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Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine, 2h8
Directed by Alex Gibney
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about computing, Documentary films about business, Documentary films about technology
Actors Steve Jobs, Alex Gibney, Ridley Scott

Quand Steve Jobs est mort, le monde a pleuré. Mais comment expliquer le chagrin de millions de personnes qui ne le connaissaient pas ? Ce film évocateur retrace le parcours de Steve Jobs, d'une petite maison de banlieue aux temples zen du Japon, en passant par le bureau du PDG de l'entreprise la plus riche du monde, et explore comment la vie et l'œuvre de Steve Jobs ont façonné notre relation avec l'ordinateur. The Man in the Machine est une réévaluation provocante et parfois surprenante de l'héritage d'une icône.
The Armstrong Lie, 2h2
Directed by Alex Gibney
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Sports films, Transport films, Cycling films, Documentary films about sports, Documentaire sur une personnalité, Documentary films about technology
Actors Anderson Cooper, Oprah Winfrey, Alex Gibney, Larry King

In 2009 director Alex Gibney set out to film The Road Back, a documentary on cyclist Lance Armstrong's comeback year after a four-year retirement from the sport. Three years later, on October 2012, a doping investigation led to his lifetime ban from competition and the stripping of his seven Tour de France titles, and the documentary was shelved. On January 14, 2013, three hours after his appearance on Oprah, Armstrong went back to Gibney to set the record straight about his career.
Detropia
Detropia (2012)
, 1h31
Directed by Heidi Ewing, Rachel Grady
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Transport films, Films about automobiles, Documentary films about business, Documentary films about technology, Documentary films about cities, Road movies

Detropia relate le déclin économique et la dépopulation accélérée qui touche la ville depuis une décennie. La principale ville du Michigan a perdu en dix ans un quart de sa population, passant du 10 au 18 rang du classement des villes les plus peuplées des États-Unis.
Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey
Genres Documentary, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Documentary films about music and musicians, Documentaire sur une personnalité, Documentary films about technology, Musical films
Actors Brian Wilson, Todd Rundgren, Ingrid Bergman, Jerry Lewis, Ray Milland, Patricia Neal

Ce film est un condensé du livre d’Albert Glinski, où l’on découvre la vie de Léon Theremin et ses retrouvailles touchantes avec Clara Rockmore. Ce film a permis à un large public de découvrir le thérémine et a incité bon nombre de théréministes actuels (comme Pamelia Kurstin, Jon Bernhardt) à jouer de cet instrument.
Winnebago Man, 1h25
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Documentary
Themes Films about computing, Documentary films about technology
Actors Alan Berliner, Keith Gordon, Mike Mitchell

The documentary starts with Steinbauer's obsession with a widely circulated viral video featuring outtakes from an RV commercial shoot, centered on a cantankerous pitchman who regularly becomes outraged and flustered, cursing in colorful mannerisms. Steinbauer researches the video, and discovers that it had been circulating on VHS long before it appeared on the Internet.
Surviving Progress, 1h26
Origin Canada
Genres Documentary
Themes Environmental films, Documentary films about environmental issues, Documentary films about technology

Ce documentaire cinématographique, inspiré du best-seller A Short History of Progress de Ronald Wright, pose un diagnostic subversif sur le progrès de l’humanité et les pièges qu’il apporte. Le réalisateur Mathieu Roy et co-réalisateur Harold Crooks, par le biais de scènes mémorables et le regard lucide de grandes personnalités tels que David Suzuki, Jane Goodall, Margaret Atwood et Stephen Hawking, sondent la nature fondamentale et dérangeante de ce qui est qualifié de progrès.
The Overnighters, 1h30
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Documentary
Themes Environmental films, Documentary films about environmental issues, Documentary films about technology

The film depicts the lives of people chasing the dream of high salaries in the North Dakota oil boom, only to discover that affordable housing is almost impossible to find. Much of the focus is on the efforts of local pastor Jay Reinke, who allowed over 1,000 different people to stay at his Williston, North Dakota church over a period of about two years.
Ecstasy of Order: The Tetris Masters, 1h33
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about computing, Documentary films about technology, Films about video games

An Oregon-based Tetris enthusiast by the name of Robin Mihara, longing to track down the best Tetris players in the nation for the purpose of organizing a competition, happens upon a website called Twin Galaxies which has been tracking video game world records since the 1980s. From this website he learns of record-holders and top scorers like Jonas Neubauer & Harry Hong (both of whom have maxed out with a high score of 999,999), Ben Mullen (world-record holder for most lines with 296), Dana Wilcox, and Jesse Kelkar. In addition, he seeks to reconnect with several of the top players from the heyday of NES and Tetris—competitors from 1990's Nintendo World Championships—Trey Harrison and Thor Aackerlund, the latter of whom claims to have reached Level 30. Little has been heard of Aackerlund since his rise to notoriety as the poster child for video gaming in the 1990s, and being successful at playing video games is described by Mihara in the film as "the cornerstone of a very difficult life [for Thor]." Regardless of his reluctance, Aackerlund is able to put the past behind him and agrees to participate. With the addition of competitors like Matt Buco and Bay area Tetris Grandmaster Alex Kerr, the stage is set to for the top eight competitors to go head-to-head in Los Angeles, vying for the title of Tetris Champion in the first ever Classic Tetris World Championship.
Gasland
Gasland (2010)
, 1h44
Directed by Josh Fox
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Environmental films, Documentary films about environmental issues, Documentary films about technology
Actors Josh Fox

Fox narrates his reception of a letter in May, 2008, from a natural gas company offering to lease his family's land in Milanville, Pennsylvania for $100,000 to drill for gas. Fox then set out to see how communities are being affected in the west where a natural gas drilling boom has been underway for the last decade. He spent time with citizens in their homes and on their land as they relayed their stories of natural gas drilling in Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, and Texas, among others. He spoke with residents who have experienced a variety of chronic health problems directly traceable to contamination of their air, of their water wells or of surface water. In some instances, the residents are reporting that they obtained a court injunction or settlement money from gas companies to replace the affected water supplies with potable water or water purification kits.