20 movies like Afternoon of a Faun: Tanaquil Le Clercq, ordered by similarity : Ballet 422(2014), If the Dancer Dances(2018), Studio 54: The Documentary(2018), Carmen & Geoffrey(2006), Cunningham(2019), Mad Hot Ballroom(2005), Iberia(2005), Polina(2016), Aida's Secrets(2016), Shirkers(2018), The Anthropologist(2015), Knock Down the House(2019) ...
Documentary
USA
2013
91 Minutes
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Of all the great ballerinas, Tanaquil Le Clercq may have been the most transcendent. With a body unlike any before hers, she mesmerized viewers and choreographers alike - her elongated, ... See full summary »
Documentary, Music
USA
2014
72 Minutes
Tiler Peck David Prottas Amar Ramasar
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From first rehearsal to world premiere, Ballet 422 takes us backstage at New York City Ballet as emerging choreographer Justin Peck crafts a new work.
Documentary
USA
2018
83 Minutes
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If a dance is not danced, it vanishes. If the Dancer Dances follows a group of New York City's top modern dancers as they reconstruct an iconic and mysterious work by the legendary Merce ... See full summary »
Gay & Lesbian, Documentary
USA
2018
98 Minutes
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The story of the notorious 1970s New York City nightclub.
Documentary
USA
2006
79 Minutes
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This intimate documentary follows careers of two remarkable personalities: Carmen de Lavallade, a dynamic dancer and choreographer from California who moved to New York with Alvin Ailey and... See full summary »
Documentary, Biography, Music
Germany|France|USA
2019
93 Minutes
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The iconic Merce Cunningham and the last generation of his dance company is stunningly profiled in Alla Kovgan's 3D documentary, through recreations of his landmark works and archival footage of Cunningham, John Cage, and Robert Rauschenberg.
Documentary
USA
2005
115 Minutes
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The students of several New York City elementary schools learn ballroom dancing and compete in a city wide dance competition.
Musical, Documentary
Spain|France
2005
120 Minutes
Sara Baras Antonio Canales Aída Gómez Marta Carrasco Enrique Morente Estrella Morente
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A series of dances inspired by composer Isaac Albéniz's "Iberia" suite.
Drama
France
2016
108 Minutes
Angelin Preljocaj Anastasia Shevtsova Veronika Zhovnytska Juliette Binoche Aleksey Guskov Niels Schneider Jérémie Bélingard Miglen Mirtchev Kseniya Kutepova Oriana Jimenez Ambroise Divaret
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A young girl studies classical ballet. As a young woman she turns to modern dance and choreography.
Documentary
Germany|Israel|Canada|USA
2016
90 Minutes
Shaul Schwarz
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Family secrets, lies, high drama and generations of contemporary history unspool in this international story that begins with World War II and concludes with an emotional 21st-century ... See full summary »
Documentary
USA|UK
2018
96 Minutes
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A woman explores the events surrounding a film she and her friends began making with a mysterious stranger decades ago.
Documentary
Russia|Peru|Kiribati|USA
2015
81 Minutes
Daniel A. Miller
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THE ANTHROPOLOGIST considers the fate of the planet from the perspective of an American teenager. Over five years, she travels alongside her mother, an anthropologist studying the impact of climate change on indigenous communities.
Documentary
USA
2019
86 Minutes
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A look at the people involved with various political campaigns during the 2018 U.S. congressional election.
War, Documentary
UK|Syria|USA
2019
95 Minutes
Waad Al-Khateab Waad Al-Kateab
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FOR SAMA is both an intimate and epic journey into the female experience of war.
Biography, Documentary
USA
1999
89 Minutes
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The life and career of Hank Greenberg, the first major Jewish baseball star in the Major Leagues.
Documentary
USA
2016
79 Minutes
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Shot over a three-year period with unparalleled intimacy and access, ALL THIS PANIC is a feature length documentary that takes an intimate look at the interior lives of a group of teenage ... See full summary »
Biography, Documentary
UK
2018
115 Minutes
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Mark Cousins dives deep into the visual world of legendary director and actor Orson Welles to reveal a portrait of the artist as he's never been seen before.
Documentary
USA
1988
106 Minutes
John Lennon Yoko Ono Sean Lennon Julian Lennon
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A biography of the rock music star.
Documentary
USA
2007
101 Minutes
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Jumping continents and crossing cultures, "Planet B-Boy" looks at the history of breakdancing and its vibrant resurgence in urban cultures around the world.
Documentary
USA
2016
91 Minutes
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Between 2013 and 2015, a group of nonprofit attorneys seek nonhuman clients for whom they can advocate in two U.S. territories, in order to establish legal personhood for elephants, cetaceans and nonhuman apes in the U.S.
Documentary
2009
111 Minutes
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Behind-the-scenes footage captures pop superstar Michael Jackson as he creates and rehearses for a series of sold-out shows that were scheduled to begin during the summer of 2009.