Sick: The Life and Death of Bob Flanagan, Supermasochist (1997)
• January 24th, 1997 • 1h 30min
Documentary
Overview
The story of Robert Flanagan, a man who was born with cystic fibrosis and told he wouldn't live past 20, who through a unique odyssey of masochism, art and love found a way to live decades past his expiration date.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
Back from Madness: The Struggle for Sanity
Released on: 1996-09-17
Documentary
In part of the HBO's America Undercover series, this documentary provides an insider's view of menta...
Debate Team
Released on: 2008-10-19
Documentary
Debate Team is a documentary exploring the weird subculture of competitive college debate. Competito...
Yallah! Underground
Released on: 2015-04-18
Music, Documentary
Yallah! Underground follows some of today’s most influential and progressive artists in Arab undergr...
Women's Bodies
Released on: 2011-05-11
Documentary
The representation of women in contemporary Italian media
Arven
Released on: 2015-11-05
Documentary
Christian has one year left to live, one year to get to know his newborn son Philip, and on year to ...
Decade of Discovery
Released on: 2010-12-14
Documentary
Chris Packham presents, mentioning others that didn't quite make the list, his favorite top ten anim...
Finding Beauty In the Rubble
Released on: 2015-06-07
Documentary
In Japan, a survivor of the 2011 tsunami turns beach debris into gorgeous jewelry.
Hammerhead - Sterbt alle!
Released on: 2006-09-01
Music, Documentary
Tells the story of the "only true hardcore punk band of the 90s" - HAMMERHEAD. This film is an attem...
Danado de Bom
Released on: 2016-03-15
Documentary
Born in Arcoverde, in the backlands of Pernambuco, the lonely boy who was raised by his father after...
Rock 'n Roll Junkie
Released on: 1994-09-28
Documentary, Music
Rock 'n Roll Junkie is a documentary about the extraordinary life of dutch rock 'n roll myth and per...
Unstrung
Released on: 2007-04-27
Documentary
Unstrung exposes the dramas of the juniors tennis world, hitting the road with a handful of teenage ...
The Dazzling Light of Sunset
Released on: 2016-04-20
Documentary
Flanked by her phlegmatic sidekick, Dariko is the only outside broadcast journalist at a local Georg...
S&M: Sweat and Muscle - The Dominatrix Workout
Released on: 1996-01-01
Documentary
An hour-long workout with a BDSM theme on a NYC rooftop, taught by a variety of instructors.
Gangbé!
Released on: 2015-04-01
Documentary
The Gangbé Brass Band, a musical group from Benin, sets out to conquer Lagos, capital of Nigeria.
My Friend, Norman: The Man from Aberdeen
Released on: 2006-12-02
Documentary
Take a journey with Norman Geske, Nebraska's Father of the Arts, with this feature length documentar...
Wicker Kittens
Released on: 2014-03-08
Documentary
Every January, the country's largest jigsaw puzzle contest is held in St. Paul, Minnesota. Choose yo...
Spit Gold Under an Empire
Released on:
Documentary
Short documentary on underground rap culture in New York City.
Santoalla
Released on: 2016-06-17
Documentary
A Dutch couple, Martin and Margo Verfondern, move to a remote Spanish village of Santoalla to start ...
The Mystery Beneath
Released on: 2015-11-01
Documentary
A group of treasure hunters discover a mysterious object at the bottom of the Baltic Sea in this doc...