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Director: Chris Fiore    More Info
Starring: Jay-Z, DMX, Method Man, Redman, Beanie Sigel, Memphis Bleek, DJ Clue, Amil, Ja Rule, Damon Dash

 This documentary provides a behind-the-scenes view of the 1999 Hard Knock Life tour featuring, among others, Jay-Z, DMX, and Method Man. It succeeds in providing an in-depth look at one tour that, because it managed to be incident-free, encouraged underwriting future tours.

Director: Aiyana Elliott    More Info
Starring: Jack Elliott, D.A. Pennebaker, Kris Kristofferson, Alan Lomax, Odetta, Arlo Guthrie, Pete Seeger, June Shelley, Dave Van Ronk, Harold Leventhal

 Ramblin' Jack Elliott formed the link between Arlo Guthrie, Bob Dylan, and all those in between. In the process, he kept American folk music alive. This is a very entertaining and informative documentary that will be enjoyed by music lovers of all ages.

Director: Todd Phillips    More Info
Starring: Phish

 This documentary about the modern rock band, Phish, was shot during the band's 1998 European tour and concludes with a two-day concert in Maine. Its focus–first the music, and then the band's camaraderie–is what makes this film so enjoyable.

Director: Fernando Trueba    More Info


 Fernando Trueba presents this beautiful tribute to Latin jazz artists, which ranks as one of the best music films to date.

Director: Margaret Selby    More Info


 The renowned Warner Brothers' animator Chuck Jones is honored in this tribute that includes clips from many of his cartoons; Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Elmer Fudd, Road Runner, and others join in.

Director: Keith Melton    More Info
Starring: Ian McKellen

 Cirque du Soleil performers are brought to the screen in this IMAX-3D documentary, which serves as an advertisement for the dazzling, live performances of its stars.

Director: Julian Hobbs    More Info


 Two art collectors, specializing in art produced by convicted killers on death row, are the focus of this documentary. A new low in souvenir hunting but high marks as a technical production.

Director: John McNaughton    More Info


 George Condo is a successful painter of his own "movement": artificial realism. This film, shot with a camcorder in collaboration with director John McNaughton, follows George as he pursues his trade–and other matters. Entertaining.

Director: Colin Davies    More Info
Starring: Jenna Elfman, Dave Foley, Robert Smith, Matt Frewer, Woody Allen, Hank Azaria, Nancy Cartwright, Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Sylvester Stallone

 Phig (Jenna Elfman) takes viewers on a tour of CyberWorld, a museum of 3-D exhibits in this 48-minute offering on the giant I-Max screen. Amazing animation.

Director: Marc Singer    More Info
Starring: Marc Singer

 This 84-minute documentary reveals the plight of a segment of New York City's homeless who have found "refuge" deep inside the train and subway tunnels. Mark Singer, once an underground dweller himself, shot this story using 16mm, black and white film–a perfect choice for his revealing story of life in the dark, dank tunnels.

Director: George Butler    More Info
Starring: Liam Neeson

 This documentary draws the viewer into its gripping story of how explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton led his crew of HMS Endurance on a trip to the Antarctic, which without Shackleton's leadership would have resulted in certain death.

Director: Fenton Bailey    More Info
Starring: RuPaul

 Through archival interviews and film clips, Cinemax documents the rise and fall of the evangelical careers of Tammy Faye and Jim Bakker as their PTL Christian broadcasting empire came plunging down around them.

Director: Amir Bar-Lev    More Info
Starring: Arnost Lustig, Jan Wiener

 In this documentary, Jan Wiener, at 77 years of age, takes a journey with his author friend, Arnost Lustig, back to Europe where Wiener barely managed to escape the Nazis during World War II. The two friends philosophize–often coming to different conclusions about the significant events of the Holocaust.

Director: Julien Temple    More Info
Starring: Sex Pistols

 Members of the 1970s' punk rock band, The Sex Pistols, were obnoxious, but they changed the music world forever. This documentary focuses on the band's history–all 26 months of it–from a humble start into a depressing finish. A must-see for rock fans.

Director: Agnes Varda    More Info
Starring: Agnes Varda

 The French tradition of "gleaning" (peasants were given the leftovers following harvest) is explored by Agnes Varda who presents political and social aspects of gleaning, which has continued over the centuries.

Director: Mark Steensland    More Info


 Philip K. Dick's last 10 years were as bizarre as his sci-fi stories–some of which were made into movies. This cheaply made documentary deals exclusively with the years prior to his death in 1982, when drugs, depression, and visions ruled him. Thus, this is not for people unfamiliar with Philip. Most of the film is strictly talking heads, with scant additional audio or video.

Director: Gillian Grisman    More Info
Starring: David Grisman, Jerry Garcia, Joe Craven, Jim Kerwin

 This documentary focuses on Grateful Dead leader Jerry Garcia's musical collaboration with mandolin player/composer David Grisman. Of particular interest are live Garcia/Grisman performances; jam sessions; and interviews with band members, family, and friends.

Director: Barbara Hammer    More Info


 In this third part of her trilogy ("Nitrate Kisses" (1992) and "Tender Fictions" (1995)), director Barbara Hammer creates a doctored history of the lesbian world by replacing some of the sound in old film footage. Of note is Eleanor Roosevelt's speech, which Hammer has dubbed so the First Lady is calling on women to unite in the joys of sex. The result is a mockumentary that does prove entertaining.

Director: Mark Jonathan Harris    More Info
Starring: Judi Dench

 In 1938, as the plight of Germany, Austria, and Czechoslovakia became more and more tenuous, the British government offered to place Jewish children in English foster homes. Although the plan was in effect only nine months before war erupted, 10,000 children were saved. This is their story–told through the voices of survivors. An Oscar was received for Best Documentary Feature.

Director: David Shapiro    More Info
Starring: Tobias Schneebaum

 As he returns for a reunion in South America, poet and artist Tobias Schneebaum recalls his 1955 experiences including an honorary adoption into the cannibalistic Amarakaire Indian tribe.

Director: Joseph Bullman    More Info


 In this documentary, director Joseph Bullman reveals some pleasant and then some not-so-pleasant facets of Colin Tennant's personality. In 1958 Tennant, a British aristocrat, bought and transformed the Caribbean island, Mustique, into a vacation land for society's upper crust. Now, at age 73, Tennant returns for a visit.

Director: John Kempf    More Info
Starring: Laurence Fishburne

 This documentary features basketball superstar Michael Jordan on the five-story IMAX screen. The medium serves Jordan well.

Director: Spike Lee    More Info
Starring: Cedric the Entertainer, Steve Harvey, D.L. Hughley, Bernie Mac

 Spike Lee presents this film documentary of a Charlotte, North Carolina, stop during the Kings of Comedy concert tour in which four Black comics–Cedric the Entertainer, Steve Harvey, D.I. Hughley, and Bernie Mac–perform routines about racial relations, sex, and the perils of coming from humble beginnings. Very funny.

Director: Joe Berlinger    More Info


 This is the follow-up to the 1990 documentary, "Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills," which was based on a 1993 murder case of three second-grade children in rural Arkansas. In this updated version, the documentary examines the possibility that the three men serving time for the crime are, in fact, innocent.

Director: Jean-Charles Deniau    More Info
Starring: Jeff Bridges

 Jeff Bridges narrates this Discovery Channel offering, which explores moral issues surrounding the subsequent treatment of a 23,000-year-old woolly mammoth that was found, in 1997, incased in ice near the Arctic Circle.