A documentary film which explores the racial disparity and corporate exploitation of African-American and Latino prisoners within the United States Justice System.
At the far end of the Alaskan peninsula, for filmmaker Roman Droux a childhood dream comes true. He discovers together with the bear researcher David Bittner the universe of wild grizzlies. The two adventurists face bears at smelling-distance, experience the struggle for survival of a bear family and witness dramatic fighting scenes. Driven by a desire to explore the unknown the film tells a personal story of wilderness, framed in breathtaking pictures of unique creatures.
A gripping portrait of trauma and resilience of the Rohingya people in the world's largest refugee camp. The film approaches the Rohingya crisis from the personal point of view of the victims. Gang rape survivors talk directly to the camera with unprecedented candor. Building upon a heartening thought from Albert Camus, the documentary follows a dramatic arc from hell to redemption, with stories of survival and endurance. Harrowing yet uplifting, THE ANTECHAMBER OF HELL is both a searing testimony of crimes against humanity and an enlivening testament to the human spirit.
In a small agricultural town in the Florida Everglades, hopes for the future are concentrated on the youth. Four teens face heartbreak and celebrate in the rituals of an extraordinary senior year.
ONE MIND is an immersive cinematic meditation on Zen monastic life in China, where a communion of nature, meditation, and labor reveals a carefully crafted way of life that reflects the very wisdom it seeks to cultivate.
This documentary film investigates and reviews this part of Young's career with the help of obscure archive footage, rare film of Neil Young in performance and in studio, contributions from those he worked closely with during this era, and with those who have studied his career in depth, plus a host of other features all of which make for one of the finest films yet produced about this musician.
Four chapters in the career of sound effects mastermind Ben Burtt as a history and dissection of his work on Star Wars, Indiana Jones, E.T. The Extra Terrestrial, and WALL·E, revealing the secrets to achieving verisimilitude in film.
Every year, American police officers kill around 1000 people. Today more than ever, the American police force is feared by those it is supposed to protect. From California to Florida, passing through Missouri, we have studied this police force which is, more than ever, under fire.
Jailed for life in 2011 for killing her husband, Sally Challen was convicted on the unanimous decision of the jury. The result provoked little surprise among her friends and family, yet evidence later revealed that Challen was the victim of coercive control from her husband, who would manage her social life and spending. With fewer than 10% of appeals ever quashing a conviction, this documentary is a compelling case for the need for greater nuance in the law and its reporting.
For centuries, Egyptian temples were victims of looting, earthquakes, desert encroachment, and floods, and were almost swallowed up by the waters of the Nile in the 20th century. This film aims to better understand the history of these temples. Thanks to an unprecedented international mobilization, discover the exceptional heritage saved at the cost of a "pharaonic" trip.
A look at the distressing circumstances for millions of children living in orphanages and other institutions around the world as J.K. Rowling's LUMOS foundation works to reunite them with family members or place them in foster homes.
For nearly three years, director Dina Khreino interviewed world-class mountain climbing athletes, listening to what compels them to leave behind families, friends, and everyday comforts to risk everything for a fleeting glimpse into the unknown. What she found was a tribe, a diverse group of professional adventurers and amateur philosophers forged by the ultimate test of body, mind, and spirit. In the face of shifting winds, sheer granite cliffs, and impossible odds, they climb. Each for their own reason, but every one connected by the vertical world. In this rarefied air, these athletes are fundamentally changed, not just as climbers, but as human beings.
This film documents the 16 month journey of a Tunisian migrant, Kais Laabidi, through a French immigration camp as he attempts to reach his 8 year old son in England.
In 2007, four teenagers from disparate backgrounds are voted "Most Likely To Succeed" during their senior year of high school. Over a ten-year period, they each chart their own version of success and navigate the unpredictability of American life in the 21st Century.
In this undercover investigation, Nawal al-Maghafi exposes a secret world of sexual exploitation in Iraq. Some Shia clerics are using a controversial practice called ‘pleasure marriage’ to groom vulnerable girls and young women and pimp them out.