.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
8. Os Cravos e a Rocha (Os Cravos e a Rocha)
On April 25, 1974 the iconoclastic Brazilian filmmaker Glauber Rocha was in Portugal. There, he joined the collective collective film "As Armas e o Povo". With his foreign and peculiar look, he broke the rules of conventional filmmaking.
9. The Happy Accident (El accidente feliz)
Embarks on a journey that traces the life and work of Antonio Martorell, a prolific plastic and multi-disciplinary artist in Puerto Rico. This film is a dance between the director and the portraitist while portraying each other. More than a documentary, this film is an experiment of a director trying to reconnect with her creative voice.
10. Lords of Little Egypt: Mai Zetterling Among the Gypsies
Every year in May several thousand 'Lords of Little Egypt' meet for festivities in the Camargue. Mai Zetterling stays with the gypsies and reports on how they live their lives.
11. Bim Bam Boom, Las Luchas Morenas
Bim Bam Boom Las Luchas Morenas, is about three Mexican sisters, professional wrestlers, whose lives, lived according to their own ideas, are a struggle but also a lot fun.
It has an average vote of 5.8 on TMDB.
12. Children of the Market
Documentary on Seattle's Pike Place Market, and those who have saved it from destruction over its first 100 years of existence. Covers the history of the Market, the people who live and work there, and the ghosts who still haunt it.
13. Born in Evin (Born in Evin)
Follows filmmaker and actress, Maryam Zaree, on her quest to find out the violent circumstances surrounding her birth inside one of the most notorious political prisons in the world.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
14. Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema
A chronological look at films by, for, or about gays and lesbians in the United States, from 1947 to 2005, Kenneth Anger's "Fireworks" to "Brokeback Mountain". Talking heads, anchored by critic and scholar B. Ruby Rich, are interspersed with an advancing timeline and with clips from two dozen films. The narrative groups the pictures around various firsts, movements, and triumphs: experimental films, indie films, sex on screen, outlaw culture and bad guys, lesbian lovers, films about AIDS and dying, emergence of romantic comedy, transgender films, films about diversity and various cultures, documentaries and then mainstream Hollywood drama. What might come next?
It has an average vote of 5.7 on TMDB.
15. Bukovyna, Ukrainian Land (Буковина, земля українська)
Dovzhenko and Solntseva's documentary about the Bukovina region.
It has an average vote of 3.4 on TMDB.
16. Victory on the Right Bank Ukraine (Победа на Правобережной Украине)
Dovzhenko and Solntseva's documentary about the end of the war.
It has an average vote of 4.7 on TMDB.
17. Tres instantes, un grito (Tres instantes, un grito)
(Tres instantes, un grito)
18. Ukraine in Flames (Битва за нашу Советскую Украину)
A 1943 Soviet documentary war film by Ukrainian director Alexander Dovzhenko and Yuliya Solntseva. It is Dovzhenko's second World War II documentary, and dealt with the Battle of Kharkov. The film incorporates German footage of the invasion of Ukraine, which was later captured by the Soviets.
It has an average vote of 5.182 on TMDB.
19. Liberation (Визволення)
Wartime documentary by Dovzhenko and Solntseva.
It has an average vote of 6.3 on TMDB.
20. John Ware Reclaimed
Filmmaker Cheryl Foggo re-examines the story of John Ware, the Black cowboy who settled in Alberta, Canada, prior to the turn of the 20th century.
It has an average vote of 8 on TMDB.
