This Soviet documentary investigates the demanding training system behind the country’s Olympic gymnastics program. Featuring interviews with former champions including Olga Korbut and Lyudmila Turischeva, the film examines how young girls were recruited and trained for international competition, revealing the physical strain and personal sacrifices involved in pursuing gymnastic success.
Olga Korbut
Lyudmila Turischeva
This Soviet documentary investigates the demanding training system behind the country’s Olympic gymnastics program. Featuring interviews with former champions including Olga Korbut and Lyudmila Turischeva, the film examines how young girls were recruited and trained for international competition, revealing the physical strain and personal sacrifices involved in pursuing gymnastic success.
From the heights of her modeling fame to her tragic death, this documentary reveals Anna Nicole Smith through the eyes of the people closest to her.
Behind the scenes look at fight choreography and action training.
A detailing of the rise to prominence and global sporting superstardom of six supremely talented young Manchester United football players (David Beckham, Nicky Butt, Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes, Phil and Gary Neville). The film covers the period 1992-1999, culminating in Manchester United's European Cup triumph.
Lyrical and powerfully personal essay film that reflects on the deaths of her husband Lou Reed, her mother, her beloved dog, and such diverse subjects as family memories, surveillance, and Buddhist teachings.
A documentary that explores the downloading revolution; the kids that created it, the bands and the businesses that were affected by it, and its impact on the world at large.
Unprecedented access to Muhammad Ali's personal archive of "audio journals" as well as interviews and testimonials from his inner circle of family and friends are used to tell the legend's life story.
A documentary about how a dominant cultural and demographic institution both sustains their traditional activities and adapts to the digital revolution.
A visual montage portrait of our contemporary world dominated by globalized technology and violence.
Through deeply personal interviews with her siblings and an examination of the photographs, letters, and belongings left behind, Mariska assembles a new portrait of her mother Jayne Mansfield, an extraordinary and complex woman.
A compilation of over 30 years of private home movie footage shot by Lithuanian-American avant-garde director Jonas Mekas, assembled by Mekas "purely by chance", without concern for chronological order.