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Short and Sweet! (40 Minutes or Less)
Don't have time for a full length film? SnagFilms is proud to present its library of short-form documentaries. Our rapidly growing collection of true stories includes: Haikus of the Heart, a look at one of the funniest jobs in journalism, editing the Personals column of the London Review of Books; and, Ahmed Zahir, the mysterious death of the "Elvis of Afghanistan" plus much more!
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Tolerans
A chance encounter leads to a beautiful friendship
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Red Shirley
On the eve of her 100th birthday, Rock musician Lou Reed sat down with his cousin Shirley for a tête-à-tête
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Prescott Place
A film noir that tells the story of a reclusive actress in the midst of a psychological breakdown
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Hitler Youth
A document of what Hitler was able to accomplish with the Nazi Youth of Germany
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Superman: Electric Earthquake
When a madman attempts to destroy Manhattan with electronically induced earthquakes, it's up to Superman to save the day
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The Way the World Ends
An ordinary suburbanite couple discovers that the natural world simply vanished during the night
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A Shipwreck's Secret
Local divers become undersea explorers when they discover an artifact on a historic shipwreck
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Superman: The Mechanical Mo...
Superman battles a criminal mastermind and his robot army
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Dolls for Strangers
After his sister's mysterious leg paralysis, a man searches for an explanation by making voodoo dolls of people
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Por Fin Pario Paula
In the male-dominated music scene of Lima, Peru, women come together to create a percussion ensemble called Parió Paula
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A Fatal Glass of Beer
The son of a prospector has unlucky timing, the night he returns home
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Missed Connections
Everyone's world is full of missed opportunities never explored
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H.D. Ivey
H.D. Ivey carves giant cowboys and weeping biblical figures from leather and wood in his lonely North Philly studio
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Reservado
While trying to save money to buy his girlfriend an engagement ring, a poor waiter in Juarez, Mexico has a rough day at work
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Tailgate 32: New York (EP 27)
Tailgate 32, the ultimate football fan road trip, is a tribute to the great American traditions of road-tripping, tailgating and professional football
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Tailgate 32: Philadelphia (...
Tailgate 32, the ultimate football fan road trip, is a tribute to the great American traditions of road-tripping, tailgating and professional football
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Other Than
Lightning, butterflies, twins, smell, and violins: 11 filmmakers on 5 continents explore the fine line between us and them
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Sicko
Two con men are in over their heads in trouble when they tried to cross a very "sick" loan shark
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Twins
Just after you refuse to kill someone…
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The Key
In the midst of a personal tragedy, young Alex Clayton is confronted by a mystery
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Super Spree
Billy finally gets that sweet revenge everyone always dreams of
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TEACHED: Unchartered Territory
Successful charter school leaders explain why their schools work so well for the urban, minority students they serve
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TEACHED: The Blame Game
Public school teachers speak candidly about the unintended consequences of rules and structures that define their profession today
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TEACHED: The Path to Prison
A young man from South Central Los Angeles explains how he became a convicted felon by the age of 17
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Art City #3: A Ruling Passion
ART CITY #3: A RULING PASSION plumbs issues that affect artists - preoccupations of startling universality - like community, motivation and controversy, finding one’s audience, and just “getting it right”
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Art City #2: Simplicity
SIMPLICITY addresses artists’ relations with the press, feelings about showing one’s work, distilling concepts into an essence, and what it means to succeed in the art world
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Advantageous
A spokesperson for a radical technology allows people to overcome their natural disadvantages and begin life anew.
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Charlie 13
On the eve of his 13th birthday, Charlie Tuttle rebels against a government-mandated tracking implant.
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Gunny
A young female soldier returns home after a traumatic tour of duty, taking a new medication that can selectively erase memories.
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Laura Keller, NB
A woman learns that she will be sterilized as a result of a federal fertility lottery that determines who can reproduce
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Art City #1: Making It In M...
From abstraction to figuration, from installation to conceptual art, from the privacy of the doctor's office to the posh gallery opening, MAKING IT IN MANHATTAN captures the reality of a special world
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Crossover
A struggling mother must decide whether to sell her own organs to give her children a better education
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Life Begins at Rewirement
A son struggles with his decision to commit his mother into a revolutionary nursing home
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The Sixth World
A Navajo Astronaut, a pilot on the first spaceship sent to colonize Mars, has a mysterious dream the night before her departure
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0507
Sometimes an iPhone makes your life that little bit harder...
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Boy in a Dress
Singer-songwriter Namoli Brennet had to lose her old gender to find her true voice - but that was just the beginning of her journey
