Browse Movies : Released : 2011 : Documentary

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Pina

"Dance, dance, or we are lost." Pina Bausch's final words summarize her life and provide the inspiration for director Wim Wenders' (WINGS tribute to the legendary choreographer. The documentary features interviews with and performances by Bausch's beloved original company members, and offers an indelible image of an artist who went the full distance in her uncommonly rich creative life.

My Perestroika

Five ordinary Russians living in extraordinary times, from their sheltered Soviet childhood, to the collapse of the Soviet Union during their teenage years, to the constantly shifting political landscape of post-Soviet Russia.

Completed

March 23, 2011 Netflix DVD New York

Exporting Raymond

Follows Phil Rosenthal as he travels to Russia to meet about doing a local version of "Everybody Loves Raymond."

Completed

April 29, 2011 Limited Netflix Blu-ray Netflix DVD

The Last Mountain

The mining and burning of coal is at the epicenter of America's struggle to balance its energy needs and environmental concerns, so the daring solution proposed by this small Appalachian community takes on national significance when Bobby Kennedy, Jr. joins the Appalachian families to fight the extraordinary and insidious power of Big Coal.

Completed

June 3, 2011 Netflix DVD New York

Flying Monsters 3D

A 3D IMAX movie about the prehistoric world inhabited by pterosaurs -- flying vertebrates with a wingspan of up to 45 feet that lived alongside dinosaurs.

Pearl Jam Twenty

Pearl Jam Twenty chronicles the years leading up to the band's formation, the chaos that ensued soon-after their rise to megastardom, their step back from center stage, and the creation of a trusted circle that would surround them-giving way to a work culture that would sustain them.
Location: US - Washington

Completed

September 20, 2011 Limited VOD / Digital

African Cats

Two cat families in East Africa teach survive on their power and their cunning, while they protect and teach their cubs the ways of the wild.

Completed

April 22, 2011 Nationwide Netflix Blu-ray

Apollo 18

The story follows film footage purported to have been shot by the crew of Apollo 18. This moon mission from the early 1970s was officially canceled by NASA, but according to urban legend, it actually happened. Footage shows signs of alien life, and the events of the mission are built into a thriller storyline.
Location: CA - British Columbia

Completed

September 2, 2011 Nationwide Netflix Blu-ray Netflix DVD

Buck

A living legend in the horse world, Buck Brannaman was the inspiration for The Horse Whisperer. For this true cowboy, horses are a mirror of the human soul. Reared by an abusive father, Buck eschews violence. By teaching people to communicate with horses through instinct, not punishment, he frees the spirit of the horse and its human comrade. Crisscrossing the world with Zenlike wisdom, Buck promulgates grace in the bond between man and horse.

Completed

June 17, 2011 Netflix DVD New York / Los Angeles

El Bulli: Cooking in Pr...

For six months of the year, renowned Spanish chef Ferran Adria closes his restaurant El Bulli -- repeatedly voted the world's best -- and works with his culinary team to prepare the menu for the next season.

Completed

July 27, 2011 Limited Netflix DVD

Justin Bieber: Never Sa...

Justin Bieber will play himself in his life story. The pic will be sprinkled with performances from his current concert tour.

Completed

February 11, 2011 Nationwide Netflix Blu-ray Netflix DVD

Love Etc.

Five different relationship stories: high school sweethearts, octogenarian lovebirds, the divorced father of two teenagers, a gay single man and a traditional Indian wedding.

Square Grouper

A documentary about Miami's pot smuggling culture in the 1970s and 1980s through three colorful stories of marijuana smugglers.

Completed

April 15, 2011 Netflix DVD New York VOD / Digital

The Harvest/La Cosecha

Children who work as many as 12 hours a day, six months a year in the scorching hot sun, without the protection of child labor laws. These children are not toiling in the fields in some far away land. They are working here, in our back yard, in America.

Completed

July 29, 2011 New York VOD / Digital

The Whale

A baby orca gets separated from his family and unexpectedly starts making contact with people along a scenic fjord called Nootka Sound.

Completed

September 9, 2011 Limited Netflix DVD

Addiction Incorporated

A documentary made over the course of 15 years telling the story of Victor DeNoble's journey from research scientist to star informant against the tobacco industry.

Cave of Forgotten Dreams

Documentary about the Chauvet caves in Southern France that contain the oldest known cave paintings.

Completed

April 29, 2011 Limited Netflix Blu-ray Netflix DVD Sneak Preview

Forks Over Knives

Examines the profound claim that most, if not all, of the degenerative diseases that afflict us can be controlled, or even reversed, by rejecting our present menu of animal-based and processed foods.

Completed

May 6, 2011 Limited Netflix DVD New York / Los Angeles

General Orders No. 9

An experimental documentary that contemplates the signs of loss and change in the American South as potent metaphors of personal and collective destiny.

Completed

June 24, 2011 Netflix DVD New York

Magic Trip

A documentary about the psychedelic 1960s cross-country bus tour taken by Ken Kesey and his Merry Pranksters.

Completed

August 5, 2011 Limited Netflix DVD VOD / Digital