Jarrett Martin had more jumps before his 18th than most skydivers do in a lifetime. Then he got really serious - BASE jumping & speed flying. One day, the summer after high school, his parachute failed to open. What happened next will blow you away...
Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen, more fondly know as "The Boss" by his millions of fans, is widely regarded as one of the most influential songwriters of the 20th century and one of the greatest artists of all time. This is his remarkable story.
On January 3rd, 2001, documentary writer/producer Wayne Darwen brought a professional TV news crew into the Temple of the O.T.A. to visually record a remarkable event: the summoning of the ancient spirit Vassago. Only 13 days after the ritual was visually recorded, President Laurent Kabila of the Congo was assassinated! See the entire operation in sequence, exactly as it happened with no rehearsals and no retakes. This 2011 edition has ten more minutes of new footage with commentary on the Vassago Prophecy, as subsequently revealed in the following 2 years, plus a new prophecy from Vassago.
Charissa King O'Brien's intimate short documentary captures this pivotal collaboration between two influential artists, as world-renowned painter Riva Lehrer completes a compelling portrait of Alison Bechdel ("Dykes to Watch Out For," "Are You My Mother," "Fun Home") over the course of two years, yielding a highly satisfying work of psychological insight
Charcot Marie Tooth syndrome affects over 2.6 million people worldwide, and yet is still widly unknown. This documentary, the firt full length film to tackle the subject, follows one woman afflicted with this hereditary disease on her journey to become its public face.
Documentary - Child choristers have been singing at Salisbury for 900 years. This film follows Salisbury Cathedral's current choristers over Easter and through the summer term. The Cathedral's separate boy and girl choirs each contain 16 of the most musically gifted 8-13 year olds in the country. Their role, now as always, is to sing, day-in day-out some of the most sublime music ever written in one of Britain's most beautiful buildings. -
Documentary - FIGHT TO LIVE follows the pursuit of emerging cures for terminal diseases as told through the stories of patients, patient advocates and the companies who stake their future on the discovery of new treatments. - Saoirse Ronan, Tom Holland, George MacKay
Documentary - Richer than Frank Lucas. More powerful than the Mafia. He was the biggest drug dealer in America. In 1973 he jumped bail and disappeared with 15 million dollars. He has never been seen again. -
The film offers exclusive and intimate insights into how and why the classically trained artist risked rejection to revolutionize the traditional Chinese ink art form in Singapore.
From acclaimed storyteller Justin Hunt (Absent, American Meth) comes the gritty, yet endearing, story of GHL, an entity that dominated the world of quarter horse racing in the 1970s. Unprecedented access and unparalleled POV footage gives you the real ride of a lifetime, while offering up a view of everyday life on the backside and an intimate, sometimes humorous, look at an ordinary family living, and dying, in an extraordinary world.
Challenging all notions of genre, Semi Colin is a living, breathing art installation. Part performance, part art, part social comment, Colin philosophizes on his life's obsessive work as an erotic artist.
This fascinating Documentary gives you a real insight into the life and the career of one of the greatest figures in popular music. Madonna deservedly has won the accolade of Goddess of Pop.
To many African Americans, soul food is sacrament, ritual, and a key expression of cultural identity. But does this traditional cuisine do more harm to health than it soothes the soul?
Following the recent imprisonment of Jackson's doctor Conrad Murray for involuntary manslaughter, we are taken on a journey through the extraordinary life of Michael Jackson from his debut in the Jackson 5 to his untimely death in 2009.
This feature documentary tells the stories of 5 asylum seekers who flee their native countries to escape homophobic violence. They face hurdles integrating into Canada, fear deportation and anxiously await a decision that will change their lives forever.