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Documentary Now! is a comedy series that pays loving homage to the world's best-known documentaries. Each episode adopts a different style of nonfiction filmmaking to honour the most important stories that didn't actually happen...

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    This comedy series pays homage to the world's best-known documentaries. Each episode adopts a different style of non-fiction filmmaking to honor the most important stories that didn't actually happen.

  • 1. Soldier of Illusion Pt. I (1983)

    In the early 1980s a visionary German filmmaker tries to will his magnum opus into existence while working in the remote, punishing conditions of the Russian Ular mountains (Part I).

  • 2. Soldier of Illusion Pt. II (1983)

    In the early 1980s a visionary German filmmaker tries to will his magnum opus into existence while working in the remote, punishing conditions of the Russian Ular mountains (Part II).

  • 3. Two Hairdressers in Bagglyport (1994)

    A fly-on-the-wall portrait of a hair salon in the small coastal town of Bagglyport as they prepare their annual stylebook.

  • 4. How They Threw Rocks (1996)

    A chronicle of the iconic 1974 Craig Maes (Field Rock) showdown dubbed 'The Melon vs. The Felon.'

  • 5. My Monkey Grifter (2020)

    A filmmaker forms a deep, emotional, and financially taxing relationship with a monkey.

  • 6. Trouver Frisson (2000)

    Celebrated French filmmaker Ida Leos searches for why she no longer experiences "frisson" - the goosebumps that have always been her guide.

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