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The Disappearance of Shere Hite

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  • Title: The Disappearance of Shere Hite
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The Disappearance of Shere Hite

The Disappearance of Shere Hite examines the life and work of Shere Hite whose books on masturbation and female sexuality caused an immediate stir and brought conversations about sexuality, gender, love, autonomy, and gender, which are still debated go this day, to the forefront of national discourse. A researcher, feminist, and author, the documentary covers both Hite’s work and the backlash they caused both to her personally and later to the feminist movement which eventually led to her to leave the United States, renounce her citizenship, and spend the remainder of her life in Europe.

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Turn Every Page

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  • Title: Turn Every Page – The Adventures of Robert Caro and Robert Gottlieb
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Directed by Lizzie Gottlieb, Turn Every Page – The Adventures of Robert Caro and Robert Gottlieb examines the five decade professional relationship between journalist and author Robert Caro and his longtime editor, her father Robert Gottlieb. Filmed over the course of five years, Gottlieb’s film is her attempt to make sense on how the pair initially came together and worked for decades on a series of books not yet finished.

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Fire of Love

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  • Title: Fire of Love
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Narrated by Miranda July, Fire of Love makes use of archive footage from Katia and Maurice Krafft and their friends to chronicle the careers of the married French volcanologists and their love affair with volcanoes which eventually took their lives in 1991. While offering some insight into the pair and the course of their relationship, which earned them fame outside their chosen profession struggling to make people aware of both the dangers and beauty of volcanoes, the documentary is most notable for the incredible amount of close-up video of erupting volcanoes captured by the Kraffts over the years.

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Good Night Oppy

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  • Title: Good Night Oppy
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Examining the lifespan of the two NASA Mars rovers launched in 2003 which explored the planet for years longer than the expected 90 days, Good Night Oppy captures the spirit of space exploration from the creation of Opportunity (nicknamed Oppy) and Spirit to Oppy’s final transmission (lasting nearly a decade longer than Spirit, continuing to send data back to NASA as it navigated the Mars surface rewriting the record books on off-world travel for nearly 15 years).

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