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First Aired: August 20th, 2015
Status: Continuing
Genre: Comedy
Network: IFC
Summary: Loving parodies of some of the world's best-known documentaries. Each episode is shot in a different style of documentary filmmaking, and honors some of the most important stories that didn't actually happen.
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# of Episodes: 27
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Season 4
Episode 1: Soldier of Illusion (1983) (1)
Air Date: October 19th, 2022
Summary: 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. Inspired by the Werner Herzog-focused documentary Burden of Dreams.
Episode 2: Soldier of Illusion (1983) (2)
Air Date: October 19th, 2022
Summary: 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. Inspired by the Werner Herzog-focused documentary Burden of Dreams.
Episode 3: Two Hairdressers in Bagglyport (1994)
Air Date: October 26th, 2022
Summary: A fly-on-the-wall portrait of a hair salon in the small coastal town of Bagglyport as they prepare their annual stylebook in an homage to documentaries 3 Salons at the Seaside and The September Issue.
Episode 4: How They Threw Rocks (1996)
Air Date: November 2nd, 2022
Summary: A chronicle the Welsh sport of Craig Maes, also known as “Field Rock,” and the iconic 1974 bout dubbed “The Melon vs. The Felon” in the vein of When We Were Kingsand other great explorations of sport.
Episode 5: My Monkey Grifter (2020)
Air Date: November 9th, 2022
Summary: Drawing inspiration from My Octopus Teacher, filmmaker Benjamin Clay forms a deep, emotional, and financially taxing relationship with a monkey who may have ulterior motives.
Episode 6: Trouver Frisson (2000)
Air Date: November 16th, 2022
Summary: Celebrated French filmmaker Ida Leos searches for why she no longer experiences “frisson” – the goosebumps that have always been her guide. Inspired by Agnes Varda’s Gleaners and I and Beaches of Agnes.
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