Rory Kennedy Movies

  • 2022
    Downfall: The Case Against Boeing

    Downfall: The Case Against Boeing

    Downfall: The Case Against Boeing

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    Investigators reveal how Boeing’s alleged priority of profit over safety could have contributed to two catastrophic crashes within months of...

    Downfall: The Case Against Boeing
  • 2022
    The Volcano: Rescue from Whakaari

    The Volcano: Rescue from Whakaari

    The Volcano: Rescue from Whakaari

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    A close examination of the Whakaari / White Island volcanic eruption of 2019 in which 22 lives were lost, the film viscerally recounts a day when...

    The Volcano: Rescue from Whakaari
  • 2011
    Bobby Fischer Against the World

    Bobby Fischer Against the World

    Bobby Fischer Against the World

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    The first documentary feature to explore the tragic and bizarre life of the late chess master Bobby Fischer.

    Bobby Fischer Against the World
  • 2017
    Take Every Wave: The Life of Laird Hamilton

    Take Every Wave: The Life of Laird Hamilton

    Take Every Wave: The Life of Laird Hamilton

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    This is the remarkable story of an American icon who changed the sport of big wave surfing forever. Transcending the surf genre, this in-depth...

    Take Every Wave: The Life of Laird Hamilton
  • 2018
    Above and Beyond: NASA's Journey to Tomorrow

    Above and Beyond: NASA's Journey to Tomorrow

    Above and Beyond: NASA's Journey to Tomorrow

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    Examine the remarkable role NASA plays both in our country and for our planet. Covering sixty years and beyond, the film celebrates past...

    Above and Beyond: NASA's Journey to Tomorrow
  • 2014
    Last Days in Vietnam

    Last Days in Vietnam

    Last Days in Vietnam

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    During the chaotic final weeks of the Vietnam War, the North Vietnamese Army closes in on Saigon as the panicked South Vietnamese people desperately...

    Last Days in Vietnam
  • 2012
    Ethel

    Ethel

    Ethel

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    Filmmaker Rory Kennedy interviews her mother, Ethel Kennedy, who discusses family, marriage and politics.

    Ethel
  • 2005
    Xiara's Song

    Xiara's Song

    Xiara's Song

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    Xiara Trujillo is a precocious seven-year-old who moved from the Bronx to Maryland with her mom, Aracelli Guzman, four years ago. Though she seems...

    Xiara's Song
  • 2008
    Thank You, Mr. President: Helen Thomas at the White House

    Thank You, Mr. President: Helen Thomas at the White House

    Thank You, Mr. President: Helen Thomas at the White House

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    This documentary profiles iconic journalist Helen Thomas who has held a front-row seat at White House press conferences for more than 60 years.

    Thank You, Mr. President: Helen Thomas at the White House
  • 2007
    Ghosts of Abu Ghraib

    Ghosts of Abu Ghraib

    Ghosts of Abu Ghraib

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    An examination of the prisoner abuse scandal involving U.S. soldiers and detainees at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison in the fall of 2003.

    Ghosts of Abu Ghraib
  • 1999
    American Hollow

    American Hollow

    American Hollow

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    This documentary follows the lives of the Bowling family as they fight to survive in dirt-poor Appalachia. Matriarch Iree has given birth to 13...

    American Hollow
  • 2003
    Girlhood

    Girlhood

    Girlhood

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    Documentary chronicling America's justice system. Follows two female inmates – victims of horrific violence and tragedy – who are serving...

    Girlhood
  • 2002
    The Execution of Wanda Jean

    The Execution of Wanda Jean

    The Execution of Wanda Jean

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    The Execution of Wanda Jean chronicles the life-and-death battle of Wanda Jean Allen, the first black woman to be put to death in the United States...

    The Execution of Wanda Jean
  • 2003
    A Boy's Life

    A Boy's Life

    A Boy's Life

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    Follows a Mississippi family's attempts to deal with an increasingly violent and erratic child.

    A Boy's Life
  • 2023
    Adrift

    Adrift

    Adrift

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    A welcome intervention into the ongoing global refugee crisis. Adopting personal and historical perspectives as well as testimonies from experts and...

    Adrift
  • 2010
    The Fence (La Barda)

    The Fence (La Barda)

    The Fence (La Barda)

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    In Oct. 2006, the U.S. government decided to build a 700-mile fence along its troubled 2000-mile-plus border with Mexico. Three years, 19...

    The Fence (La Barda)
  • 2004
    Indian Point: Imagining the Unimaginable

    Indian Point: Imagining the Unimaginable

    Indian Point: Imagining the Unimaginable

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    Twenty million people live within a 50-mile radius of the Indian Point Energy Center and its three nuclear reactors. This film takes a cautionary...

    Indian Point: Imagining the Unimaginable
  • 2011
    Fambul Tok

    Fambul Tok

    Fambul Tok

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    Victims and perpetrators of Sierra Leone’s brutal war come together for the first time in an unprecedented reconciliation program of grassroots...

    Fambul Tok
  • 2003
    Pandemic: Facing AIDS

    Pandemic: Facing AIDS

    Pandemic: Facing AIDS

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    Covers the key aspects of the world AIDS epidemic through powerful documentary stories about five victims and their communities, on five continents.

    Pandemic: Facing AIDS
  • 2017
    Without a Net: The Digital Divide in America

    Without a Net: The Digital Divide in America

    Without a Net: The Digital Divide in America

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    Many of us assume that the world, or at least the country, is now fully connected, but throughout American classrooms there exists a digital divide....

    Without a Net: The Digital Divide in America