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Stigma: Raised in Hollywood

When former child star Aaron Schwartz (Mighty Ducks, Heavyweights) returned to the acting world as an adult, he found himself always being asked this

A Day in the Life of a Consumer

The film shows one day from waking up in the morning all the way to waking up again the next morning. The everyday situations that many commercials ar

1993

The Corporation

Since the late 18th century American legal decision that the business corporation organizational model is legally a person, it has become a dominant e

2003

Advertising at the Edge of the Apocalypse

In this highly anticipated sequel to his groundbreaking, ADVERTISING AND THE END OF THE WORLD, media scholar Sut Jhally explores the devastating perso

2018

Legacy of the Hollywood Blacklist

This one-hour film, narrated by Actor BURT LANCASTER, explores the lingering effects of The Hollywood Blacklist, which occurred in the late forties an

1987

Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History

The history of Hollywood musical movies, from the very beginning until the 21st century, hosted by Shirley Jones.

2008

Helvetica

Helvetica is a feature-length independent film about typography, graphic design and global visual culture. It looks at the proliferation of one typefa

2007

Sex, Death & The Hollywood Mystique

Larry Wessel presents darkest Hollywood and explores some of tinsel town's most grisly tragedies, including the murders of Sharon Tate and The Black D

1999

Showbiz Kids

A documentary chronicling the shared experiences of prominent former child stars and the personal and professional price of fame and failure on a chil

2020

DJ Punk: The Photographer Daniel Josefsohn

Nobody captured the atmosphere of 1990s Berlin better than German photographer Daniel Josefsohn, who died in 2016 at the age of 54, leaving his mark i

2018

The Codes of Gender

Arguing that advertising not only sells things, but also ideas about the world, media scholar Sut Jhally offers a blistering analysis of commercial cu

2010

Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs

Ekchart Schmidt examines the machinery behind the dream factory; the Hollywood myth is unmasked. How does the studio industry work? What role does mar

1998

Hollywood Boulevard - Die Hauptstraße der Traumfabrik

Documentary about Hollywood Boulevard and Hollywood itself.

2000

Young Hollywood - Die Traumfabrik erfindet sich neu

Documentary about the new generation of Hollywood stars in the early 2000s.

2002

Black Hollywood

Documentary by Eckhart Schmidt.

1997

Freiheit in Hollywood

Documentary by Eckhart Schmidt.

1997

Legends in Light: The Photography of George Hurrell

The life and career of legendary Hollywood glamour portrait photographer George Hurrell is profiled by his contemporaries including other photographer

1995

Hollywoodism: Jews, Movies and the American Dream

This film discusses the effect on how major American films in Hollywood were influenced by the Eastern European Jewish culture that most of the major

1998

Mel Brooks: Unwrapped

At the age of 91, Mel Brooks is unstoppable, with his musical "Young Frankenstein" opening to great critical acclaim in London in late 2017. Alan Yent

2018

Jean-Claude van Damme: Karate King

An American low-budget action film celebrated an unexpected worldwide success in 1988: "Bloodsport". With its, the world of film fans and martial arts

2023