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Deserter USA 1969

Three American defectors, John Lane, Ben Rosen and Alan Miller, arrive at Stockholm Arlanda airport and are received by Mr. Lundberg, a representative of the official Swedish opinion of the Vietnam War.
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Where to Invade Next 2015 (7.218)

To understand firsthand what the United States of America can learn from other nations, Michael Moore playfully “invades” some to see what they have to offer.
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The Junction Boys 2002 (5.9)

Tom Berenger leads an outstanding cast in this bone-crunching dramatization of legendary college football coach Paul "Bear" Bryant's debut at Texas A&M in the summer of 1954. The often unnerving story finds Bryant ducking the school's good ol' boy network of rich, influential alumni by spiriting his new team away to a makeshift training base in a tiny town called Junction. There, Bryant runs the equivalent of a POW camp, brutalizing an oversized, underdeveloped bunch of rowdy young men and tormenting those who seek medical attention for cracked spines and deadly heat exhaustion. Berenger delivers a warts-and-all performance as the vulgar, monstrous, yet much-respected Bryant, and the direction by seasoned television vet Mike Robe is brisk and almost explosively charged. Whatever one thinks of Bryant's punishing methods, the film does not flinch from telling its powerful tale. --Tom Keogh
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Downwind 2023 (7)

A documentary about nuclear fallout in the United States, specifically members of the Shoshone Nation whose sacred land continues to be cordoned off as a nuclear test site.
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The Author 2021

A documentary following two filmmakers in the pursuit of understanding happiness as they set off and travel around the world. They share their personal journey as they interviewed 18 individuals along the way to figure out the key to happiness, only to find something deeper.