Cinematography: Derek Wiesehahn

The best movies, series, and documentaries with cinematography by Derek Wiesehahn. Explore visually stunning titles that highlight an exceptional filmmaking.


God Loves Uganda

2013 · Documentary · 90 min. · United States

Direction Roger Ross Williams

Plot A powerful exploration of the evangelical campaign to infuse African culture with values imported from America’s Christian Right. The film follows American and Ugandan religious leaders fighting “sexual immorality” and...

7.3

58 votes

7.3

58 votes

Welcome to Chechnya

2020 · Documentary · 107 min. · United States

Direction David France

Plot This searing investigative work shadows a group of activists risking unimaginable peril to confront the ongoing anti-LGBTQ pogrom raging in the repressive and closed Russian republic. Since 2016, Chechnya’s tyrannical...

7.3

245 votes

7.3

245 votes

How to Survive a Plague

2012 · Documentary · 109 min. · United States

Direction David France

Cast Peter Staley · Garance Franke-Ruta · Mark Harrington · Iris Long

Plot The story of two coalitions -- ACT UP and TAG (Treatment Action Group) -- whose activism and innovation turned AIDS from a death sentence into a manageable condition.

7.0

225 votes

7.0

225 votes

Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed

2023 · Documentary · 104 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Stephen Kijak

Cast Rock Hudson

Plot The biography of renowned actor Rock Hudson is examined in this investigation of Hollywood and LGBTQ+ identity, from his public 'ladies' man' character to his private life as a gay...

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6.3

68 votes

6.3

68 votes

Notes from Dunblane: Lessons from a School Shooting (S)

2018 · Documentary · 22 min. · United States

Direction Kim A. Snyder

Plot In the wake of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre that took the lives of 20 first graders and their teachers, local clergymen Father Bob Weiss receives a letter...

5.4

59 votes

5.4

59 votes

Shot in the Arm

2023 · Documentary · 89 min. · United States

Direction Scott Hamilton Kennedy

Cast Karen Hirsch-Ernst · Peter Hotez · Blima Marcus · Paul Offit

Plot Exploring the 'anti-vax' movement both historically and in the angry political present, this account probes the divides and disinformation that threaten our future.

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Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project

2023 · Documentary · 96 min. · United States

Direction Joe Brewster · Michèle Stephenson

Plot A look at the life of poet, Nikki Giovanni and the revolutionary historical periods through which she lived, from the Civil Rights Movement to Black Lives Matter.

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Let Me Be Me

2022 · Documentary · 75 min. · United States

Direction Dan Crane · Katie Taber

Cast Kyle Westphal

Plot A family connects to their autistic son through a radical treatment program.

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Us Kids

2020 · Documentary · 98 min. · United States

Direction Kim A. Snyder

Plot After a mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School claims 17 lives, a number of students rally themselves around the tragedy as an opportunity to speak out against the...

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The Destruction of Memory

2016 · Documentary · 84 min. · United States

Direction Tim Slade

Plot The purposeful demolishment of buildings, books and art as part of war has wrought catastrophic results on every continent. Leading up to the destruction of historical cities such as Aleppo...

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Music by Prudence

2010 · Documentary · 33 min. · United States

Direction Roger Ross Williams

Cast Prudence Mabhena

Plot Sunrise over the bush. A fresh morning star spilling vitality over scrambling, dry rocks. The African plain: supple and green. Clouds (celestial rapids) racing over an otherwise halcyon sky. Against...

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If I Leave Here Tomorrow: A Film About Lynyrd Skynyrd

2018 · Documentary · min. · United States

Direction Stephen Kijak

Cast Ronnie Van Zant · Johnny Van Zant · Gary Rossington

Plot This authorized documentary will explore the music and backstory of the legendary American band. With the songs from the first six Skynyrd albums driving the narration, the film focuses on...

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The Reception

2005 · Movie · 80 min. · United States

Direction John G. Young

Cast Maggie Burkwit · Chris Burmester · Darien Sills-Evans · Wayne Lamont Sims

Plot The complex relationship between a wealthy French woman and her best friend a, gay black American, is thrown into turmoil when her estranged daughter comes to visit them with her...

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