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In Search of Greatness

2018

In Search of Greatness

2018
6.7
A cinematic journey into the secrets of genius as told through the greatest athletes of all time. It includes original interviews with Wayne Gretzky, Pelé, Jerry Rice, and features Muhammad Ali, Serena Williams, and Michael Jordan, among others.
Black Mother

2018

Black Mother

2018
6.6
Part film, part baptism, in BLACK MOTHER director Khalik Allah brings us on a spiritual journey through Jamaica. Soaking up its bustling metropolises and tranquil countryside, Allah introduces us to a succession of vividly rendered souls who call this island home. Their candid testimonies create a polyphonic symphony, set against a visual prayer of indelible portraiture. Thoroughly immersed between the sacred and profane, BLACK MOTHER channels rebellion and reverence into a deeply personal ode informed by Jamaica’s turbulent history but existing in the urgent present.
The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo 2018

2018

The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo 2018

2018
Commit to the Song: The Joe Thomas Jr. Guitar Pull

2018

Commit to the Song: The Joe Thomas Jr. Guitar Pull

2018
Despite deaths and amputation, original music continues to flow from a little community theater in the heart of the South.
Arctic Daughter: A Lifetime of Wilderness

2018

Arctic Daughter: A Lifetime of Wilderness

2018
Arctic Daughter: A Lifetime of Wilderness is the second documentary by Jean Aspen and Tom Irons. Recorded at their cabin in Alaska's remote Brooks Range, it layers historic footage, vivid photos and video and original music to portray Aspen's amazing life. Born to explorer parents, Connie and Bud Helmericks, Jeanie began life in arctic wilds. At twenty-two, she and a friend set off on the Yukon River for a year alone. This lyrical odyssey across seven decades celebrates the art of following one's dreams beyond a beaten trail.
Voting Matters

2018

Voting Matters

2018
This documentary follows civil-rights attorney Donita Judge as she helps several voters in Ohio cast ballots even though they initially were turned away, while highlighting how many hoops must be jumped through simply to vote and how cries of voter fraud are exaggerated.
Mergui

2018

Mergui

2018
10
Using nature shots with narration and a musical score, this documentary tells the story about the Moken, Myanmar's last sea nomads.
Drugs as Weapons Against Us: The CIA War on Musicians and Activists

2018

Drugs as Weapons Against Us: The CIA War on Musicians and Activists

2018
6
Evidence supports that the CIA manipulated musicians and activists to promote drugs for social control, particularly regarding the Civil Rights and anti-war movements. Some musicians that resisted these manipulations were killed.
Yellow Is Forbidden

2018

Yellow Is Forbidden

2018
5.3
Celebrated Chinese couturier Guo Pei is perhaps best known for designing the brilliant gold gown Rihanna wore to the Met Ball in 2015. But Guo’s quest to be recognized by the gatekeepers of Paris haute couture goes beyond the red carpet and taps into global power dynamics and the perpetual tension between art and commerce.
Shaka

2018

Shaka

2018
5.2
Showcasing breathtaking footage of mountains and waves around the world, Shaka follows snowboarding world champion and renowned athlete Mathieu Crepel as he faces the biggest challenge of his life: to surf the legendary waves of Jaws Beach, Hawaii.
1948

2018

1948

2018
Black Indians

2018

Black Indians

2018
Black Indians are inhabitants of New Orleans neighborhoods , African-Americans who gather in tribes, make the most beautiful costumes of the world, and parade in the streets like African angels disguised as dreaming indians by affirming to the face of the world the pride, beauty, and humanity of their communities. This documentary pays tribute to the Indian spirits of the land of America as do the Big Chiefs of the tribes we follow throughout the film. Musical and danced, joyful, Black Indians takes us back to the roots of call and response , a musical form that is the last living tradition of African culture and one of the sources of jazz
The Mossad: Imperfect Spies

2018

The Mossad: Imperfect Spies

2018
8.2
The Mossad, Israel’s foreign intelligence agency, has been almost completely sealed off to the media. Now, for the first time, dozens of its former operatives have agreed to be interviewed. These rare interviews bring to light personal and political dilemmas and challenges, and form an account of the top-secret operations that have shaped Israel’s past and may yet shape its future.
Above Majestic

2018

Above Majestic

2018
7.5
A look at the origins, history and conspiracies behind the "Majestic 12", a clandestine group of military and corporate figureheads charged with reverse-engineering extraterrestrial technology.
Snow to Sand

2018

Snow to Sand

2018
6.3
Explorers Shawn Forry and Justin Lichter complete the first ever winter expedition of America's 2,650-mile Pacific Crest Trail from Canada to Mexico.
A Time for Making

2018

A Time for Making

2018
Nine artisans on secluded Gabriola Island reveal the differences between mass manufactured and authentic locally handmade through intimate portraits of their work and lifestyle.
Midian Farm

2018

Midian Farm

2018
If it had happened in America, MIDIAN FARM would be a Hollywood script. Instead, its legacy is memorialized through a compelling point-of-view historical Canadian documentary. From 1971 - 1977, MIDIAN FARM was a back-to-the-land social experiment created by a community of urban baby boomers from Toronto. Part of the youth counterculture movement during a period of social and political re-imagining, its utopian vision eventually collapsed. More than four decades later, filmmaker Liz Marshall unearths a transformative piece of family and Canadian history.
Closing Gambit: 1978 Korchnoi versus Karpov and the Kremlin

2018

Closing Gambit: 1978 Korchnoi versus Karpov and the Kremlin

2018
8.7
The story of the 1978 World Chess Championship between the Soviet Communist Party's protege, Anatoly Karpov and the traitor and Soviet defector, Viktor Korchnoi. One of those instances in life where truth is stranger than fiction.
The Long Shadow

2018

The Long Shadow

2018
8
When filmmaker and investigative journalist Frances Causey, a daughter of the South, set out to explore the continuing racial divisions in the US, what she discovered was that the politics of slavery didn't end with the Civil War. In an astonishingly candid look at the United States' original sin, The Long Shadow traces slavery's history from America's founding up through its insidious ties to racism today.
Teddy Pendergrass: If You Don't Know Me

2018

Teddy Pendergrass: If You Don't Know Me

2018
6.3
The untold and ultimately inspiring story of legendary singer, Teddy Pendergrass, the man poised to be the biggest R&B artist of all time until the tragic accident that changed his life forever at the age of only 31.