Movies like The True Meaning of Pictures: Shelby Lee Adams' Appalachia

20 movies like The True Meaning of Pictures: Shelby Lee Adams' Appalachia, ordered by similarity : Wyeth(2018), Waste Land(2010), Last Train Home(2009), Cameraman: The Life & Work of Jack Cardiff(2010), 51 Birch Street(2005), The Painter and the Thief(2020), Exit Through the Gift Shop(2010), The Beaches of Agnès(2008), The Price of Everything(2018), Obey Giant(2017), Spring Broke(2016), There Are No Fakes(2019) ...

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The True Meaning of Pictures: Shelby Lee Adams' Appalachia

The meaning of art itself comes into question in this documentary about Shelby Lee Adams' controversial photos of families in Appalachia.

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Wyeth

WYETH tells the story of one of America's most popular, but least understood, artists. While his exhibitions routinely broke attendance records, art world critics continually assaulted his work.

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Waste Land

On the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro is Jardim Gramacho, the world's largest landfill, where men and women sift through garbage for a living. Artist Vik Muniz produces portraits of the workers and learns about their lives.

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Last Train Home

Forced to live far away, two Chinese factory workers make an arduous journey once a year to visit their children, who barely know them.

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Cameraman: The Life & Work of Jack Cardiff

In 2001 Jack Cardiff (1914-2009) became the first director of photography in the history of the Academy Awards to win an Honorary Oscar. But the first time he clasped the famous statuette ... See full summary »

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51 Birch Street

Documentary filmmaker Doug Block had every reason to believe his parents' 54-year marriage was a good one. But when his mother dies unexpectedly and his father swiftly marries his former ... See full summary »

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The Painter and the Thief

An artist befriends the thief who stole her paintings. She becomes his closest ally when he is severely hurt in a car crash and needs full time care, even if her paintings are not found. But then the tables turn.

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Exit Through the Gift Shop

Following the style of some of the world's most prolific street artists, an amateur filmmaker makes a foray into the art world.

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The Beaches of Agnès

Agnès Varda explores her memories, mostly chronologically, with photographs, film clips, interviews, reenactments, and droll, playful contemporary scenes of her narrating her story.

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The Price of Everything

With unprecedented access to pivotal artists and the white-hot market surrounding them, this film dives deep into the contemporary art world, holding a fun-house mirror up to our values and times.

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Obey Giant

The life and career of street artist, illustrator, graphic designer, activist, and founder of OBEY Clothing, Shepard Fairey.

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Spring Broke

The rise and fall of spring break in Daytona Beach

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There Are No Fakes

A painting, apparently the work of an iconic Native artist, leads the rockstar who buys it into the tragic, brutal world of an art forgery ring in Canada's far north.

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Sky Ladder: The Art of Cai Guo-Qiang

Trace the rise of contemporary artist Cai Guo-Qiang from childhood in Mao's China to global art world superstar, and join his quest to realize his lifelong obsession: Sky Ladder.

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My Kid Could Paint That

A look at the work and surprising success of a four-year-old girl whose paintings have been compared to the likes of Picasso and has raked in hundreds of thousands of dollars.

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Monkey Business: The Adventures of Curious George's Creators

A documentary film exploring the extraordinary lives of Hans and Margret Rey, the authors of the beloved Curious George children's books.

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Tranceformer: A Portrait of Lars von Trier

A portrait of Denmark's most acclaimed and controversial director, Lars von Trier. A meeting with von Trier on a private level as well as with his film universe. Filmmaker Stig Björkman ... See full summary »

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The Sunshine Boy

Unwilling to accept a gloomy prognosis for her autistic son, Keli, Margrét begins a journey from Iceland to the United States for proper treatment. Director Fridrik Thor Fridriksson chronicles a powerful story of love and discovery.

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The Departure

A Buddhist monk asks what we owe one another & provides experiences to help us find answers. Documentary.

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Kabul, City in the Wind

A city is an orchestration of its inhabitants. The film portraits the city Kabul through daily details of two kids and a bus driver, set against the background of a city destroyed by politic and religious powers.

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A Lion in the House

Five families struggle with the ups and downs of cancer treatment over the course of six years.

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