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Jeff Wall: Retrospective

2007

Jeff Wall: Retrospective

2007
Jeff Wall is one of the most important and influential photographers working today. His work played a key role in establishing photography as a contemporary art form.
Dying for Everest

2007

Dying for Everest

2007
6.6
On 15 May, 2006, double amputee Mark Inglis reached the summit of Mt Everest. It was a remarkable achievement and Inglis was feted by press and public alike. But only a few days later he was plunged into a storm of controversy when it was learned that he had passed an incapacitated climber, Englishman David Sharp, leaving him to a lonely end high in the Death Zone.
Blood, Boobs & Beast

2007

Blood, Boobs & Beast

2007
5.2
A look at the works and life of the late, great Don Dohler.
Burning Daylight

2007

Burning Daylight

2007
Burning Daylight is a dance/film project. The performance is set from late one night until dawn in a transit zone outside a notorious pub on a Broome-style Karaoke night. A series of contemporary dance scenes unfold expressing the...
Tnorala - Baby Falling

2007

Tnorala - Baby Falling

2007
Tnorala is the Aboriginal name for Gosse's Bluff, a dramatic meteorite impact crater set in a vast plain 175km west of Alice Springs. This significant dreaming site for Western Arrernte people is steeped in mystery and tragedy. The story of its creation and the events that occurred there are narrated to the camera by Aunty Mavis Malbunka, one of the traditional story-tellers for the place.
Black White + Gray: A Portrait of Sam Wagstaff and Robert Mapplethorpe

2007

Black White + Gray: A Portrait of Sam Wagstaff and Robert Mapplethorpe

2007
5.2
Crump directed the feature-length documentary film Black White + Gray: A Portrait of Sam Wagstaff + Robert Mapplethorpe, which premiered in North America at the 2007 Tribeca Film Festival and in Europe at Art Basel. It explores the influence curator Sam Wagstaff, photographer Robert Mapplethorpe and musician/poet Patti Smith had on the 1970s art scene in New York City.
Classic Albums: Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (') Over-Nite Sensation

2007

Classic Albums: Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (') Over-Nite Sensation

2007
6.5
This episode focuses on Zappa's early 70s albums, Overnight Sensation (1973) and Apostrophy (') (1974). Together they encapsulate Zappa's extraordinary musical diversity and were also the 2 most commercially successful albums that he released in his prolific career. Included are interviews, musical demonstrations, rare archive & home movie footage, plus live performances to tell the story behind the conception and recording of these groundbreaking albums. Extras include additional interviews and demonstrations not included in the broadcast version, 2 full performances from the Roxy in 1973 and Saturday Night Live in 1976, and new full live performance done specially for these Classic Albums.
Big Alma

2007

Big Alma

2007
She was one man's muse. For others, this musician and composer was a sex-obsessed monster, and for some she was both.The film shows the turbulent life of Alma Mahler-Werfel incorporating interviews with contemporaries, experts and archive material. In the center of it all stands the myth and profane reality of a legendary "femme fatale".
The Great War

2007

The Great War

2007
A historical recreation of the experience of Canadian soldiers in World War One, with a cast of descendants of the people who participated in it.
Scott Walker: 30 Century Man

2007

Scott Walker: 30 Century Man

2007
6.9
A documentary on the influential musician Scott Walker.
Bomb It

2007

Bomb It

2007
6.9
Through interviews and guerilla footage of graffiti writers in action on five continents, the documentary tells the story of graffiti from its origins in prehistoric cave paintings thru its notorious explosion in New York City during the 70’s and 80’s, then follows the flames as they paint the globe.
Beyond Belief

2007

Beyond Belief

2007
4
When terrorists shattered their lives, two women set off on an extraordinary journey to rebuild themselves and the lives of women half a world away.
The Workshop

2007

The Workshop

2007
4.6
A spiritual search for answers leads the filmmaker to a California workshop run by a guru who promotes sexual adventure -- and the existence of aliens.
Bon Jovi: Music In Review

2007

Bon Jovi: Music In Review

2007
6.2
This fascinating documentary discusses the New Jersey band behind hits like “You Give Love a Bad Name,” and “Wanted Dead or Alive.”
Meditate and Destroy

2007

Meditate and Destroy

2007
4.8
Author Noah Levine uses his personal experience and punk-rock sensibilities to connect with young people within juvenile halls and urban centers around the country. Tattoos, motorcycles, and a punk rock soundtrack are featured in this look at how Buddhism has a place in the world of punks.
Fengming: A Chinese Memoir

2007

Fengming: A Chinese Memoir

2007
7.7
The film consists almost entirely of an interview with the elderly He Fengming, recounting her experiences in post-1949 China.
20,000 Miles on a Horse

2007

20,000 Miles on a Horse

2007
6
This Feature documentary is about the lives of Louis Brunke and Vladimir Fissenko who rode on horseback from the southern tip of Argentina to Prudhoe Bay, Alaska. It took them five years to cross 14 countries -- and they filmed it all.
Moving Midway

2007

Moving Midway

2007
5.8
When New York film critic Godfrey Cheshire returns home to North Carolina in early 2004 and hears that his cousin Charlie Silver plans to uproot and move the buildings of Midway Plantation, their family’s ancestral home, an extraordinary, emotional journey begins.
All In This Tea

2007

All In This Tea

2007
7
During the 1990s, David Lee Hoffman searched throughout China for the finest teas. He's a California importer who, as a youth, lived in Asia for years and took tea with the Dali Lama. Hoffman's mission is to find and bring to the U.S. the best hand picked and hand processed tea. This search takes him directly to farms and engages him with Chinese scientists, business people, and government officials: Hoffman wants tea grown organically without a factory, high-yield mentality. By 2004, Hoffman has seen success: there are farmer's collectives selling tea, ways to export "boutique tea" from China, and a growing Chinese appreciation for organic farming's best friend, the earthworm.
The Imaginary Solutions of Thomas Chimes

2007

The Imaginary Solutions of Thomas Chimes

2007
The Imaginary Solutions of Thomas Chimes presents a conversation with the artist as he reminisces about his career, influences and artistic intuitions. Director of the museum, Anne d'Harnoncourt, joins Chimes to revisit the galleries of Thomas Eakins, Duchamp and Van Gogh, all of whom were deeply influential throughout his artistic journey. Just as many other American artists, Chimes spent time in Paris and discovered writers such as Antonin Artaud, James Joyce and most notably Alfred Jarry, whose writings on pataphysics dominated Chimes' work for two decades.