Movies like National Bird

20 movies like National Bird, ordered by similarity : They Shall Not Grow Old(2018), The Age of Consequences(2016), Shadow World(2016), Legion of Brothers(2017), Kabul, City in the Wind(2018), The Fog of War(2003), Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience(2007), This Is Not a Movie(2019), Atomic: Living in Dread and Promise(2015), Burden(2016), This Is Congo(2017), The Joneses(2016) ...

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National Bird

Drone whistleblower interviewed about borderless information gathering by the government.

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They Shall Not Grow Old

A documentary about World War I with never-before-seen footage to commemorate the centennial of the end of the war.

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The Age of Consequences

The 'Hurt Locker' meets 'An Inconvenient Truth', THE AGE OF CONSEQUENCES is the Emmy® nominated investigation on how climate change impacts increased resource scarcity, migration and ... See full summary »

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Shadow World

Based on the book of The Shadow World, this feature length documentary is an investigation into the multi-billion dollar international arms trade.

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Legion of Brothers

Immediately after the 9/11 attacks, fewer than 100 US Troops were sent on a secret mission to overthrow the Taliban. What happens next is equal parts war-origin story and cautionary tale, ... See full summary »

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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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The Fog of War

The story of America as seen through the eyes of the former Secretary of Defense under President John F. Kennedy and President Lyndon B. Johnson, Robert McNamara.

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Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience

A unique documentary about troops' experiences in Iraq and Afghanistan, based on writings by soldiers, Marines, and air men. Some writings were published in the New Yorker in summer 2006. A... See full summary »

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This Is Not a Movie

The groundbreaking and often game-changing reporting of legendary foreign correspondent and author Robert Fisk is profiled in the latest from acclaimed documentarian Yung Chang (Up the Yangtze).

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Atomic: Living in Dread and Promise

Experimental documentary that looks at the Hiroshima nuclear bomb and its legacy.

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Burden

The life of the always provocative artist Chris Burden, whose work consistently challenged ideas about the limits and nature of modern art, from his notorious performances in the 1970s to his later works.

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This Is Congo

An unfiltered look in to the lives of 3 characters surviving amongst the most recent cycle of conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo, otherwise known as the M23 rebellion.

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The Joneses

Moby Longinotto's feature documentary debut tells the story of Jheri Jones, a 74 year old transgender divorcee, and her family in Bible Belt Mississippi. Reconciled after years of ... See full summary »

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Aida's Secrets

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 »

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Citizenfour

A documentarian and a reporter travel to Hong Kong for the first of many meetings with Edward Snowden.

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Seed: The Untold Story

A film about the importance of heirloom seeds to the agriculture of the world, focusing on seed keepers and activists from around the world.

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Armadillo

Danish soldiers are sent to Afghanistan in 2009 for 6 months, to help stabilize the country against the Taliban. They're stationed on Armadillo military base in Helman province. Unlike other war movies, this is the real deal - no actors.

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The Prisoner or: How I Planned to Kill Tony Blair

A freedom-loving Iraqi journalist is mistaken as Tony Blair's would-be assassin and sent to Abu Ghraib Prison where he discovers the true meaning of liberation.

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Unlocking the Cage

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.

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Fastest

Shot around the world in 2010 and 2011 and narrated by Ewan McGregor, 'Fastest' captures the intense and thrilling reality of the MotoGP World Championship, documenting a pivotal moment in ... See full summary »

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Canal Zone

On the one hand, you have the Panamians, but Frederick Wiseman shows them as the Americans see them: from a distance. They are poor and of no particular interest to them even if Panama is ... See full summary »

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