cultural preservation movies

The Wikipedia Promise (2021)
6.2 / 10

Documentary, History, TV Movie

In 2001, Jimmy Wales published the first article on Wikipedia, a collaborative effort that began with a promise: to democratize the spreading of...

Arctic Summer (2021)
0 / 10

Documentary

ARCTIC SUMMER is a poetic meditation on Tuktoyaktuk, an Indigenous community in the Arctic. The film captures Tuk during one of the last summers...

Spain: The First Globalization (2021)
7.9 / 10

Documentary, History

A new reading of the historical period that began with the reign of the Catholic Monarchs (1479-1516) and the discovery of America (1492), as well as...

Under the Protection of the State (1975)
0 / 10

Documentary

The film was shot in an old, decrepit building where dozens of guest-workers' families live. The owner, a local influential politician, has avoided...

The Way of the Shaman Drum (2017)
9 / 10

Documentary

During the Cultural Revolution in China in the late 20th century, ethnic Manchu people were persecuted and forced to give up such cultural traditions...

Boblo Boats: A Detroit Ferry Tale (2021)
7 / 10

Documentary

For over 85 years, steamship Ste. Claire transported generations of Detroiters to Boblo Island, an amusement park nestled in the waters between the...

Against the Grain (2023)
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Documentary

A glimpse at how genre film-focused home video companies have taken the charge in preserving, restoring, and releasing so many works which otherwise...

Our Vanishing Americana: A South Carolina Portrait (2022)
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Documentary

Photographer Mike Lassiter journeys across South Carolina capturing the stories of historic, often family-run businesses that line main streets from...

Der vergessene Tempel von Banteay Chhmar (2020)
6 / 10

Documentary, TV Movie

For All People, For All Time (1984)
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Documentary

Mark and Dan Jury document the gradual demise of a community nestled within the Cuyahoga National Recreation Area between Akron and Cleveland, Ohio,...

After Winter, Spring (2012)
1 / 10

Documentary

Family farmers in southwest France practice an ancestral way of life under threat in a world increasingly dominated by large-scale industrial...

Přesun kaple svaté Máří Magdaleny (1956)
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Documentary

Lost World Of Pompeii (2016)
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Documentary

What life was like in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii moments before it was devastated by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79.

Basic Elements (1969)
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Documentary

The documentary explores the world of culture, nature and gastronomy through one chef's eyes across the marshlands of the Venetian Lagoon.

Death of a Skyline (2003)
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Documentary

A group of citizens lobbied to save the landmark Alberta Wheat Pool grain elevator, one of the defining features of Mayerthorpe’s landscape, from...

Dan Cruickshank & The House That Wouldn't Die (2003)
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Documentary, History

This unique recreation of an 18th-century home, in London's Spitalfields, has to be seen to be believed. Dan Cruickshank smells the rotting food and...

The Native Hue of Resolution (2013)
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Documentary

A documentary celebrating 20 years of the work of Kaleidoscope, an organisation devoted to the preservation of archive television.

Old St. Patrick's Church: Chicago Renaissance Story (2013)
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Documentary

Mike Leonard tells the inside story of how the west Loop’s St. Patrick’s Roman Catholic Church, known to residents as Old St. Pat's, transformed...

Battle Over Bears Ears (2018)
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Documentary

At its heart, it’s a battle for homeland and sovereignty. Bears Ears, a remote section of land lined with red cliffs and filled with juniper sage,...

National Trust: Living in Our Historic Homes (2024)
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Documentary

Explore the lives of the lucky few who call Britain's most magnificent mansions home. Meet the custodians of Castle Ward, Croft Castle, and Castell...