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What Documentary Movies to watch on Tubi

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The Parking Lot Movie

1 hr 14 mins

The Parking Lot Movie is a documentary about a singular parking lot in Charlottesville, Virginia. The film follows a select group of parking lot attendants and their strange rite of passage. The eccentric brotherhood of attendants consist of grad students, overeducated philosophers, surly artists, middle-age slackers and more. This self-described "ragtag group of fractured poets" prefer skateboards and bicycles to cars and have at best a tolerant contempt for the people they serve. That's not to say they don't care about anything. They hang out at the lot even in their spare time, shooting the breeze or playing a spirited game of "flip cone," just because...they like it there. They conduct their own private "war" against the elites, the pretentious and obnoxious customers who park their BMWs, Hummers, Suburbans and other vehicles. They study the art of doing nothing and the knack of getting even with rude, SUV-driving dolts who treat them like inferior beings. The gradual devolution from enthusiasm to resentment in the psyches of guys self-aware enough to notice it is an interesting process; in an attempt to distract themselves from the rapidly mounting bitterness, the attendants amuse themselves any way they can-stenciling random messages on the parking gate, writing songs, even dancing for tips. Through interviews with former attendants who have moved on - we see that their time at the lot has clearly provided rites of passage and afforded them Zen-like perspective. As one parking attendant laments, "We had it all in a world that had nothing to offer us." If the intersection between the status quo and the quest for freedom is their ultimate challenge, could a slab of asphalt be an emotional way station for The American Dream?

The Parking Lot Movie

Lost in Vagueness

1 hr 25 mins

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Lost in Vagueness
  • 2018

That Never Happened: Canada's First National Internment Operations

1 hr 18 mins

THAT NEVER HAPPENED reveals the story of Canada's first national internment operations between 1914 - 1920, when over 88,000 people were forced to register and more than 8,500 were wrongfully imprisoned in internment camps across Canada, not for anything they had done but because of where they came from. In 1954, the public records were destroyed and in the 1980s a few brave men and women began working to reclaim this chapter in history and ensure future generations would know about it.

That Never Happened: Canada's First National Internment Operations
  • 2017

Hey, Boo: Harper Lee and 'To Kill a Mockingbird'

1 hr 22 mins

It is our national novel. Reading to Kill a Mockingbird is something we all have in common. Harper Lee's first and only novel turns 50 this summer and the author hasn't given an interview since 1964 or published a second book. In compelling interviews with Scott Turow, James McBride, Wally Lamb, Rosanne Cash, Anna Quindlen, Oprah Winfrey,Tom Brokaw, among others, and with rare cooperation from Harper Lee's sister and friends, Mary Murphy traces the history of this astonishing phenomenon.

Hey, Boo: Harper Lee and 'To Kill a Mockingbird'

The Drew: No Excuse, Just Produce

1 hr 15 mins

For over 40 years The Drew League has been a fixture in LA's basketball history - a rite of passage for both local players and pros from around the world. A place where steel sharpens steel and rival gang members disarm to watch the NBA's best right on their turf. At the heart of it all is Dino Smiley. A ball boy turned commissioner. A family man and pillar in the community who has used the league as a means to provide family and opportunity in an area where even life is uncertain. Welcome to The Drew, where the motto is No Excuse, Just Produce.

The Drew: No Excuse, Just Produce
  • 2015

The Battle of Pussy Willow Creek

1 hr 35 mins

Ken Burns meets Spinal Tap in a subversive tour de force relaying the outrageous life stories of four forgotten Civil War heroes: an opium-addicted gay colonel, an aging Chinese launderer, a nerdy escaped slave, and a one-armed teenaged prostitute.

The Battle of Pussy Willow Creek

The House of Suh

1 hr 30 mins

Explore the chilling psyche behind one of the most notorious crimes in modern American history. Andrew Suh, a Korean-American college student with a bright future shoots and kills his sister’s fiancé – at her behest.

The House of Suh
  • 2010

Fort McCoy

1 hr 40 mins

Frank Stirn, moves with his family to become a barber for the American Army and POW camp at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin, in the summer of 1944, but war still finds its victims even thousands of miles from the battlefields in rural America.

Fort McCoy

The Devil's Double

1 hr 49 mins

A chilling vision of the House of Saddam Hussein comes to life through the eyes of the man who was forced to become the double of Hussein's sadistic son.

The Devil's Double

Terror's Advocate

2 hrs 15 mins

An examination of the career of Jacques Vergès, attorney for members of Algeria's FLN, Palestine's FPLP, the Khmer Rouge, Carlos and associates, Klaus Barbie, and other revolutionaries and outcasts. Archival footage, news articles, and photographs mix with contemporary interviews of Vergès, friends, associates, and historians. Connections with Nazis are explored, as well as Vergès's marriage to Djamila Bouhired, his courtroom methods, his disappearance from 1970 to 1978, and the roots of his radicalism. Throughout, Vergès remains playful and charming, with a soupçon of arrogance. The film suggests Vergès's anti-colonial nature is at his center.

Terror's Advocate

My Week with Marilyn

1 hr 39 mins

Sir Laurence Olivier (Sir Kenneth Branagh) is making a movie in London. Young Colin Clark (Eddie Redmayne), an eager film student, wants to be involved and he navigates himself a job on the set. When movie star Marilyn Monroe (Michelle Williams) arrives for the start of shooting, all of London is excited to see the blonde bombshell, while Olivier is struggling to meet her many demands and acting ineptness, and Colin is intrigued by her. Colin's intrigue is met when Marilyn invites him into her inner world where she struggles with her fame, her beauty, and her desire to be a great actress.

My Week with Marilyn

A Prison on Earth

1 hr 8 mins

Under the guise of free will and individualism, the systems in place around us ensure that we have no choice but to comply with underlying agenda. Its core is evil and was put in place by unseen beings that manipulate and control Earth.

A Prison on Earth
  • 2016

Capitalism: A Love Story

2 hrs 7 mins

Capitalism: A Love Story examines the impact of corporate dominance on the everyday lives of Americans (and by default, the rest of the world).

Capitalism: A Love Story

Waking the Sleeping Giant: The Making of a Political Revolution

1 hr 33 mins

"Waking the Sleeping Giant: The Making of a Political Revolution" is the story of the attempt to build a 21st century progressive movement in the United States. Five remarkable individuals wrestle with persistent racial injustice, growing economic inequality, and the corrupting influence of money in politics against the backdrop of an extraordinary 2016 presidential race. From the presidential campaign trail with Senator Bernie Sanders to a local race in the failing economy of rural West Virginia, from a mass sit-in on the U.S. Capitol steps to racially charged police commission hearings in Los Angeles, Waking the Sleeping Giant makes sense of this moment in American politics, probing widespread discontent during the 2016 election cycle, Donald Trump's dramatic electoral victory, and the challenges ahead for those building a re-energized progressive movement.

Waking the Sleeping Giant: The Making of a Political Revolution
  • 2017

American: The Bill Hicks Story

1 hr 42 mins

Photo-animated feature documentary, uniquely narrated by the 10 people who knew Bill best.

American: The Bill Hicks Story

When Voices Meet: One Divided Country; One United Choir; One Courageous Journey

1 hr 26 mins

When Nelson Mandela was finally released from prison, courageous South African musicians broke through Apartheid's barriers to form a 500-voice, multiracial youth choir. Threatened with bombs and thwarted at every turn, they prevailed and railroaded across the country aboard The Peace Train. Singing their way into the hearts, minds and soul of a divided nation in the midst of a civil war, they promoted a peaceful transition to democracy and went on to become Mandela's face of the new nation. When Voices Meet documents the trials, tribulations and triumphs of those musician activists and young choir members. They performed together for seven years; never lost touch with one another; and reunited 20 years later to tell their stories.

When Voices Meet: One Divided Country; One United Choir; One Courageous Journey
  • 2015

The Shark Con

1 hr 26 mins

The controversial truth about shark conservation will be revealed.

The Shark Con
  • 2010

Served Like a Girl

1 hr 43 mins

Director Lysa Heslov's documentary, "Served Like a Girl, provides a candid look at several American women as they transition from active duty to civilian life after serving tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan. Our wounded U.S. female service personnel often return to a stark reality, one that is rarely discussed or considered. Struggling with PTSD, homelessness, broken families, serious illness, physical injuries, and the aftermath of military sexual abuse, these amazing women find ways to adapt and overcome debilitating challenges through participation in the "Ms. Veteran America" competition. Guided by event founder and veteran, Jas Boothe, the women leverage their experiences gained through competition to recover the parts of themselves and their personal identities they had lost on the battlefield. Called "Engaging, Honest and Powerful," this film is a beautiful tapestry interlaced with poignant moments, social commentary, and humor.

Served Like a Girl

The Patent Scam

1 hr 49 mins

"The Patent Scam" highlights the many challenges frivolous patent litigation poses for business owners and entrepreneurs, juxtaposing their stories of struggle against interviews with lawyers and patent trolls who are benefiting from these loopholes in our patent system. Non-practicing entities (NPEs) purchase vague, low quality patents - many of which should never have been granted in the first place - to claim ownership of commonly-used ideas or business methods such as searching for something using a computer. Non Practicing Entities (NPE), also known as "patent trolls," use these patents to threaten litigation against businesses, particularly small and medium sized businesses they know will not have the funding to endure a lengthy legal battle. Ultimately, the film asks Congress to act to protect America's entrepreneurs from this drain on innovation.

The Patent Scam
  • 2017

Holy Rollers

1 hr 29 mins

Inspired by actual events, Holy Rollers uses the incredible story of Hasidic Jews smuggling Ecstasy in the late '90s as a backdrop to examine the difference between faith and "blind" faith.

Holy Rollers

Scrap

1 hr 41 mins

Scrap follows the history of two eccentric builders and their amazing structures, both built by a single man; The Forevertron built by Tom Every and Bishop Castle built by Jim Bishop. These architects are as awe inspiring as their creations.

Scrap
  • 2010

Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest

1 hr 37 mins

Having forged a 20-year run as one of the most innovative and influential hip hop bands of all time, the Queens NY collective known as 'A Tribe Called Quest' have kept a generation hungry for more of their groundbreaking music since their much publicized breakup in 1998. Michael Rapaport documents the inner workings and behind the scenes drama that follows the band to this day. He explores what's next for, what many claim, are the pioneers of alternative rap.

Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest

Pulling John

1 hr 13 mins

In a philosophical and thrilling ride through human nature, told via the sport of Armwrestling, Pulling John culminates at the championships in Warsaw, where an American and a Russian challenger have the chance to dethrone champion John Brzenk.

Pulling John
  • 2009

Degrees North

0 hrs 54 mins

Degrees North is an intimate expose of what adventure means to leading action sports athletes. We see a dangerous and untried technique coupled with the worst snow season for generations. Degrees North is an adventure story filled with high and lows.

Degrees North
  • 2015
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