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Ethiopia Rising: Red Terror to Green Revolution

2015

Ethiopia Rising: Red Terror to Green Revolution

2015
The story of the phenomenal transformation of a nation told through the experience of one man, Aba Hawi. He leads his village in a struggle against drought, famine and conflict to secure their future.
Marsha Hunt's Sweet Adversity

2015

Marsha Hunt's Sweet Adversity

2015
In 1935, 17-year-old aspiring actress Marsha Hunt was discovered in Hollywood. She signed with Paramount Pictures and went on to a flourishing career at MGM. She made 54 films in 17 years before a series of unfortunate events led to her being unfairly blacklisted. After the blacklist, she championed humanitarian causes, forging a career as one of Hollywood's first celebrity activists. She was the FIRST Angelina Jolie. As far back as 1955, Eleanor Roosevelt was a mentor of hers as they both worked tirelessly to support the work that the United Nations Association was accomplishing in this country. At age 96, Marsha continues to fight for causes she believes in. This film is a call to action for activists of all ages.
Boom Bust Boom

2015

Boom Bust Boom

2015
7
Terry Jones presents Boom Bust Boom. The result of a meeting between writer, director, historian and Python Terry Jones and economics professor and entrepreneur Theo Kocken. Co-written by Jones and Kocken and featuring John Cusack, Nobel Prize winners Daniel Kahneman, Robert J Shiller and Paul Krugman, the film is part of a global movement to change the economic system through education to protect the world from boom and bust. A unique look at why economic crashes happen, Boom Bust Boom is a multimedia documentary combining live action with animation and puppetry to explain economics to everyone.
Johnny Cash: American Rebel

2015

Johnny Cash: American Rebel

2015
8.1
Johnny Cash: American Rebel is built around 12 essential Johnny Cash tracks spanning four decades that each deliver the passion, musicality and messages against war, injustice, racism and prejudice, including “Folsom Prison Blues,” “Jackson,” “San Quentin,” “Man in Black,” “Sunday Morning Coming Down,” “Ring of Fire” and “Hurt.” Each song illustrates a chapter in his life, as well the story of an ever-changing America from the 1950s to modern day, as told through interviews, archival concert footage, photographs and personal artifacts from the Cash family.
Arcade Fire - The Reflektor Tapes

2015

Arcade Fire - The Reflektor Tapes

2015
5.3
Arcade Fire’s first feature film is called 'The Reflektor Tapes'. The project is “a unique cinematic experience, meeting at the crossroads of documentary, music, art and personal history.”
Ferrell Takes the Field

2015

Ferrell Takes the Field

2015
6
A documentary that follows Will Ferrell as he takes the field in five Major League Baseball training games, playing all nine positions for ten different teams in a single day.
He Named Me Malala

2015

He Named Me Malala

2015
6.7
A look at the events leading up to the Taliban's attack on the young Pakistani school girl, Malala Yousafzai, for speaking out on girls' education and the aftermath, including her speech to the United Nations.
Ambassadors for Mashiach

2015

Ambassadors for Mashiach

2015
Time is Running out!! We are living in the last days before the coming of the Messiah. "Ambassadors for Mashiach" has been directed, inspired and led by the Spirit of God. This prophetic word is being sent to the Nations. "Tell my people to Get Ready, I Am Coming!", says the Lord. You will experience the love and power of the true living God. Witness prophetic events that took place before the last Blood Moon. This film features many influential leaders from across the world. From Israel to the Nations!
Miss Sharon Jones!

2015

Miss Sharon Jones!

2015
7.1
Two-time Academy Award® winner Barbara Kopple shines a powerful, inspiring and entertaining spotlight on contemporary soul queen Sharon Jones. As she prepares to release her much-anticipated new album, Sharon comes face to-face with the greatest challenge of her life: a grave cancer diagnosis. Follow this tour de force over the course of an eventful and remarkable year as she struggles to hold her band The Dap-Kings together while battling her way back to the stage with the unstoppable determination of a true soul survivor
Al Jazeera English: 101 East

2015

Al Jazeera English: 101 East

2015
10
101 East investigates the cold cases and whether the real culprits remain at large. Bold, untold stories from across Asia and the Pacific. Al Jazeera's in-depth, weekly current affairs programme from the world's most populated region.
Sensitive: The Untold Story

2015

Sensitive: The Untold Story

2015
6.3
A groundbreaking documentary about the temperament trait of high sensitivity found in 20% of the population in both men and women. Based on the findings of bestselling author-psychologist Dr. Elaine Aron ("The Highly Sensitive Person").
Pacific Warriors

2015

Pacific Warriors

2015
6.8
An insight into the origins and stories of Pacific Island rugby teams such as Tonga, Samoa and Fiji. This documentary explores the backgrounds of a wide variety of players, past and present.
Paths of the Soul

2015

Paths of the Soul

2015
6.7
Eleven Tibetans prostrate themselves every few steps during a 1,200-mile pilgrimage that lasts for seven months.
Ninth Floor

2015

Ninth Floor

2015
5.7
In her first feature-length documentary, director Mina Shum (Double Happiness) takes a penetrating look at the Sir George Williams University riot of February 1969, when a protest against institutional racism snowballed into a 14-day student occupation at the Montreal university.
The Quiet Zone

2015

The Quiet Zone

2015
9
Otherworldly frequencies and textured, fluctuating images beautifully visualize the distress of people who suffer from electromagnetic hypersensitivity, and who must live in exile from cities in order to find solitude from the noise.
Rock the Box

2015

Rock the Box

2015
Seeking to storm the man-fortress of the DJ booth, a 29-year-old university grad is forced to deal with an old feminist dilemma: use your sexuality and get noticed, or refuse to and linger in the shadows.
Janis: Little Girl Blue

2015

Janis: Little Girl Blue

2015
7.3
Janis Joplin's evolution into a star from letters that Joplin wrote over the years to her friends, family, and collaborators.
Welcome to Leith

2015

Welcome to Leith

2015
6.6
In September 2012, the tiny prairie town of Leith, North Dakota, sees its population of 24 grow by one. As the new resident's behavior becomes more threatening, tensions soar, and the residents desperately look for ways to expel their unwanted neighbor.
Sabena Hijacking: My Version

2015

Sabena Hijacking: My Version

2015
9.5
The Palestinian terror group Black September had hijacked the craft and separated passengers into groups of Jews and non-Jews. They declared that they would blow up the plane if Israel did not release hundreds of Palestinians serving prison terms for charges of terrorism.
Gays in Prison

2015

Gays in Prison

2015
5.7
Gays in Prison is a documentary that puts Latrice Royale, popular star of RuPaul's Drag Race, front and center, as host, narrator and interviewer as she reveals her own experiences in jail and explores the stories of gay men in and out of prison. The film develops themes of redemption, lessons learned and, yes, even humor and love. The documentary also reveals gay prison pen pals and those on the outside finding love behind bars.