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The Times of Harvey Milk
The Times of Harvey Milk (1984)
, 1h30
Directed by Rob Epstein
Origin USA
Genres Documentary, Historical
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Documentary films about historical events, Documentaire sur l'homosexualité, Documentaire sur une personnalité, Documentary films about politics, Documentary films about cities, Political films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Harvey Fierstein

The Times of Harvey Milk documents the political career of Harvey Milk, who was San Francisco's first openly gay supervisor. The film documents Milk's rise from a neighborhood activist to a symbol of gay political achievement, through to his assassination in November 1978 at San Francisco's city hall, and the Dan White trial and aftermath.
Casting By
Casting By (2012)
, 1h29
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Documentary films about business, Documentary films about the film industry, Documentary films about cities
Actors Marion Dougherty, Lynn Stalmaster, Woody Allen, Jeff Bridges, Glenn Close, Robert De Niro

The film is a celebration of the casting profession, highlighting its previously unsung role in film history while also serving as an elegy to the lost era of the New Hollywood. It focuses on casting pioneer Marion Dougherty, an iconoclast whose exquisite taste, tenacity and gut instincts brought a new kind of actor to the screen that would mark the end of the old studio system and help to usher in this revolutionary new period. The film draws a line through the last half century to show us the profession’s evolution from studio system type-casting to the rise of large ensemble films populated with unique and diverse casts.
Waking Sleeping Beauty
Waking Sleeping Beauty (2009)
, 1h26
Directed by Don Hahn
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about films, Documentary films about business, Documentary films about the visual arts, Documentary films about the film industry, Documentary films about cities, Musical films, Children's films
Actors Roy E. Disney, Michael Eisner, Jeffrey Katzenberg, Frank Wells, Howard Ashman, Steven Spielberg

The film covers the fall and rebirth of Disney's animation division, the effects the new corporate team of Michael Eisner, Frank Wells, and Jeffrey Katzenberg had on the division, the competition with Don Bluth's animation studio, the pivotal roles of Who Framed Roger Rabbit and the CAPS system, the introduction of the home video format, and the new-found success the studio had from 1989-1999.
People of Rome
People of Rome (2003)
, 1h40
Directed by Ettore Scola
Genres Comedy, Documentary
Themes Documentary films about cities
Actors Giorgio Colangeli, Antonello Fassari, Fiorenzo Fiorentini, Arnoldo Foà, Sabrina Impacciatore, Valerio Mastandrea

Rome 2003, the camera follows citizens of Rome. Night, in a flat, a woman prepares her husband's lunch. The man takes a bus, but the camera follow another bus ... a woman cleans the mayor's office... A man interviews passengers on a bus about immigration...... the owner of a bar is racist person... a survivor woman of Holocaust remembers the Ghetto deportation... deportation that is filmed by a director... Stefania Sandrelli plays with her grand daughter in a park a man tries to seduce the bus driver...gay night life... sunrise at Piazza Navona, a noble man and a tramp are sitting together.
Napoli, Napoli, Napoli
Napoli, Napoli, Napoli (2010)
, 1h42
Directed by Abel Ferrara
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Documentary, Crime
Themes Documentary films about cities
Actors Luca Lionello, Anita Pallenberg, Ernesto Mahieux

Mêlant réalité et fiction, ce docudrame dresse un portrait des dessous souvent sordides de la ville de Naples. Ferrara s'est rendue en Italie pour interviewer les détenues de la prison d'État de Naples Pozzuoli, un établissement de haute sécurité pour femmes, et avec l'aide d'un traducteur, il permet à un certain nombre de femmes en prison de parler de leur vie avant et après leur condamnation. Ferrara a choisi d'élargir le court profil des prisonniers en un long métrage en offrant un aperçu de la vie dans les bidonvilles de Naples et des actions d'un certain nombre d'agents chargés de l'application des lois et de travailleurs sociaux luttant pour améliorer les conditions des pauvres, ainsi qu'en ajoutant trois courts segments fictifs tirés d'un équipement vidéo numérique.
About Nice
About Nice (1930)
, 23minutes
Directed by Boris Kaufman, Jean Vigo
Origin France
Genres Documentary
Themes La provence, Documentary films about cities

The film begins with aerial shots and soon shows closer footage of palm trees and waves crashing ashore. The camera concentrates on people; workers performing their daily chores and wealthy persons walking in the boulevards, sailing, playing games and relaxing at the Promenade des Anglais, as well as race car drivers competing in Grand Prix motor racing. After that, the film shows the poorer neighbourhood and poverty; women doing laundry and children playing their simple games in the streets. This is followed by a carnival; processions, masks and tourists dancing and celebrating. The film ends with images of statues and men working in a factory.
City of Contrasts
City of Contrasts (1969)
, 21minutes
Directed by Djibril Diop Mambety
Origin Senegal
Genres Documentary
Themes Documentary films about cities
Actors Djibril Diop Mambety

A fictional documentary that portrays the city of Dakar, Senegal, as we hear the conversation between a Senegalese man (the director, Djibril Diop Mambéty) and a French woman, Inge Hirschnitz. As we travel through the city in a picturesque horse-drawn wagon, we chaotically rush into this and that popular neighborhood of the capital, discovering contrast after contrast: A small African community waiting at the Church's door, Muslims praying on the sidewalk, the Rococo architecture of the Government buildings, the modest stores of the craftsmen near the main market.
High School
High School (1968)
, 1h15
Directed by Frederick Wiseman
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about education, Documentary films about cities

Le film a été tourné dans un lycée important de la ville de Philadelphie, la Northeast High School, lequel avait une réputation d'excellence.
Kin Kiesse
Kin Kiesse (1982)
, 28minutes
Directed by Mwezé Ngangura
Genres Documentary
Themes Documentary films about cities

Kin Kiesse est un portrait de « Kin » (Kinshasa), capitale du Zaïre, mais aussi capitale des paradoxes et de la démesure, commenté par un de ses artistes dits « naïfs », le peintre Chéri Samba. On y découvre la « Kin » des boîtes de nuits, des buildings, des pousse-pousse, des cireurs de chaussures, des coiffeurs, la « Kin » des quartiers pauvres mais surtout la « Kin » de la musique où tous les genres se côtoient, depuis les fanfares de la fête de la bière, jusqu'à la rumba et aux danses traditionnelles, en passant par les orchestres les plus branchés.
News Items
News Items (1983)
, 1h48
Directed by Raymond Depardon
Origin France
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about the labor movement, Documentary films about law, Documentaire sur le monde du travail, Documentary films about cities, Documentary films about law enforcement

Au début de l'été 1982, le quotidien de policiers du commissariat du 5e arrondissement de Paris est filmé à travers plusieurs « faits divers » : dépositions de personnes désorientées ou tenant des propos incohérents, interpellations, règlements à l'amiable de disputes, interventions sur des tentatives de suicide, etc.
Projet Banlieue
Projet Banlieue (2005)
, 1h48
Origin Quebec
Genres Documentary
Themes Documentary films about cities

Voici un tour d'horizon complet de la banlieue québécoise : son histoire, sa réalité économique, son rôle dans la société de consommation, sa place dans la nature et son impact sur l'âme humaine. Abordant les thèmes complexes de la fiscalité, du rêve américain, de l'environnement et les rapports humains, Projet Banlieue jette un regard critique sur notre imaginaire et nos comportements. Plusieurs sociologues, une urbaniste, un physicien, un curé, un maire, un promoteur, un courtier immobilier, un directeur de centre économique et nombre de banlieusards tentent de définir le concept.