20 movies like Dancing in Jaffa, ordered by similarity : Mad Hot Ballroom(2005), Ballet 422(2014), Won't You Be My Neighbor?(2018), The Lovely Month of May(1963), Cunningham(2019), Been Rich All My Life(2006), On the Map(2016), Here to Be Heard: The Story of the Slits(2017), Battle of the Year(2013), Breaking Habits(2018), Mattress Men(2016), Incident at Oglala(1992) ...
Documentary
USA|Israel
2013
86 Minutes
dancer native israeli heartwarming ballroom dancing pierre dulaine children rise
Renowned ball-room dancer Pierre Dulaine takes his program, Dancing Classrooms, back to his city of birth, Jaffa, to teach Jewish and Palestinian Israelis to dance and compete together.
Documentary
USA
2005
115 Minutes
student dancer teacher judge emcee charming heartwarming inspiring new york city school dance floor dance studio ballroom dancing class distinctions education coming of age youth teamwork growing up rise
The students of several New York City elementary schools learn ballroom dancing and compete in a city wide dance competition.
Documentary, Music
USA
2014
72 Minutes
Tiler Peck David Prottas Amar Ramasar
choreographer ballet director ballerina dancer fascinating engaging moving inspiring new york city united states ballet ballet new york city choreography creative process documentaries dance dancing transformation rise
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
2018
94 Minutes
mr. rogers family friend colleague calm charming endearing engaging heartwarming inspiring positive uplifting united states biography career children's television show education values morality rise
Filmmaker Morgan Neville examines the life and legacy of Fred Rogers, the beloved host of the popular children's TV show "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood."
Documentary
1963
124 Minutes
Pierre Lhomme
man woman frenchman engaging mellow paris france street household war economy patriotism religion art social change rise transformation 1960s
Actors Yves Montand and Simone Signoret narrate an introduction to springtime in Paris, as described by its citizens.
Documentary, Biography, Music
Germany|France|USA
2019
93 Minutes
dancer man inspiring dance studio biography career success dance choreography rise 20th century
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
2006
81 Minutes
Marion Coles Elaine Ellis Cleo Hayes Fay Ray
chorus girl elderly woman manager tap dancer performer endearing inspiring new york city europe jazz club nightclub harlem, n.y. stage music dance harlem renaissance aging silver belles reunion rise
Five sassy, tap dancing women aged 84 - 96. Meet the "Silver Belles".
Documentary
USA|Israel
2016
85 Minutes
israeli basketball coach basketball player russian american fan emotional gripping uplifting israel gym basketball court house locker room office basketball israel isolation determination winning
ON THE MAP tells the against-all-odds story of Maccabi Tel Aviv's 1977 European Championship, which took place at a time when the Middle East was still reeling from the 1973 Yom Kippur War,... See full summary »
Documentary, Music
2017
86 Minutes
Tessa Pollitt Viv Albertine Gina Birch Palmolive Don Letts Dennis Bovell
punk musician interviewee feminist music producer band member confident cool crafty fascinating inspiring powerful concert stage festival music video set interview room office house alternative lifestyles punk rock
The tale of the formation, journey and end of the seminal Punk/Reggae band The Slits.
Drama
USA
2013
109 Minutes
Josh Holloway Laz Alonso Josh Peck Caity Lotz Chris Brown Flipz Jon Do-Knock Cruz Anis Cheufra Jesse "Casper" Brown Kid David Sawandi Wilson
dancer break dancer b-boy teammate coach mogul emotional intense inspiring los angeles street competition hall gym dance hip-hop hip-hop dancing competition break dancing winning rise
Battle of the Year attracts all the best teams from around the world, but the Americans haven't won in fifteen years. Dante enlists Blake to assemble a team of the best dancers and bring the Trophy back to America where it started.
Documentary
2018
87 Minutes
executive ex-husband child sheriff marijuana grower priest incredible inspiring emotional confident outlandish california farm church sheriff's office marijuana legal battle drug regulations alternative medicine starting over
A former corporate executive fleeing a bad marriage becomes a cannabis farmer, forms a company called Sisters of the Valley and takes on the persona of a nun, Sister Kate.
Comedy, Drama, Documentary
Ireland
2016
81 Minutes
Michael Flynn Paul Kelly
sales manager business owner father friend colleague eccentric amusing cheeky endearing heartwarming lighthearted offbeat house ireland shop club computer world desperation failing business debt
Trying to save his struggling mattress business, Michael Flynn reinvents himself as the eccentric online persona 'Mattress Mick', under the guidance of his friend Paul Kelly. As business begins to grow, their friendship starts to implode.
Documentary
USA
1992
89 Minutes
fbi agent native american shocking disheartening pine ridge reservation south dakota reservation life protest stand-off trial native americans injustice wretched excess quest 1970s
This film describes the events surrounding a 1975 shootout at the Pine Ridge reservation in S. Dakota where two FBI agents were killed.
Documentary, Music
UK
2019
94 Minutes
Jacob Anderson Eddie Amoo Chris Amoo Dave Smith Billy Ocean Kim Wilde David Essex Trevor Nelson Paul Barber Louis Emerick
band frontman band member music executive creative inspiring powerful liverpool, england new york city concert stage rise to fame music business music history rise underdog 1970s
Dubbed 'the black Beatles' by the British tabloids, the 'other' four lads from Liverpool recount their incredible story from the tough streets of Toxteth to the bright lights of New York.
Documentary
2006
240 Minutes
filmmaker art critic artist art dealer brother fascinating positive offbeat new york city film set andy warhol celebrity film art quest rise 1970s
Rare archival film footage and interviews illustrate filmmaker Ric Burns' tribute to art-world icon Andy Warhol.
Documentary
USA
2017
99 Minutes
Nick Quested
host terrorist warlord expert politician journalist bleak confident disheartening fascinating syria iraq battlefield city town desert war terrorism global society political unrest
A look at the current state of Syria amidst war and chaos in 2017, featuring stories of survival and observations by political experts from around the world.
Documentary
Germany|Israel|Canada|USA
2016
90 Minutes
Shaul Schwarz
birth mother man brother father canadian israeli emotional fascinating intense israel canada airport nursing home car house separation secrets reunion questioning doubt
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 »
War, Documentary
UK|Syria|USA
2019
95 Minutes
Waad Al-Khateab Waad Al-Kateab
mother husband daughter survivor documentarian doctor inspiring engaging fascinating shocking sad emotional syria syrian-israeli relations war survival uprising casualties of war documentary filmmaking discovery
FOR SAMA is both an intimate and epic journey into the female experience of war.
Documentary
USA
1978
117 Minutes
musician singer bob dylan songwriter music lover eric clapton uplifting powerful cool san francisco winterland ballroom stage backstage the band bob dylan rock 'n' roll concert retirement lifetime achievement rise
A film account and presentation of the final concert of The Band.
Documentary
USA
2011
40 Minutes
veterinarian animal animal trainer african native poacher charming heartwarming uplifting sad borneo kenya animal reserve daphne sheldrick nature orphans dr. biruté mary galdikas animal slaughter recovery sacrifice rescue
A US drugs cop in Bucharest is up against a Russian gun and drug trafficker employing cute women and a Gypsy gang leader, who plunders, rapes and kills the young and rich. Lots of fighting and shooting.
Documentary
UK
2010
86 Minutes
Jack Cardiff Martin Scorsese Kirk Douglas Lauren Bacall John Mills Thelma Schoonmaker Kim Hunter Kathleen Byron Christopher Challis Raffaella De Laurentiis Richard Fleischer
martin scorsese editor charlton heston lauren bacall cinematographer director engaging inspiring spirited striking london hollywood, calif. studio art gallery film set cinematography filmmaking innovation jack cardiff art
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 »