Documentary – rarefilmm | The Cave of Forgotten Films

GROWING UP FEMALE (1971)

Jon W. — Sun, 07 Jun 2026 01:09:55 +0000

Growing Up Female is the very first film of the modern women’s movement. Produced in 1971, it caused controversy and exhilaration. It was widely used by consciousness-raising groups to generate interest and help explain feminism to a skeptical society. The film looks at female socialization through a personal look into the lives of six women, age 4 to 35, and the forces that shape them–teachers, counselors, advertising, music and the institution of marriage. It offers us a chance to see how much has changed–and how much remains the same.

Directors: Julia Reichert, Jim Klein.
Writers: Julia Reichert, Jim Klein.

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BALTIE ZVANI (1961)

Jon W. — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 11:00:38 +0000

The first film of Latvian cinema’s “new era”, that of the Riga School of Poetic Documentary Cinema. The story of a little girl in a white dress wandering the streets of Riga in search of the flowers she has seen in a shop window was originally conceived and shot as a short film, but its documentary character is so abundant and artistically valuable that this little film became a turning point in cinema history and the beginning of a new era.

Director: Ivars Kraulitis. AKA White Bells
Writer: Herz Frank.
Stars: Ilze Zarina.
Cinematographer: Uldis Brauns.

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LES AMOUREUX DE DIEU (1998)

Jon W. — Thu, 14 May 2026 04:16:55 +0000

In Macedonia, former Yugoslavia, two Sheikhs squabble for power in a Dervish brotherhood. In this fragile, unsteady society, far from God and traditional Sufism, their petty quarrel focuses on the issue of which group will pierce themselves at the Nevruz ceremony. Through the rivalry between these two characters, who correspond to two opposing archetypes of religious leaders, the documentary offers a living glimpse of spiritual experience at a popular level which, despite the humorous situations and extraordinary images, may shock our sensitivity.

Director: Dan Alexe. AKA Howling for God
Writer: Dan Alexe.
Cinematographer: Philippe Guilbert.
Composer: Naat Veliov.

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MP4 | 1.04 GB | 872×480 | 23 FPS | 2297 kb/s | AAC 64 kb/s
Languages: Albanian, Macedonian, Serbian, Turkish | Subtitles: English (hard)

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YA ZAMENE AHU (1970)

Jon W. — Thu, 14 May 2026 04:16:51 +0000

Ya Zamene Ahu is a quiet documentary about the visitors of the shrine of Imam Reza, the eighth Shiite Imam, in the city of Mashhad in the North East of Iran. Nicknamed the “Guardian of Deer,” it is said that Imam Reza once protected a deer chased by a hunter.

“There is the religious belief which leads the human beings to the shrine. All that I do is to show the space between the hands of the believers and the shrine. The symbolism in my film is rooted in reality. All the human beings and things in the film are real, nothing has been arranged.” – Parviz Kimiavi.

Director: Parviz Kimiavi.

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MP4 | 403 MB | 710×442 | 29.970 FPS | 2538 kb/s | AAC 192 kb/s
Language: Persian | Subtitles: English (hard)

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MP4 | 492 MB | 710×442 | 29.970 FPS | 3022 kb/s | AC3 256 kb/s
Language: Persian | Subtitles: English (soft)

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KASTÉLYOK LAKÓI (1966)

Jon W. — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 06:37:58 +0000

KASTÉLYOK LAKÓI shows the clash between old structures and Hungary’s socialist present. “In 1966, I made the documentary KASTÉLYOK LAKÓI about five castles in Gödöllő that used to be the Habsburgs’ royal residence. When I filmed there, parts of the building had been repurposed, converted into an old people’s home and a Russian barrack. Everything was in a very run-down state. Dilapidated palaces in which old, confused people lived who still had their own opinions about the world and fateful stories to tell. And behind them, one can still see the baroque facades and snow-white fireplaces in the film.” – Judit Elek.

Director: Judit Elek.
Writer: Judit Elek.
Stars: Gyula Hernádi, Lajos Kassák, Erzsi Palotai, György Somlyó, Sándor Weöres.
Cinematographer: István Zöldi.
Composer: Bálint Bakfart.

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MP4 | 624 MB | 960×720 | 24 FPS | 3000 kb/s | AAC 128 kb/s
Language: Hungarian | Subtitles: English (hard)

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MKV | 821 MB | 1440×1080 | 24 FPS | 3994 kb/s | AAC 128 kb/s
Language: Hungarian | Subtitles: English, Hungarian (soft)

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RIP Judit Elek (1937-2025)

I AM NOT A FREAK (1987)

Jon Whitehead — Sun, 22 Feb 2026 02:52:54 +0000

Documentary about some people afflicted with congenital deformities of an extreme nature. Their ability to live with their aberrations while remaining socially involved and upbeat is truly inspirational. While their predecessors were often seen in so called “freak shows” that were part of various exhibitions from Coney Island to traveling circuses, these performers were actually the more fortunate ones in an era of little tolerance for those who were different from the accepted norm.

Director: Kirby Dick.
Writer: Kirby Dick.
Stars: Teresa Sandretto, Sam Early, Evelyn Early, Peter Risch, Lisa Anicker, Mal Fobi, Virginia Callahan, Jack Elam, Yoko Ono (archive footage), Chang (archive footage).
Cinematographer: Christine Burrill.
Composer: Brooke Halpin.

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MP4 | 655 MB | 704×480 | 29.970 FPS | 2058 kb/s | AAC 192 kb/s
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TRAVELLING LIGHT (1992)

Jon W. — Tue, 03 Feb 2026 08:00:08 +0000

A cross between video art and television documentary, this is a portrait of British choreographer, dancer, actor and mime artist Lindsay Kemp. The spectator gets to know him through an heroic myth, where the actor searches for his identity in the show business world, and must face stouthearted true lies for a biographical portrait between fiction and reality.

Director: Theo Eshetu.
Writers: David Brandon (narration text) (as David Haughton), Theo Eshetu.
Stars: Lindsay Kemp, David Brandon (narrator) (as David Haughton), Jack Birkett, David Bowie, Neil Caplan, The Incedible Orlando, Marie Kemp, Attilio Lopez, Christian Michaelson, Nuria Moreno, Enrico Pro, Douglas Tantallon, François Testory, Corrado Verini.
Cinematographer: Terry Flaxton.
Composers: Joji Hirota, Simon Wallace.

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JENIN JENIN (2003)

Jon W. — Tue, 03 Feb 2026 07:59:53 +0000

Directed and co-produced by Palestinian actor Mohammad Bakri, Jenin Jenin includes testimony from Jenin residents after the Israeli army’s Defensive Wall operation. The city and camp were the scenes of fierce fighting which ended with Jenin flattened and scores of Palestinians dead. Palestinians as well as numerous human rights groups accused Israel of committing war crimes in the attack. The United Nations appointed a commission of inquiry, but Israel refused to let its members visit the scene.

Banned in Israel, Jenin Jenin is dedicated to Iyad Samudi, the producer of the film, who returned home to Yamun after the shooting of the film was completed. On June 23, as Israeli forces besieged Yamun, Samudi was shot and killed as he was leaving a militarily-closed area with three friends.

Director: Mohammad Bakri.
Writer: Mohammad Bakri.

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MP4 | 797 MB | 706×434 | 25 FPS | 1902 kb/s | AAC 257 kb/s
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RIP Mohammad Bakri (1953-2025)