https://mrqe.com Thu, 07 May 2026 10:58:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 https://mrqe.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/MRQE-favicon-1.png https://mrqe.com 32 32 https://mrqe.com/movie/primate-m100046609/ Tue, 24 Mar 2026 04:00:00 +0000 https://mrqe.com/movie/primate-m100046609/ Primate sees realist documentarian Frederick Wiseman hone his lens on the inmates of the Yerkes Primate Research Centre. A representative scientist explains the aims and outcomes of the organisation, describing the mating habits and relationships of the animals.

]]> https://mrqe.com/movie/law-and-order-m100001324/ Mon, 01 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000 https://staging.mrqe.com/movie/law-and-order-m100001324/ LAW & ORDER surveys the wide range of work the police are asked to perform: enforcing the law, maintaining order, and providing general social services. The incidents shown illustrate how training, community expectations, socio-economic status of the subject, the threat of violence, and discretion affect police behavior.

]]> https://mrqe.com/movie/ex-libris-new-york-public-library-m100121544/ Sat, 30 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000 https://staging.mrqe.com/movie/ex-libris-new-york-public-library-m100121544/ A documentary about how a dominant cultural and demographic institution both sustains their traditional activities and adapts to the digital revolution.

]]> https://mrqe.com/movie/zoo-m100035237/ Mon, 01 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000 https://staging.mrqe.com/movie/zoo-m100035237/ ZOO is a film about the zoo in Miami, Florida, the care and maintenance of the animals by the keepers, the work of the veterinarians and their staff, and the visits to the zoo by people from all over the world. The film presents the wide diversity of interests and activities at the zoo and the interrelatedness of the animal, human, ethical, financial, technical, organizational and research aspects of operating the zoo.

]]> https://mrqe.com/movie/boxing-gym-m100092484/ Mon, 01 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000 https://staging.mrqe.com/movie/boxing-gym-m100092484/ Explores the world of a boxing gym in Austin, Texas, dwelling on the discipline of training as people from all walks of life aspire to reach their personal best.

]]> https://mrqe.com/movie/meat-m100006575/ Mon, 01 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000 https://staging.mrqe.com/movie/meat-m100006575/ MEAT traces the process through which cattle and sheep become consumer goods. It depicts the processing and transportation of meat products by a highly automated packing plant, illustrating important points and problems in the area of production, transportation, logistics, equipment design, time-motion study, and labor management.

]]> https://mrqe.com/movie/high-school-m100011358/ Mon, 01 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000 https://staging.mrqe.com/movie/high-school-m100011358/ Documentary filmmaker Frederick Wiseman takes us inside Northeast High School as a fly on the wall to observe the teachers and how they interact with the students.

]]> https://mrqe.com/movie/central-park-m100073738/ Sun, 24 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000 https://staging.mrqe.com/?post_type=movie&p=73576 CENTRAL PARK is a film about the famous New York City landmark and the variety of ways in which people make use of it: running, boating, walking, skating, music, theatre, sports, picnics, parades and concerts. The film also illustrates the complex problems the New York City Parks Department deals with in order to maintain and preserve the park and keep it open and accessible to the public.

]]> https://mrqe.com/movie/domestic-violence-2-m100073408/ Mon, 01 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000 https://staging.mrqe.com/movie/domestic-violence-2-m100073408/ The opening scene in this film is of an arrest in Hillsborough County Florida where a woman has scratched her husband while he was trying to restrain her from getting back in her car and leaving after an argument. The officers explain that she has committed a battery and thereby earned herself an inescapable arrest and overnight stay in jail because by law they have no discretion. This sets the stage for two hours of court proceedings before three different judges, each trying to apply the Florida domestic violence laws.

]]> https://mrqe.com/movie/basic-training-m100010960/ Mon, 01 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000 https://staging.mrqe.com/movie/basic-training-m100010960/ Shot during the summer of 1970 at Fort Knox, Kentucky, Frederick Wisemans film Basic Training focuses on a group of men going through infantry training, showing how they are turned from civilians into soldiers. As well as being a unique portrait of the US army at work, the film is also a fascinating snapshot of a time and place at a defining moment in American history.

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