Doug Pray

Surfwise: The Amazing True Odyssey of the Paskowitz Family (2007)

Tags: Social History Outdoor Recreation Biography Culture & Society 

Length: 93min

As far as raw eccentricity is concerned, few American families could top the Paskowitzes. The patriarch, Dorian "Doc" Paskowitz, began life on a commendable, even enviable course, with an M.D. under his arm, rippling sandy-haired good looks, and...

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Big Rig (2007)

Cast: Douglas Gustafson Jessie Blaine Claude Eric Walker, Sr. Loretta Anderson   

Tags: Sociology Culture & Society Biography 

Length: 95min

Few Americans get a better look at their country than the long-haul truck driver, and in this documentary filmmakers Doug Pray and Brad Blondheim travel 21,000 miles through 45 states in order to gain a better understanding of the working-class heroes...

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Infamy (2005)

Tags: Biography Culture & Society 

Length: 91min

The colorful obsession of six of America's most prolific graffiti artists tags the screen as filmmaker Doug Pray teams with graffiti guru Roger Gastman to explore the work of legendary street artists Claw Saber, Toomer, Enem, and Earsnot. These are...

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Scratch (2001)

Cast: Albert Hughes Q-Bert   

Tags: Music Social History Biography Music History 

Length: 90min

While rappers may be the most visible musical exponents of hip-hop culture, it's the DJs (or "turntablists," as some prefer to be called) who generate the funky beats and cut-and-paste musical structures that have made hip-hop the dominant musical...

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Hype! (1996)

Cast: Bruce Pavitt Eddie Vedder   

Tags: Biography Music Sociology 

Length: 84min

Doug Pray's entertaining and opinionated documentary on the Seattle music scene takes the (admittedly unusual) position that the Grunge Explosion of the mid-1990s was the worst thing to happen to ock music in the Pacific Northwest. Hype! depicts...

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