Film Category: Thematic

Stories We Tell
Sarah Polley

This extremely personal film tenderly exposes a deep family secret, revealing the various, and varied, recollections of
everyone involved.

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Theater of War
John Walter

A behind-the-scenes look at a modern production of Mother Courage and Her Children gives way to a nuanced examination of storytelling.

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Chisholm ’72: Unbought & Unbossed
Shola Lynch

A powerful look at the pioneering, grassroots campaign of the first African American woman to run for President.

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Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment
Robert Drew

This in-depth look at the University of Alabama’s integration crisis chronicles key decisions from multiple perspectives, including those of Governor George Wallace and President John F. Kennedy.

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A Perfect Candidate
R.J. Cutler, David Van Taylor

Campaign strategists, and an acutely aware journalist, take center stage in this document of the volatile 1994 Virginia senatorial race between Oliver North and Charles Robb.

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America Is Hard to See
Emile de Antonio

An examination of Senator Eugene McCarthy’s dramatic and unsuccessful 1969 presidential campaign, constructed from thousands of feet of newsreel.

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Caucus
AJ Schnack

In 2012, unorthodox GOP candidates navigate the Iowa caucuses—an endless series of public events and uncomfortable questions—in hopes of securing their party’s nomination.

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Jingle Bells
D A Pennebaker

This short film trails New York Senate hopeful Robert Kennedy as he makes a public appearance at a New York City chldren’s school at Christmas time.

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Medium Cool
Haskell Wexler

This daring narrative, set against the backdrop of the riots surrounding the 1968 Democratic Convention, unpacks the moral obligations of bearing witness through the story of a news cameraman and his relationship with a single mother.

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Our Brand Is Crisis
Rachel Boynton

American political strategists from the firm Greenberg Carville Shrum advise on marketign tactics for Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada’s campaign for president of Bolivia.

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